Episodes
Published 07/19/22
In this episode, I talk with Shriram Krishnamurthi. We cover his introduction to functional programming, Racket and #lang, Static vs Dynamic Typing, Bootstrap and Pyret, How to Design Programs, and much, much, more.
Published 07/19/22
In this episode I talk with Katja Mordaunt and Adam Warski. We talk Katja's and Adam's introduction to software, being on the LambdaDays 2022 Programme Committee, a peek what being on the Programme Committee looks like, introducing new people to functional programming, and more.
Published 05/31/22
In this episode I talk with Laura M. Castro. We talk her introduction to Erlang, Final Project and Ph.D. around Erlang, Research and Teaching using Erlang and Elixir, the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, Code Beam Lite, Erlang Workshops and more.
Published 05/10/22
In this episode I talk with Aleksander Lisiecki. We talk his introduction to Erlang, non-standard use cases for Erlang and Elixir, Erlang and Elixir School, and more.
Published 04/26/22
In this episode I talk with Renzo Borgatti. We talk his introduction to Clojure, learning the extended vocabulary of Clojure, his book Clojure: The Essential Reference, gems in the Clojure language, side projects, and much more.
Published 03/29/22
In this episode I talk with Yehonathan Sharvit. We talk his upcoming book Data Oriented Programming, what Data Oriented Programming is, how it differs from Functional Programming, how DOP fits with typed languages, and more.
Published 03/08/22
s episode I talk with Jordan Miller. We talk her breaking into to software development, activity in the Clojure community, redefining open source contributions, mentoring, and much more.
Published 02/22/22
In this episode I talk with Claude Rubinson. We talk his experience learning and using functional programming as a sociologist, organizing software user groups, and more.
Published 02/08/22
In this episode I talk with James Stelly. We talk his explorations of programming languages and how that led to his book Racket Programming the Fun Way.
Published 03/30/21
In this episode I talk with Duncan McGreggor. We talk his introduction to functional programming; Erlang; Lisp Flavoured Erlang; Lisps, Lisps, and more Lisps; and much, much, more.
Published 09/29/20
In this episode I talk with Martin J. Logan. We talk his experience in CTO roles guiding organizations through functional programming transformations, from lessons learned, tips, tools, strategies, how the grassroots level can help, and much more.
Published 05/19/20
In this episode I talk with Ivan Čukić. We talk his introduction to functional programming, adopting Scala, his book "Functional Programming in C++", the C++ communities adoption of functional programming, and much more.
Published 04/28/20
In this episode I talk with Eric Normand. We talk his podcast "Thoughts on Functional Programming"; his in progress book "Grokking Simplicity"; Actions, Calculations, and Data; trying to bury mutation and side-effects; Property-Based testing; and more.
Published 12/24/19
In this episode I talk with Gene Kim. We talk his introduction to Clojure and functional programming, The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, Functional Architecture, lessons learned, his Love Letter to Clojure, and much, much, more.
Published 11/26/19
In this episode I talk with Katie Hughes. We talk her introduction to software development, exposure to functional programming, orienting herself in a new codebase, "learning to trust again", and much more.
Published 08/06/19
In this episode I talk with Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas. We talk about their upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer, what prompted a 20th Anniversary Edition, what has changed and what has stayed the same in the 20 years since, where they see things going based off what they have seen, and much, much more.
Published 07/02/19
In this episode I talk with Verónica López. We talk her background, exposure to Go and Elixir, working with CoreOS and Kubernetes, being a bridge between Kubernetes and the BEAM communities, and more.
Published 08/28/18
In this episode I talk with Sam Guyer and Caleb Helbling. We talk about Juniper, a functional reactive programming language for Arduino programming.
Published 05/29/18
In this episode I talk with Zach Tellman. We talk his introduction to Clojure, how he has noticed Clojure change over the past 10 years, his book Elements of Clojure, and more.
Published 05/08/18
In this episode I talk with Brian Troutwine. We catch up with his work in Erlang, working in Rust, applying functional programming techniques to Rust, learning Erlang compared to Rust, his book "Concurrent Rust" that is in the works, and much more.
Published 04/24/18
In this episode I talk with Claudia Doppioslash. We catch up with what she has been doing since Episode 42, which includes PureScript and Elm, GRiSP, applying functional ideas to game programming, and more.
Published 03/27/18
In this episode I talk with Lisa Passing. We talk her introduction to Clojure and functional programming, her intro to Rust, how Rust fits in the functional programming world, and more.
Published 02/20/18
In this episode I talk with Jared Forsyth. We talk his exploration of programming languages, his exposure to programming languages, work in the Reason community, Reason Town, and more.
Published 01/30/18
In this episode I talk with Scott Nimrod. We catch up with what he has been up to since he was last on, using F# for profit, Nikeza, Elm, and more.
Published 12/19/17