Elm Town

Jared M. Smith
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A podcast about the people making and using the Elm language, and the things that they do.

  1. SEP 23

    Elm Town 87 – Wonder: From machine to mob learning with Sophie Collard

    Sophie Collard describes her transition from environmental engineering to software, mob programming to teach functional concepts, and building a startup app with Elm. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.02.24 GuestSophie CollardShow notes[00:00:29] Sponsored by Logistically[00:00:50] Introducing SophieLondon Air UI using Elm & Leafletjs"Lessons learnt from writing 10k LOC in Elm" at Lambda Days 2024sophiecollard/jsonpath[00:01:33] Journey to programming[00:10:35] Learning Elm[00:14:30] Questions from Monica McGuigan on learning[00:17:41] Mob programmingMobster by Dillon KearnsZed channels for collaboration[00:23:47] London Air UICustom elements (Elm Guide chapter)[00:27:48] RailpackersRailpackersxkcd: Standards[00:33:51] The Jackson guitar project (Chushin Gakki)Chushin Gakki Jacksons Directory (GitHub)elm-pagesElm Town[00:41:41] sophiecollard/jsonpath[00:44:51] PicksSophie's picksElm in Action by Richard FeldmanProgramming Elm by Jeremy FairbankJared's pickFuture of Coding (a.k.a. Feeling of Comput(er)ing)

    49 min

  2. SEP 2

    Elm Town 86 – Wonder: Linking notes for active growth with Joël Quenneville

    Joël Quenneville conveys his growth process—taking notes, creating connections between ideas, and sharing those artifacts. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.01.30 GuestJoël QuennevilleShow notes[00:00:19] Sponsored by Logistically[00:00:39] Introducing JoëlSome blog posts by Joël"Structuring Conditionals in a Wizard""The Mechanics of Maybe""Problem Solving with Maybe"Sample Joël podcast appearancesElm Radio 32 - "Elm's Universal Pattern"Elm Radio 52 - "Category Theory in Elm with Joël Quenneville"SW Unscripted - "Conditional Cardinality with Joël Quenneville"Some of Joël's conference talks"Rolling Random Romans" at elm-conf 2016"A Number by Any Other Name" at Elm in the Spring 2019"Inverting a binary tree with 1 line of Elm" from an Elm Online meetup in 2021[00:01:51] Getting started crafting software[00:09:37] Discovering Elm[00:11:50] JSON Decoders, and then...Reasoning by Analogy by Joël QuennevilleGetting Unstuck with Elm JSON Decoders by Joël QuennevilleElm’s Universal Pattern by Joël Quenneville[00:23:57] Inspiration, artifacts, and note-takingLearning by helping out in the Elm Slack by Joël QuennevilleMy Note Taking System Gives Me Constant Ideas by Joël QuennevilleObsidianThe Notecard System: The Key For Remembering, Organizing And Using Everything You Read by Ryan HolidayGingko Writer [00:39:11] Active versus passive growthTurning experience into growth by Joël Quenneville[00:49:47] Collect mental models and heuristicsTriangle of Separation by Joël QuennevilleElm Town 76 – Between the paving stones with Andrew LenardsAndrew's Arboriculture zine No. 001 – Joël's Triangle[00:54:18] PicksJoël's pickHow To Take Smart Notes by Sönke AhrensJared's pickJesse Welles

    56 min

  3. JUL 22

    Elm Town 85 – Wander: Elm Camp 2025

    In a short break from the Wonder series, John Pavlick, Wolfgang Schuster, and Tristan Pendergrass join Jared to report on the Elm Camp 2025 unconference experience in Michigan, USA. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.07.07 GuestsJohn PavlickWolfgang SchusterTristan PendergrassShow notes[00:00:14] Sponsored by Logistically[00:00:35] Elm Camp sponsorsNoRedInkConcentric[00:01:09] IntroductionsTony Bradley @abradley2 (GitHub)Tony Bradley's elm-i18next-gen[00:06:27] Setting the sceneelm.campRonora Lodge & Retreat Center[00:13:15] Unconference formatFeedback.one[00:26:48] SessionsElm Town 81 – Inspired: Bubble Tea with Christian RochaWolfgang's blog series on Elm virtual DOMsBring Your Own DOM – Part 1 – PortalsBring Your Own DOM – Part 2 – TUIsWolfgang's elm-ink (GitHub) repoelm-tooling/elm-language-server initially by Kolja (@razze)Elm - CommunityElmcraft - CommunityElm LandLamderaSimon Lydell's elm-safe-virtual-domReact DOM issue - Dan Abramov's link to Chromium issue & hack[00:52:27] PicksJohn's picksJohn's jmpavlick/qZokkaMichiganWolfgang's picksSummer Games Done QuickThe Last Phi HunterRichard Feldman's course on Frontend Masters Write a Compiler That Understands TypesTristan's pickVantageJared's picksParks (1st edition)Elmcraft.org

    1h 1m

  4. JUN 3

    Elm Town 84 – Wonder: Elm all the way down with Justin Lubin

    Justin Lubin sketches his journey from undergrad research at UChicago with Ravi Chugh on output-directed and bidirectional programming environments (Sketch-n-Sketch) to graduate work at UC Berkeley with Sarah E. Chasins, focusing on programming language theory, researching how statically-typed functional programmers write code, and beyond, to helping domain experts. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.12.09 GuestJustin LubinShow notes[00:00:44] Introducing JustinSketch-n-Sketch"How statically-typed functional programmers write code" by Justin Lubin and Sarah E. Chasins[00:07:07] Elm all the way down[00:08:36] What is Sketch-n-Sketch?Hazel[00:11:03] From Parker Ziegler: Getting started in a large Elm codebase[00:13:01] The  Sketch-n-Sketch cinematic universeManiposynth[00:22:21] Research on how  statically-typed functional programmers write codeElm Town 83 – Wonder: Meeting people where they are with Ryan Haskell[00:35:11]  From Parker Ziegler: Ergonomics vs. hindrances[00:40:25] Fork of the Elm compilerravichugh/sketch-n-sketch (GitHub)[00:45:04] Cobbler"Equivalence by Canonicalization for Synthesis-Backed Refactoring" by Justin Lubin, Jeremy Ferguson, Kevin Ye, Jacob Yim, and Sarah E. ChasinsCobbler (GitHub)[00:47:36] Justin's current work[00:51:45] PicksJustin's pickDesign at Work: Cooperative Design of Computer Systems by Joan Greenbaum and Morten KyngJared's pickEntangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

    56 min

  5. APR 15

    Elm Town 83 – Wonder: Meeting people where they are with Ryan Haskell

    Kicking off the Wonder series, Ryan Haskell shares his approach to teaching Elm, his gap year adventures, and his current work at Brilliant. He gives insights into creating accessible learning materials, building games, and finding inspiration outside the Elm ecosystem. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2024.11.27 GuestRyan HaskellShow notes[00:00:21] Sponsored by Logistically[00:00:43] Introductionryan.townWelcome to Elm! YouTube seriesElm Town 62 – The Map to Elm LandElm Landryan-haskell/date-format[00:01:34] Gap Year[00:03:31] Building a game in GodotTurbo Champ[00:11:01] Welcome to Elm YouTube SeriesRichard Feldman's "Teaching Elm to Beginners" (elm-conf 2017)[00:17:06] Teaching style"Parentheses are like hugs" - from Section 1.5 Advanced Functions[00:24:52] From Wolfgang: Finding inspirationInspiration for Vendr's elm-gql from watching Ben Awad's videos[00:29:07] Remaking Ryan's website[00:32:41] Working at BrilliantBrilliantElm Town 57 – Brilliant ways to use Elm with Aaron StrickRed Blob Games[00:39:15] PicksRyan's picksDracula by Bram StokerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVite 6.0The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)Horizon Zero DawnSatisfactoryJared's picksSatisfactory Night Fever by Dan BullRichard Feldman's "Teaching Elm to Beginners" (elm-conf 2017)Frontend Masters Elm courses by Richard FeldmanIntroduction to Elm, v2Advanced ElmElm in Action by Richard Feldman (Manning)Welcome to Elm! YouTube series

    44 min

  6. 12/17/2024

    Elm Town 82 – Inspired: Tools with Dillon and Jeroen

    In the final episode of the Inspired series, Dillon Kearns and Jeroen Engels wax philosophically with Jared about what it means to be inspired by Elm within the context of tools. We chat about feedback, guarantees, and contracts as lenses for building tools. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2024.08.29 GuestsJeroen EngelsDillon KearnsShow notes[00:00:50] Sponsored by Logistically[00:01:14] IntroductionElm RadioElm Town 61 – Turning the pagesElm Town 65 – Let's roll with itElm Town 79 – Inspired: Gleam with HayleighElm Town 80 – Inspired: Roc with Richard FeldmanElm Town 81 – Inspired: Bubble Tea with Christian Rocha[00:02:20] What does it mean to be inspired by Elm?[00:05:53] Elm philosophyEvan's "Elm philosophy" threadelm-reviewelm-pages[00:25:44] Simplicity is not just for beginners[00:32:38] What are tools?[00:33:56] Feedback & guarantees[00:39:26] Tool as contract (not slicing hot dogs nor fingers)[00:45:18] Lobbying for tool as contractHayleigh's elm-web-audio[00:48:09] Tool as an expression of a point of viewDillon's elm-graphql[00:50:37] RocRoc[00:53:04] Contracts & purityLamderaMatthew Griffith's elm-ui[01:08:09] What's next for Elm?[01:13:38] PicksJeroen's picksElm CampSave the Earth 🌍Elm RadioDillon's picksBe kind ❤elm-pages scriptsJared's pickselm-pages scripts spinners Pages.Script.SpinnerAlex Korban's Elm Catalog

    1h 21m

  7. 10/31/2024

    Elm Town 81 – Inspired: Bubble Tea with Christian Rocha

    Christian Rocha shares his experience building the TUI framework Bubble Tea based on The Elm Architecture. We talk about Impostor Syndrome, mentors, and how he incorporates his background in design at Charm. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2024.10.10 GuestChristian RochaShow notes[00:00:23] Sponsored by Logistically[00:00:41] Introducing ChristianCharmBubble TeaElm Town 79 – Inspired: Gleam with HayleighElm Town 80 – Inspired: Roc with Richard Feldmanlearning elm, so I don't need to use javascript by bashbunni[00:02:12] Origin story[00:08:17] Mentor John Weir[00:10:58] Taking The Elm Architecture to the command line[00:13:51] John Weir's question[00:15:48] Bubble Tea related toolsGlowBubblesLip GlossGumSoft ServeGlamour[00:20:23] Background in design/branding[00:23:35] What is VHS?VHSasciinema[00:26:08] How has the architecture of Bubble Tea held up?[00:27:35] What are you excited about these days?Mitchell Hashimoto's GhosttyRoc[00:32:44] PicksChristian's picksGo Mecha Ball"The Great"TampopoBromptonJared's picksTeardownDan BullGlass AnimalsBicycle Diaries by David Byrne

    42 min

  8. 09/17/2024

    Elm Town 80 – Inspired: Roc with Richard Feldman

    Elm pioneer Richard Feldman returns to explain why he made Roc, a direct descendant of Elm. He notes a distinct trade-off of choosing not to have persistent data structures. Later, he shares how his experience teaching Elm informed Roc's design. We even learn about the power of platforms. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com. Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.05.23 GuestRichard FeldmanShow notes[00:00:20] Non-introductionRocSoftware Unscripted"Making Impossible States Impossible""Scaling Elm Apps"Elm in ActionElm courses on Frontend Masters[00:01:47] Motivations to make Roc[00:04:53] Back to the beginnings in 2018[00:15:25] How Roc compares to ElmAaron VonderHaar's elm-formatElm Style Guide"Bret Victor style reactive debugging" by Laszlo Pandy at Elm Workshop 2013 (YouTube)"Functional Semantics in Imperative Clothing"[00:25:18] Minimizing the erosion of simplicity (governance models)"BDFN" on roc-lang.orgEpisode "Programming and Industrial Design with Greg Wilson" of Software Unscripted[00:31:36] How teaching Elm informed Roc's design[00:40:34] Design processEpisode "The Roc Programming Language with Richard Feldman" of Software Unscripted[00:45:04] Working at Zed IndustriesZed[00:50:28] Platforms[00:58:03] PicksRichard's picksPerformance-Aware Programming Series by Casey MuratoriSoftware You Can Love (SYCL) Milan 2024 playlist (YouTube)"Hybrid-Level Programming" by Richard Feldman at SYCL Milan 2024 (YouTube)ReliqaJared's picksUmphrey's McGeeBret Victor

    1h 3m
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A podcast about the people making and using the Elm language, and the things that they do.

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  • Creator
    Jared M. Smith
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    89
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © This year, Elm Town Podcast
  • Show Website
    Elm Town