? CFP for www.reclojure.org is officially OPEN! To celebrate, a few members of the co-organizing squad have mobbed up to spill the beans about what this virtual online conference is all about. Learn the mysterious origin story of this epic online event. Is there an association with the London Clojurians Meetup group? Why is it virtual? Will it always be virtual? Wait, there’s a theme? What does “Clojure Growth” as a theme mean? Who are these keynoters? Why are these keynoters? Strap those earbuds in and hear the answers to these questions plus get a front row seat to hear about the manic ..read more

Meowdy Folks! Guess who’s back? Back again… My L.I.L. podcast is back, tell a friend! ?  Full speed ahead into this season’s content train we have a chat with Clojure Consultant and Sassy CEO (Creative Executive Originator) Janet Carr who has been stirring the pot on the internets lately with her opinionated and entertaining blog posts. Here are a few links that are wonderful entry points to her content. Hire her. https://janetacarr.com/ Indie Hacker article: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/crush-it-stop-it-profit-the-un-glamorous-life-of-consulting-9b0ffef9fd The blog that started a re ..read more

The tables have turned! Host of the defn podcast Ray Mcdermott shares his next big plans! Don't want to give too much away but you're gonna want to hear this! Could emacs be... usurped?? Find out his cunning plans for a repl-acement coming to a terminal near you. https://soundcloud.com/defn-771544745 https://twitter.com/raymcdermott https://github.com/repl-acement/editors Slack channel name is: #repl-acement on the clojurian's slack.  ..read more

Joe and I first met at StrangeLoop 2021 and got along great due to our similar "Code is Data, Data is Code" soapboxes. A long time employee of Cognitect he has now struck out on his own to build https://www.crescent.app/ . We chat "crypto bros", crypto vs web3, choosing clojure and datomic as "weapons of choice", what is so healthy about fried chicken and his fabulous thriving dinner party culture they've built in the Nebraska tech scene.  https://pawlytics.com/ https://twitter.com/solussd ..read more

If you only ever listen to one podcast of mine, make it this. It's soooooo good ya'll. I still got my warm and fuzzies. Get ready to get up in your feels. This is some profound stuff and it’s not just hash-map hobbits ya’ll. Gratitude, suffering, growth, trauma, cats, hierarchy and coersion, toxic techbros, dolphin communication, the Clouncil, giving back to the community, cats and soo much more. There’s a bit of darker section that I should warn you about starting from minute 35-40. Here are some links mentioned: Donut.system Your new favorite component library. https://www.youtube.com/watc ..read more

Had a blast being interviewed on the Functional Geekery Podcast! Here are some show notes: My Mentee at Emergent Works: https://mrjackson2400.github.io/ Dave Beazley: https://www.dabeaz.com/ Coursera Courses I used and recommend: https://www.coursera.org/search?query=university of michigan vouch.io  ..read more

Since meeting at the conj a couple years ago, Paula has been a supportive friend and mentor of mine so I was delighted to have her on. Join us as we talk about her recent contributions to clojure, swimming as meditation, music as a hobby and her remorse (https://github.com/quoll/remorse).   ..read more

YO! I was invited on to the cognicast ! Here is the Lost in Lambduhhs cross post release. Apply to be a mentor and find out more about the Emergent Works program here: https://emergentworks.org/programs We are always looking for any type of people to help out and there are many ways to do so! Just apply here or contact me for more info. After a couple of small interviews you are matched with your mentee and then meet with them weekly for 12 weeks. You provide guidance and support to them as they navigate basic tech literacy and web dev skills. (You can also just support the mission by donating ..read more

Yukkin it up with some buddies! Yet again I crash the Defn Podcast party- and let me tell you a PARTY it is. This is a crosspost and was recorded a month or two ago while I was on the road traveling through CA. [for some context] At the time of recording I was posted up in a sorry excuse for a hotel room with SHAMEFULLY SLOW internet in lovely(?) Silicon Valley, CA. We talkin mentorship, music!, web-development, react native with Krell vs reactjs, tailwind, how to use STORYBOOK to quickly dev components, the experiences of working at vouch.io and so much more!! Enjoy!!! Bird app links: Michell ..read more

In one of my favorite ways to find people, I (well, Ray from Defn Podcast) came across Kira sharing some clojure lovin thoughts on that little bird app. Hear our soothing voices talk a little bit of shit on javascript, a lot a bit a shit on ego driven development, the importance of work life balance, how to pull off digital nomad life, spec, testing and so much more! This episode was initially recorded a month or two ago (hey post processing is hard!) so fair warning some of the covid related thoughts are a bit out of date. Find Kira on that bird app: https://twitter.com/kiraemclean  Ray ..read more