Elm Town 76 – Between the paving stones with Andrew Lenards

Elm Town 76 – Between the paving stones with Andrew Lenards

Author: Jared M. Smith June 11, 2024 Duration: 1:10:15
Andrew Lenards illuminates the liminal spaces of his mind, from lo-fi DIY punk rock, meditation, & coaching to Joël's Triangle & The Mental Side of Programming.

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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 91

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Podcast Episodes
Elm Town 58 – Unblocking users with quality software [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:05
Tessa Kelly shares her experience unblocking users while building quality software, explains how to avoid the "accessibility dongle" using the Elm philosophy, and considers some tesk9/accessible-html design changes.
Elm Town 57 – Brilliant ways to use Elm [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:40
Aaron Strick shares what it was like learning Elm at NoRedInk, and explains some of the "zany" (delightful) ways Elm is used at Brilliant.
Elm Town 56 – Why don’t you do it in Elm? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:01
Théophile Kalumbu comes by to talk about how Elm makes developing a frontend fun, building a design system explorer, iterating quickly, and getting Elm to production.
Elm Town 54 – Aloha with Kevin Yank [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:06
Kevin Yank shares the challenges Culture Amp faced when scaling Elm & React with a Design System team in the middle, and how an acquisition tipped the ultimate decision to move Elm from “adopt” to “contain” at the compan…
Elm Town 53 – Something to do on the side while watching TV [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:35
Kolja Lampe takes us on a deep dive into the internals of the Elm Language Server that powers a growing number of editors' Elm support, and explains what motivates him to continue to spend more time building tooling for…