Clojure SYNC

Revenge of the Pragmatists - Baishampayan Ghose

BG has been a part of the Clojure community for a long time. I asked him if he could talk about the reality of building a company on Clojure--the good, the bad, and the ugly of the business-side of things. Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

cljs.main - David Nolen

We were honored to have David announce cljs.main, then a new tool to run ClojureScript from the command line. Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

apt-get install leiningen - Elana Hashman

What does it take to have a one-command install for Clojure on Debian? Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

7 Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Place & Time - Emily Ashley

What if I told you everything you know about location and time was wrong? Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

Code Hibernation and Survivability - George Kierstein

Can we store code and expect to ever get it to run again? Perhaps for a year or two but what about 10? 20? Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

What, me worry? or Should We Fear Intelligent Machines? - Gerald Jay Sussman

Can we create AI that can explain itself? Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

How to Survive the Robots: Professional Development 2.0: A Business Strategy - Kim Crayton

Kim has been thinking about the role programmers will play as increasingly capable Artificial Intelligence relieves people of more and more work. Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

Building a World Class (Clojure) Team - Rebecca Kinsella

I asked Rebecca to talk about the topic of hiring and getting hired. Funding Circle has built a great team and so they must have a lot of knowledge to share. How do you find good Clojure programmers? What do you look for? What should candidates be prepared for when starting their job search? Hiring is a persistent, perceived barrier to Clojure adoption. This talk should help crack that nut. Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

Personal Data Preservation, Inspired by Ancient Writing - Will Byrd

Will Byrd presented a talk on his continuing efforts to preserve his work for at least 5,000 years. Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.

On Composition - Zach Tellman

What do we know about composition in software? What can and cannot be composed? Recorded at Clojure Sync 2018, New Orleans.