So, I’m writing a book with Steve Yegge (famous for his 20 years at Amazon and Google) on how developers can use GenAI to do amazing things. The working title is “The CHOP Handbook: The End Of Programming As We Know It, and Why It Will Be The Best...
I've been using the Expectations testing library since early 2019 -- over six years. I love the expressiveness of it, compared to clojure.test, and it exists because "Classic Expectations" was not compatible with clojure.test tooling. At work, our...
Our last Apropos was with Alex Engelberg. Check it out. Our next episode is with Sean Corfield on March 11 (Paula had to cancel). Please watch us live so you can ask questions.Have you seen Grokking Simplicity, my book for beginners to functional...
Hello Fellow Clojurists! This is the first report from the 5 developers receivng Annual Funding in 2025. (Highlights listed on the list below - but the reports include much more). Dragan Duric: Apple M Engine Neanderthal Eric Dallo: lsp-intellij,...
Welcome to the Clojure Deref! This is a weekly link/news roundup for the Clojure ecosystem (feed: RSS). Thanks to Anton Fonarev for link aggregation. Podcasts, videos, and media Lazytest: Standalone BDD testing (by Noah Bogart) - London...
Greetings folks! Clojurists Together is pleased to announce that we are opening our Q2 2025 funding round for Clojure Open Source Projects. Applications will be accepted through the 17th of March 2025 (midnight Pacific Time). We are looking...
Functional programming has gained momentum in recent years, with several languagesleading the charge. Among them, Clojure stands out for its Lisp-based syntax, dynamictyping, and seamless JVM interoperability. But how does it compare to other...
Our last Apropos was with Alex Engelberg. Check it out. Our next episode is with Paula Gearon on March 11. Please watch us live so you can ask questions.Have you seen Grokking Simplicity, my book for beginners to functional programming? Please...
“With databases, the conversation always started with ‘what are we able to do?’. I rarely find myself asking what Rama is able to support, and rather ‘how?’. The requirements of the application dictate how we utilise the platform, not the other way...
Anthropic’s announcement of Claude 3.7 Sonnet notwithstanding, the breakneck pace of major AI announcements seemed to slow down through February. That gave us some time to look at some other topics. Two important posts about programming appeared:...