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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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  • Friday · 1 hr 22 min

    ed1f0d5f66f6 Joanne Cheng

    A delightful and thought provoking conversation with Joanne, an American Clojurist living in the heart of Europe. Guest Joanne Cheng Hosts Josh Yeehaa Glover Ray Cowboy McDermott MP3 SHA 7801e812a8f459effbe0301a7384a849ca39ea59e2058bfad6dbf00cf8055096 UUID v5 from SHA + People da5db127-f86f-5e77-a169-ed1f0d5f66f6

  • March 22 · 1 hr 29 min

    b8c570464f67 Siyoung

    A wonderful conversation with one of the most positive Clojurians among us. Art work by Siyoung Guest Siyoung Hosts Josh Gochujang Glover Ray Kimchi McDermott MP3 SHA 583f8808705133e8d57fba54a5c0ebb16e4365c108a5b0b162da3218c6d88d23 UUID v5 from SHA + People dd9c1fd9-31b3-5389-875b-b8c570464f67

  • January 2 · 1 hr 43 min

    2aba8aeedf7d Polylith

    Guests Furkan Bayraktar Joakim Tengstrand Hosts Josh Lithe Glover Ray Parrot McDermott MP3 SHA 14ac635c3875a0e26b8c9a1d9e91d5687998efa37840deae5a827ab22b10a2c4 UUID v5 from SHA + People 75c0524f-98ee-53ec-86bd-2aba8aeedf7d

  • Nov 12, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

    95a74d1e2f4d Bobbi Towers

    A wild ride with Bobbi to the bottom of every stack and a few side quests along the way! Her projects are here: https://codeberg.org/bobbicodes Guest Bobbi Towers Hosts Josh FPGA Glover Ray VLSI McDermott MP3 SHA 3b9b172e0fd1d088a6f6eee5c86366b0c4f3f5e0d22f836373c086e5ac095e6d UUID v5 from SHA + People 4e4dd7a5-2ab6-51bb-8b39-95a74d1e2f4d

  • Aug 3, 2025 · 49 min

    7df1b8716726 Anna Colom

    Anna Colom is the Senior Policy Lead at The Data Tank https://www.datatank.org/about Heart of Clojure talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5yqtWyRkA The Politechs podcast https://politechs.dev/ Guest Anna Colom Hosts Josh Glover Ray McDermott MP3 SHA 7868b74defbcf0e88f607c0283433166385f6b4973990bd400c9f88f590fa382 UUID v5 from SHA + People e49f838c-7706-5409-ab1b-7df1b8716726

  • Jul 9, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min

    876b4c306172 Cora Sutton

    It's all just a bags of maps That video about different languages in one file https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptN53mef_IY Guest Cora Sutton Hosts Josh Human Glover Ray Person McDermott MP3 SHA 75ddbedf4fdef254b043133f8af23d0de3cbc980df54b13adad3eae81049307a UUID v5 from SHA + People d21d6832-0cbe-53c3-a7c3-876b4c306172

  • Jun 9, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min

    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

  • May 13, 2025 · 1 hr 31 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 Streaming McDermott MP3 SHA 50a13ae13f39ee95101f174881f485168afac9eb2390df22e0b1738e5b38e503 UUID v5 from SHA + People 32be5bb2-9993-541c-b6ce-1a156fe163a1

  • Apr 9, 2025 · 1 hr 7 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

  • Jan 22, 2025 · 1 hr 47 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

  • Dec 19, 2024 · 1 hr 53 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

  • Nov 12, 2024 · 55 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

  • S1 · E100
    Oct 14, 2024 · 1 hr 5 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

  • Sep 11, 2024 · 1 hr 58 min

    #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/~sario528/projects/clientlist.gmi Exhaustive Gemini Client List => gemini://botond.online/en/stats/ Geminispace Statistics Visualized => gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi Statistics on the Gemini space => gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/ Official Project Gemini news feed

  • Aug 15, 2024 · 1 hr 31 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 :)

  • Dec 7, 2023 · 1 hr 50 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/)

  • Oct 25, 2023 · 1 hr 30 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 and re-render immutable data with dumdom https://github.com/cjohansen/dumdom - storybook.js but in ClojureScript https://github.com/cjohansen/portfolio - Decomplect your i18n with https://github.com/cjohansen/m1p - And for the Emacs folks out there, some super cool packages from Magnar (which you probably are using anyway) : https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el https://github.com/magnars/emacsd-reboot https://github.com/magnars/stasis

  • Sep 14, 2023 · 1 hr 55 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

  • Aug 19, 2023 · 1 hr 18 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

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