Luau VS Klima

Alternatively, Luau is a well-supported Lua variant with type checking and performance improvements, aimed more towards being a sandboxed embedded scripting environment. https://luau-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

If you need Lua but also type-safety, how about Luau [1] then? [1] https://luau-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I had the pleasure of working with Lua 5.1 back in the late noughties. For me it's replaced Tcl whenever I want something I can configure above a C library. At the time I used it I found it quite nice but I'll also not forget the hours I wasted tracking down nil table corruptions which could have easily been caught by a type checker. I had some hope that Luau https://luau-lang.org or Teal - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Looking at other replies here, I can see I wasn't the only one who didn't realize there is Lua and Luau. Luau is an extension of Lua: https://luau-lang.org/ > Luau is syntactically backwards-compatible with Lua 5.1 (code that is valid Lua 5.1 is also valid Luau); however, we have extended the language with a set of syntactical features that make the language more familiar and ergonomic. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

On a side note, I've heard that they recently switched from Lua to Roblox's own fork of Lua, Luau. Source: 11 months ago

Klima Holdings W LLC They're fighting climate change by buying credits and reselling for a profit. They are not a WA energy company that ultimately is mandated to purchase carbon credits to continue operating in WA. Source: 11 months ago

I read that you wanted to create an App for a gym company. Have you thought about applying for a position at https://klima.com/ ? If I were in your shoes, I would definitely do so. They may be in Berlin but they'll probably be into hiring someone young and passionate for the cause like you are, or keeping you on record. Or, since you asked if KhanAcademy is available in the UK, at least recommend you a British... Source: over 1 year ago

I work for a small startup in Berlin (Klima) and I’ve had very similar conditions in my previous company of a similar size (20-30 people). It’s definitely not the norm here though, so I consider myself lucky to work in these progressive environments. Source: over 2 years ago

Visiting everything in incognito mode has the side effect of being asked each time what I want to do with my cookies. https://klima.com/ is the first website I ever visit that actually manages that properly. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Actually I do personally offset my personal carbon footprint by taxing myself, via Klima: https://klima.com/ However that's not an efficient way for 8 billion people to get out of this problem. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago