As someone who used to read a lot of books on Zen, I've been enjoying these. The one on triggers made me laugh -- at work we have a running joke about triggers. I've expressed so much dislike for them that when discussing a problem people will say "we could use triggers to do that!" just to get a rise out of me.
At my shop we use extensive use of point-less ahem point-free code. Of course, you can also always use more category theory. And, the best remedy against the type system giving you headaches, is: more types!
