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

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    • Jun 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 20m AVG DURATION
    • 87 EPISODES


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    #85 Clojure Dart Duo: Christophe and Baptiste

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 95:40


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

    #84 - Debbie and Wilker Lúcio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 94:25


    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/

    #83 Tim Zöller aka The Java Hippie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 95:29


    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

    #82 - Ben Sless

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 96:12


    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

    #81 - Lojban edition with Joshua Suskalo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 98:37


    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

    #80 - Vedang

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 70:12


    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.

    #79 - Eric Dallo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 74:43


    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

    #78 Adrian Smith a.k.a phronmophobic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 96:15


    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

    #77 - Michelle Lim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 93:05


    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/

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 88:03


    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!

    #75 - Philippa Markovics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 67:47


    #75 - Philippa Markovics by defn

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 113:04


    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!

    #73 - Paula Gearon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 99:15


    In this epi(c)sode we had a blast chatting with Paula, graph database and Clojure expert, and creator Asami https://github.com/threatgrid/asami Check it out!

    #72 Chris Badahdah from Phoenix!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 74:36


    Chris takes us into his Clojure Portal and other Clojure adventures :) Check his awesome tool: https://djblue.github.io/portal/

    #71 - The true and brave Daniel Higginbotham

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 93:13


    We talk to Daniel and try to settle the age old dispute between the Higginbotham clan and the Higginbotham clan. There is some #Clojure stuff in the episode too ;)

    #70 - Yehonathan Sharvit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 84:01


    The second coming of Yehonathan on defn, who brought us Klipse, in which he talks about what/why/how of data oriented programming and why Clojure is the best language for data oriented programming with a dash of christian theology.

    #69 - Mike Fikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 78:19


    Episode 69 - we go back to our first ever guest, Mike Fikes, creator of ambly, replete and bringing Clojurescript to microcontrollers!

    #68 - Michiel Borkent aka borkdude

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 109:02


    We got borkdude back on the show for an epi(c)sode ! Diving into all sorts of Clojure stuff!

    #67 - Juan Monetta

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 72:39


    We talked to Juan about all Clojure stuff from Diagrams to Debugging! Check out .... https://github.com/jpmonettas?tab=repositories

    #66 - Dominic Monroe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 101:43


    We cover every Clojure topic from edge to wedge and more in episode 66 with Dominic Monroe who wants to have a word with you about TNS-45 Links of interest: https://dominic.io https://juxt.land/edge/ https://sr.ht/~severeoverfl0w/wedge/sources https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/TNS-45

    #65 Vlad Protsenko

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 87:33


    We talk to Vlad a designer turned developer and "reveal"ed a new REPL experience for Clojure! Check it out on https://vlaaad.github.io/reveal/

    #64 - James Henderson - Crux

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 99:44


    #64 - James Henderson - Crux by defn

    #63 - Bruce Durling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 78:10


    We got a chance to talk to Clojure community veteran Bruce Durling( London Clojure Community, ClojureBridge, ClojureX and more)about his Clojure Journey and more :)

    #62 - Mia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 91:00


    We had super fun talking to Mia - "rock" star Clojure Developer and co-host of apropos! Enjoy!

    #61 - Daniel Szmulewicz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 75:44


    We talk to Daniel Szmulewicz about Programming languages, Writing, meyvn and of course Clojure!

    #60 4th Anniversary Episode - Return of David Nolen (aka @swannodette)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 89:27


    David is back for our anniversary episode to chat about plenty of Clojure Script and projects - especially about https://github.com/vouch-opensource/krell Checkout https://github.com/swannodette and https://github.com/mfikes to sponsor David or Mike!

    # 59 jr0cket in Space(macs) aka practicalli aka John Stevenson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 99:40


    Checkout our latest episode - a fun and interesting conversation with one of the most prolific Clojure community contributor - John Stevenson! Check him out on http://practicalli.github.io/ and https://twitter.com/jr0cket

    #58 - An "Assum" Easter Episode with Erik

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 88:01


    We chat up with Assum guest - Erik Assum to talk about maintainable Clojure, rock-climbing and more! Erik's Talk: https://youtu.be/Tq7r97G4b7Y and his OSS is on https://github.com/slipset Enjoy!

    #57 - Ray and Vijay welcome our first Rhyming Guest: Jeaye

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 101:13


    Our next episode with Jeaye Wilkerson (https://jeaye.com) - a C++ programmer who turned into a Clojure programer and CTO of gaming startup.

    #56 First returning guest Eric Normand explains how to Grok Simplicity

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 85:29


    Check out Eric's book in MEAP - https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-simplicity

    #55 Learning Schafkopf with Martin Kavalar

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 77:41


    We talked to Martin (https://www.sauspiel.de/schafkopf-lernen fame) to learn about a famous Bavarian card game. Oh, also we talk about some other stuff like Erlang, Clojure and ClojureScript :)

    #54 with Peter Strömberg, Master Calva Distiller

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 102:06


    We talk to master Calva distiller Peter, and talk about how he has been building "best Clojure experience for VS Code users" If you are a VSCode user - checkout Calva https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva To sponsor all the amazing work Peter has been doing goto : https://github.com/sponsors/PEZ

    #53 - Dave Yarwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 75:43


    We had the pleasure meeting Dave at Heart of Clojure, and he joins our podcast with his own music composition program https://alda.io with live performance at the end. Listen now for more juicy details on how Dave ended up with Clojure from Music, how Alda is built, and the future!

    #52 - Gary Fredericks aka @gfredericks on GitHub

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 92:57


    garyGary tests us with his Clojure and general knowledge. The quality of Gary's track isn't the best but it has been scrubbed as clean as the DEFN audio crew can get it. We hope that you will agree that the content is good enough for you to forgive us just this once. We hope you enjoy the episode and you can check out Gary's great work, especially on the amazing QuineDB, at GitHub https://github.com/gfredericks

    #51 - Sean Corfield a.k.a @seancorfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 85:19


    We meet the king of JDBC and discover his many other areas of expertise. A gentle and warm conversation with a delightful gent. Enjoy his many repos and links to his other work https://github.com/seancorfield

    #50 - Michiel Borkent a.k.a @borkdude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 91:52


    For our #50 episode we catch up with Michiel Borkent from the the Netherlands to discuss old English literature, Haskell and a bit of Clojure and the tools he is building to help the Clojure Devs! Checkout his latest talk at Clojure Days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygrml6tyrq0 Links of Interest: * https://github.com/borkdude * https://github.com/borkdude/clj-kondo * https://github.com/borkdude/speculative * https://github.com/borkdude/re-find and https://re-find.it

    #49 Crux with Jon and Jeremy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 98:39


    In which, we talk to Jon & Jeremy about Crux the new Bi-Temporal Database by Juxt (https://juxt.pro/crux/docs/get_started.html)

    #48 David Miller and Clojure on the CLR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 89:37


    After 10 years of diligently maintaining the CLR version of Clojure, David discusses the project for the first time. It was our absolute pleasure to speak with David and discover his motivations, ideas and plans for the next generation of the CLR port. David on GitHub - https://github.com/dmiller Clojure on the CLR - https://clojure.org/about/clojureclr

    #47 - Tommi Reiman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 74:17


    #47 - Tommi Reiman by defn

    #46 - Roman Liutikov

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 62:08


    #46 - Roman Liutikov by defn

    #45 - Moe Aboulkheir

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 76:37


    Links of interest: https://datopia.io https://nervous.io/ https://github.com/nervous-systems/sputter https://github.com/replikativ/datahike

    # 44 - Tims Gardner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 84:42


    Tims on twitter - https://twitter.com/timsgardner Arcadia - https://github.com/arcadia-unity/arcadia

    #43 - Alex Yakushev

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 79:58


    In this episode Alex stuns us with his preferred option in the spaces / tabs debate. He goes on to impress with his work on Clojure performance at scale. Here are some links to his work: Writing: http://clojure-goes-fast.com Code: https://github.com/clojure-goes-fast/clj-memory-meter Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unlog1c Sadly, we didn't get around to talk about this on the show but it's a great favourite of the community: https://github.com/alexander-yakushev/compliment

    #42 -António Monteiro

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 89:57


    Links of Note: * https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo * António's talk on ReasonML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLnWMfdbQEo * http://unikernel.org/ * https://reasonml.github.io/ * https://zeit.co/ Serverless Platform

    #41 - Timothy Baldridge aka @halgari

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 112:37


    An epic tour de force with Timothy. This is our longest episode yet so you may have to hit the pause button once or twice! He has many interesting stories and opinions so we just couldn't stop talking :) [ On this show at least he is not as stern as the photo suggests ] Links Twitter - https://twitter.com/timbaldridge Github - https://github.com/halgari Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLxWPHbkxjR-G-y6CVoEHOw PivotShare tutorials - https://tbaldridge.pivotshare.com/home

    #40 - Nikita Prokopov aka @tonsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2018 66:47


    Links of Interest: Tonsky's Website: http://tonsky.me Flutter https://flutter.io FiraCode Font: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode Nikita's blog post : http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/ DataScript: https://github.com/tonsky/datascript Rum: https://github.com/tonsky/rum

    #39 - Cult member echo chamber FTW with Dmitri Sotnikov aka @yogthos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 86:24


    #39 - Cult member echo chamber FTW with Dmitri Sotnikov aka @yogthos by defn

    #38 - Climbing Hammock Mountain with Valentin Waeselynck aka @val_waeselynck

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 83:07


    We run underwater before surfacing with Valentin as he heads off to Hammock Mountain for some climbing and cogitation.

    # 37 A long glass of CIDER with Bozhidar Batsov aka @bbatsov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 91:58


    It's a miserable life but made tolerable for some of us with CIDER. We skip gaily through a mire of existential woes and somehow feel better for it afterwards. We hope you enjoy the therapy as much as we did.

    # 36 The Tao of Peter aka @ptaoussanis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 106:27


    # 36 The Tao of Peter aka @ptaoussanis by defn

    #35 Thomas Heller aka @thheller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2018 71:59


    Heller woke podcast where Thomas cuts a sharp silhouette while discussing his work on the awesome shadow-cljs

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