Elm Town 77 – Breaking your brain with Andrey Kuzmin

Elm Town 77 – Breaking your brain with Andrey Kuzmin

Author: Jared M. Smith June 25, 2024 Duration: 1:02:40
From translating imperative physics into Elm and building 3D interactive tools at work to adding Elm support to Zed and animating the Elm Town logo, Andrey Kuzmin never fails to break your brain.

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 79 – Inspired: Gleam with Hayleigh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:19
Hayleigh talks about how Elm has inspired her work, from tools built in Elm such as elm-web-audio and the Ren language compiler, to contributing to the Gleam language and making the Lustre web framework.
Elm Town 75 – The Great Wall of Code with Taylor Troesh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:41
Taylor Troesh recounts his trip across the stack, from the front to the back and back again. Along the way, he divulges his custom operator confession. He currently works at Replenysh using Elm for sustainability.
Elm Town 74 – The road to town with Jared M. Smith [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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 Town 70 – Getting out of the basement with Jim Carlson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:48
Jim Carlson shares his discoveries in software development through the people he's met in the community and the projects he's building. We also discuss how a history in mathematics shapes his work.
Elm Town 69 – A vision for tooling with Simon Lydell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:44
Simon Lydell tells his origin story from Firefox power user to full-time Elm engineer. Then we talk about his work in the community building tools & contributing to core.