Elm Town 74 – The road to town with Jared M. Smith

Elm Town 74 – The road to town with Jared M. Smith

Author: Jared M. Smith May 14, 2024 Duration: 56:45
Mario Rogic comes back to interview Jared about his road to Elm, from the Tandy to JavaScript fatigue, and the inevitable, relieving discovery of Elm. The love for Elm never stops.

Elm isn't just a programming language; it's a community built by curious and passionate people. Elm Town, hosted by Jared M. Smith, gives that community a voice. Each episode moves beyond technical syntax to explore the human stories behind the code. You'll hear from the individuals who are actively shaping Elm, from its core creators to developers who have chosen it for ambitious projects. Conversations delve into their motivations, the challenges they've faced, and the unique solutions they've built. This podcast captures the ongoing dialogue about where Elm is headed and why its approach to front-end development resonates so deeply. It’s about the philosophy of building reliable software and the collective effort that turns a good idea into a practical tool. Tune in for thoughtful discussions that feel like pulling up a chair with fellow engineers, where the talk is as much about craft and community as it is about compiler errors and elegant architecture. In Elm Town, you get a genuine sense of the people making and using the Elm language, and all the interesting things they do along the way.
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Podcast Episodes
Elm Town 89 – Elm Camp 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:56
Elm Camp organizers Katja Mordaunt and Tomáš Látal share details about the June 15th-18th, 2026 event in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and extend an open invitation to Elm-curious folks in the broader community. Tickets on sa…
Elm Town 88 – Wonder: Unconscious bias with Felienne Hermans [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44:56
Felienne Hermans relates her journey in programming—writing _The Programmer's Brain_, uncovering biases within computing culture & herself, and building the multilingual, gradual-syntax programming language Hedy. We even…
Elm Town 85 – Wander: Elm Camp 2025 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:51
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.
Elm Town 84 – Wonder: Elm all the way down with Justin Lubin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:46
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,…
Elm Town 82 – Inspired: Tools with Dillon and Jeroen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:37
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 c…
Elm Town 81 – Inspired: Bubble Tea with Christian Rocha [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:57
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.
Elm Town 80 – Inspired: Roc with Richard Feldman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:13
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 E…