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defn

The world's greatest vegetarian Clojure podcast. Support us on https://patreon.com/defn  Hosted by Josh Glover and Ray McDermott

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3d32130bbe3d Drew Raines

Where Drew comes to the parentheses and how he was stretched and has risen above. Guest Drew Raines Hosts Josh Glover Ray McDermott MP3 SHA 3ff7608352b4181e562dddcfc85b06fa9e4a8d524753f8b800b16da8a95c4319 UUID v5 from SHA + People d858274c-711f-58f4-b148-3d32130bbe3d

Jun 09, 20251 hr 38 min

1a156fe163a1 Nathan Marz

Episode 1a156fe163a1 Nathan Marz Where Nathan explains the lead up to Rama and explains some of its extraordinary powers. References: Grace Hopper on Letterman: https://youtu.be/oE2uls6iIEU?si=4x1PUPyffBE2DK9F Red Planet Labs: https://redplanetlabs.com/ Introducing Rama: https://blog.redplanetlabs.com/2023/08/15/how-we-reduced-the-cost-of-building-twitter-at-twitter-scale-by-100x/ Rama Demos: https://github.com/redplanetlabs/rama-demo-gallery Guest Nathan Marz Hosts Josh Screaming Glover Ray Str...

May 13, 20251 hr 32 min

6ae6acf85d52 Chris Pellets McCormick

6ae6acf85d52 Chris Pellets McCormick Wherein Chris explains why nobody uses his code, not even him. References: PIKU https://github.com/piku/piku NOSTR https://nostr.com/ Guest Chris The Numinous-Blithe-Believer McCormick Hosts Josh The Non-BS-Believer Glover Ray The Nebulous-Boggled-Believer McDermott MP3 SHA d2ea417902b8ea529799b6f8d9b709d4946bbc211468d5023c5e8dcd392f3038 UUID v5 from SHA + People dc596b03-d723-5877-b9df-6ae6acf85d52...

Apr 09, 20251 hr 8 min

2afd69a4979a Kira Howe

Guest Kira Howe Kira's web site for all the things https://codewithkira.com/ Hosts Josh Laid Back Glover Ray The Revolutionary McDermott OTIS https://orgtech.se/ MP3 SHA256 4467e3c8073b7f80d9e14f0756beee1fcb72e30c2c2d0b85e5c4866ebb62752b UUID v5 from SHA + People 96efa7dd-1a8e-5f1b-94a0-2afd69a4979a...

Jan 22, 20251 hr 48 min

8f5d5379091d Eric Normand

Friend of the show and of all the community Eric was back to share his wisdom. Sit back, relax and enjoy this end of the year discussion. More Eric - cos we all need more Eric - is accessible from his online hub http://ericnormand.me/ MP3 SHA aa6cc34b410508bf9d3a579e9bd7788137bdb0a55eef5020843e4a29a3dc575a Hosts Josh The Revisionist Glover Ray The Revised McDermott Guest Eric Normand UUID v5 from SHA + People f88cac7c-84a1-5ce6-988e-8f5d5379091d...

Dec 19, 20241 hr 53 min

15e670d6e60c Kathryn Lawrence

Twas the day before Hallowe’en when Ray and Josh sat down with Kathryn Lawrence to discuss magic, randomness, art… and Clojure. All the things Kathryn are on her web site https://kathrynisabelle.com/ MP3 SHA a6df5a115eeb24ef2419c67479368ec71209b27d6cfb4e4cb44ff8340464575e Hosts Josh The New One Glover Ray The Old One McDermott Guests Kathryn Isabelle Lawrence UUID v5 from SHA + People 47867164-ed77-5db4-a44a-15e670d6e60c...

Nov 12, 202456 min

Heart of Clojure

An episode that is chock full of surprises and replete with delights. Expect to shed a few tears. There is much to consider from our wonderful guests. Check out Lu and their whimsical work at https://www.todepond.com/ Explore all things McCormick at Chris’s site https://mccormick.cx/ Thanks to Arne and all the folks that made Heart of Clojure such a legendary event. Most of the talks are up on YouTube now https://www.youtube.com/@LambdaIsland...

Oct 14, 20241 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 100

#96 Gary Johnson on Gemini Protocol, Clojure and off-the-grid life

We caught hold of Gary Johnson (via Satellite) from his remote yurt to talk about Gemini Protocol, Clojure (in Sustainability business) and his two-time yurt building and living off the grid. Check out: Gemini Protocol - https://geminiprotocol.net Space Age - the Gemini Server in Clojure https://gitlab.com/lambdatronic/space-age And if you have a fancy Gemini Client try these links => gemini://geminiquickst.art/ Gemini Quickstart (for non-technical users) => gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~sa...

Sep 11, 20241 hr 58 min

#95 Arne (aka plexus) and Heart of Clojure

Arne takes us behind the scenes of organizing Heart of Clojure, also shares his experience of Clojure eco system, community. If you haven't already don't forget to get tickets for https://2024.heartofclojure.eu and when you are there say hi to defn crew :)

Aug 15, 20241 hr 31 min

#93 Malcolm Sparks Returns!

Malcolm Sparks, CTO of JUXT (the team behind XTDB, Yada and more) returns! We talk state of software, OSS, and most importantly Malcolms Atomic Architecture (https://www.juxt.pro/blog/atomic-architecture/)

Dec 07, 20231 hr 51 min

#92 defn.no with Magnar Sveen and Christian Johansen

We catchup with norsemen emacsen Magnar and Christian to talk about their Clojure adventures, how they sneaked in Clojure through unconventional techniques. Some highlights from Christian and Magnar's portfolios: - Parens of the Dead https://www.parens-of-the-dead.com/ : how to survive Zombie apocalypse with Clojure and ClojureScript. - If you are into Norwegian and want a taste of adventure https://www.adventur.no - Level up your Emacs skills with https://www.emacsrocks.com - Efficiently render...

Oct 25, 20231 hr 30 min

#91 Josh Glover

Josh joins us to talk about Clojure, engineering, teams, lambdas, Babashka and more :) Follow him on https://mas.to/@jmglov and his adventures on https://medium.com/@jmglov

Sep 14, 20231 hr 55 min

# 90 Jacob O'Bryant

Jacob joins us to talk about his Clojure journey and the evolution of Biff web framework. Checkout his work on https://github.com/jacobobryant and https://biffweb.com

Aug 19, 20231 hr 18 min

#89 Kimmo Koskinen aka viesti

Join us for another fun with Kimmo a Clojure hacker from the woods of Finland. Also, the first episode without Vijay .. finally :P https://github.com/viesti

Jun 15, 20231 hr 54 min

#88 Matthew Davidson a.k.a kingmob

Matthew Davidson, maintainer of Aleph/Manifold joins us to talk about his Clojure journey and https://www.speederino.com and zen :)

Apr 21, 20231 hr 41 min

#87 Jack Rusher

We are back our (ir)regular schedule! Kickstarting 2023 with Jack Rusher https://jackrusher.com - talking about Clojure, exploratory programming, types, pull requests and more!

Feb 24, 202351 min

#86 Kira McLean

We are back from long summer break with Kira McLean, clojurian and working on Clojure Data Cookbook. Follow her on for updates and check out the data cook cookbook https://github.com/scicloj/clojure-data-cookbook

Nov 13, 20221 hr 47 min

#85 Clojure Dart Duo: Christophe and Baptiste

Christophe (clojure) Grand (master) and Baptiste share the behind scenes of Clojure Dart project. Check it out on: https://github.com/Tensegritics/ClojureDart

Jun 01, 20221 hr 36 min

#84 - Debbie and Wilker Lúcio

We invited super cute and fabulous Debbie the Corgi and also Wilker who happened to be in the same room to talk about Clojure - creator of Pathom and EQL! Check out the his blog on https://blog.wsscode.com/

May 21, 20221 hr 34 min

#83 Tim Zöller aka The Java Hippie

We got Tim to talk about Dogs, Cheese and his journey into Clojure and test containers project and his startup! Check his website: https://javahippie.net

Apr 24, 20221 hr 35 min

#82 - Ben Sless

Ben Sless joined author of clj-fast (https://github.com/bsless/clj-fast/) us to tell the one weird trick to make your Clojure code blazing fast! Check Ben's work in: https://bsless.github.io

Apr 04, 20221 hr 36 min

#81 - Lojban edition with Joshua Suskalo

We had fantastic chat with Joshua learning a thing or two about coffi the clojure FFI and farolero that is bringing Common LISP conditionals to to clojure. As far as we know, this is the first Clojure podcast to have Lojban in it! We would love it if you can join us for first ever defn call in show live with Joshua on 13th February 20:00 CET on our discord https://discord.gg/dDWd75xC

Jan 20, 20221 hr 39 min

#80 - Vedang

We have another awesome Clojurian Vedang from Incredible India, we talk about Indian food, culture and working at one of the first Clojure startups in India Helpshift.

Dec 28, 20211 hr 10 min

#79 - Eric Dallo

We are delighted to have Eric as our guest talking about all the amazing work he has been doing on Clojure LSP and converting people to Emacs. Check him out on https://github.com/ericdallo and support him on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ericdallo

Dec 21, 20211 hr 15 min

#78 Adrian Smith a.k.a phronmophobic

Our guest this time is Adrian Smith aka phronmophobic inventing better ways to build UIs with https://github.com/phronmophobic/membrane Bonus: Rambles about brambles

Nov 16, 20211 hr 36 min

#77 - Michelle Lim

We talk to Michelle about her multi-major studies and Clojure(Script) and more! Yet another defn first - A crossover episode with a cameo!! Checkout Michelle's work on https://github.com/eemshi and http://mmmanyfold.com/

Oct 19, 20211 hr 33 min

#76 - The Desi Episode with Kartik Gupta and HariOm Gaur

defn has turned Desi with 2 Indian Clojurists! Kartik and HariOm join us to talk about Indian food and spiced up our discussion with Clojure and Ziggurat (https://github.com/gojek/ziggurat) and more!

Sep 16, 20211 hr 28 min

#74 - Will Acton and the greatest Clojure podcast Crossover!

Will Acton joins the "mobcast" to talk about Martial arts, Punk Music and a bit about his Clojure projects hx and Helix! We are honoured to have @lambduhhh (https://linktr.ee/lambduhhh) as a guest-host in the greatest Clojure podcast crossover!

Jul 20, 20211 hr 53 min
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