A lot of people have mentioned Rich's inspiring talks over the years. Any particular videos folks would like to share?
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#82Rich has to be my favorite thinker in this space, absolutely love his talks and the way he articulates things, and I often draw from his philosophies in my work
But, I've always been turned off to Clojure by the lack of static typing (I know spec exists, but it's not really the same thing). I did a little project once to try it out, and even there I found myself spending time debugging basic issues like passing the wrong number or wrong kinds of arguments to functions
Can somebody sell me on it? I feel like I'm the target audience
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#83The word congratulations came into English from Latin, where it was formed by combining prefix com-, meaning with, to gratulari, meaning "give thanks" or "show joy." Gratulari is derived from gratus, as is gratitude. Gratus means "pleasing," "thankful." Having only had the good fortune to meet you in person a few times: Congratulations, Rich. You have my deepest gratitude. It fills me with great joy to know you are t…
Few people capture this spirit like the classic "Congratulations" video from Big Man Tyrone.
While it has gone through the revolutions from sincere, to sarcastic in intent, to back again, I believe the inherently joyful attitude underpinning the original video carries the buoyishly optimism of sincere joy.
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#84Problem-solving by Cognitect's standards has transformed Nubank and my approach to work. Thank you for your time here, Rich. I greatly appreciate the knowledge I've gained while collaborating with your Cognitect colleagues.
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#85I wrote my first trading system in Clojure because a few of the libraries we relied on were in java. It was 2011 and I'd had about 3 years of lisp experience. I got a bit of side eye from people when I told them I was using a relatively new programming language but the fact that it was based on the JVM, which alot of HFT firms were using helped make the case. We didn't use if for more than a few years before it was r…
I suppose you couldn't convince your employer to let you use an embeddable Scheme interpreter for the DSL?
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#86Thank you Rich for everything you've done over the years, and I'm really happy to see that Clojure continues to have a future.
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#87A lot of people have mentioned Rich's inspiring talks over the years. Any particular videos folks would like to share?
Simple Made Easy has to be my favourite: https://youtu.be/SxdOUGdseq4
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#88Best of luck in what follows! Clojure was the first Lisp I had ever learned. It was really easy to pick up and be productive with. It was data science I tried to use it for where it quickly runs into a myriad headwinds but it is a beautiful language all the same.
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#89Rich has to be my favorite thinker in this space, absolutely love his talks and the way he articulates things, and I often draw from his philosophies in my work But, I've always been turned off to Clojure by the lack of static typing (I know spec exists, but it's not really the same thing). I did a little project once to try it out, and even there I found myself spending time debugging basic issues like passing the w…
clj-kondo helps with catching those types of errors. it works really well
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#90I wrote my first trading system in Clojure because a few of the libraries we relied on were in java. It was 2011 and I'd had about 3 years of lisp experience. I got a bit of side eye from people when I told them I was using a relatively new programming language but the fact that it was based on the JVM, which alot of HFT firms were using helped make the case. We didn't use if for more than a few years before it was r…
I suppose you couldn't convince your employer to let you use an embeddable Scheme interpreter for the DSL?
Well the performance hit alone would be a non starter.