Janet A. Carr
@janetacarr.com
Independent Clojure Consultant. Aspiring Blonde Bombshell.
Posts about Software Dev, Clojure, & Functional Programming
Twitch: twitch.tv/janetacarr
Course: clojureforpros.com
Clojure blog: blog.janetacarr.com
Freelance Blog: fixedrate.dev
Posts about Software Dev, Clojure, & Functional Programming
Twitch: twitch.tv/janetacarr
Course: clojureforpros.com
Clojure blog: blog.janetacarr.com
Freelance Blog: fixedrate.dev
Wow this is cool.
I just learned this “live” thingy is in beta for certain twitch streamers.
I just learned this “live” thingy is in beta for certain twitch streamers.
June 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Wow this is cool.
I just learned this “live” thingy is in beta for certain twitch streamers.
I just learned this “live” thingy is in beta for certain twitch streamers.
It's always so remarkable to me how simple a tree traversal algorithm can be in Clojure
This is 10 lines of code (sans docstring of course).
This is 10 lines of code (sans docstring of course).
March 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's always so remarkable to me how simple a tree traversal algorithm can be in Clojure
This is 10 lines of code (sans docstring of course).
This is 10 lines of code (sans docstring of course).
Oh wow it’s been a while since I posted on my blog but Google clearly views my website as an authority on Clojure
This photo is from my blog 🥹
This photo is from my blog 🥹
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Oh wow it’s been a while since I posted on my blog but Google clearly views my website as an authority on Clojure
This photo is from my blog 🥹
This photo is from my blog 🥹
Man do I ever hate owning a MacBook right now
Send help
Send help
November 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Man do I ever hate owning a MacBook right now
Send help
Send help
Oh you’re a staff engineer?
Name all the services then.
Name all the services then.
November 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Oh you’re a staff engineer?
Name all the services then.
Name all the services then.
This is a great opportunity to point out, again, that a container is just an isolated user space
I’m not a lawyer, but Even if this didn’t contain only OSS, Mac users should be able to build and then run this docker file. (Downloading an image might be different though)
I’m not a lawyer, but Even if this didn’t contain only OSS, Mac users should be able to build and then run this docker file. (Downloading an image might be different though)
November 12, 2024 at 3:12 AM
This is a great opportunity to point out, again, that a container is just an isolated user space
I’m not a lawyer, but Even if this didn’t contain only OSS, Mac users should be able to build and then run this docker file. (Downloading an image might be different though)
I’m not a lawyer, but Even if this didn’t contain only OSS, Mac users should be able to build and then run this docker file. (Downloading an image might be different though)
New "Source-Available" license just dropped:
I call it the MITease license
I call it the MITease license
November 9, 2024 at 4:09 PM
New "Source-Available" license just dropped:
I call it the MITease license
I call it the MITease license
Friction and generalization I bet
CIDER Debugger for Clojure is far easier to use than GNU Debugger to debug a binary. Struggling with GDB might lead someone to shy away from debuggers.
Plus, Taking time to use a debugger when printing works well enough.
Clearly, I'm team debugger tho
CIDER Debugger for Clojure is far easier to use than GNU Debugger to debug a binary. Struggling with GDB might lead someone to shy away from debuggers.
Plus, Taking time to use a debugger when printing works well enough.
Clearly, I'm team debugger tho
November 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Friction and generalization I bet
CIDER Debugger for Clojure is far easier to use than GNU Debugger to debug a binary. Struggling with GDB might lead someone to shy away from debuggers.
Plus, Taking time to use a debugger when printing works well enough.
Clearly, I'm team debugger tho
CIDER Debugger for Clojure is far easier to use than GNU Debugger to debug a binary. Struggling with GDB might lead someone to shy away from debuggers.
Plus, Taking time to use a debugger when printing works well enough.
Clearly, I'm team debugger tho
Sometimes I like to go back to old code & reminisce
`with-setters`
Description
A macro I wrote that adds setters to mutable fields in Clojure type definitions (for my game dev stuff)
When to use it
When you want to piss off every future Clojure developer to touch your code 👇
`with-setters`
Description
A macro I wrote that adds setters to mutable fields in Clojure type definitions (for my game dev stuff)
When to use it
When you want to piss off every future Clojure developer to touch your code 👇
November 5, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Sometimes I like to go back to old code & reminisce
`with-setters`
Description
A macro I wrote that adds setters to mutable fields in Clojure type definitions (for my game dev stuff)
When to use it
When you want to piss off every future Clojure developer to touch your code 👇
`with-setters`
Description
A macro I wrote that adds setters to mutable fields in Clojure type definitions (for my game dev stuff)
When to use it
When you want to piss off every future Clojure developer to touch your code 👇
Was just reminded of the Null Object pattern and how it relates to Clojure's nil
Fun fact, nil is both a value and a type, meaning you can extend nil with protocols in Clojure 👇
(and no, it's not lost on me you can just assert or branch on nil for this example😅)
Fun fact, nil is both a value and a type, meaning you can extend nil with protocols in Clojure 👇
(and no, it's not lost on me you can just assert or branch on nil for this example😅)
September 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Was just reminded of the Null Object pattern and how it relates to Clojure's nil
Fun fact, nil is both a value and a type, meaning you can extend nil with protocols in Clojure 👇
(and no, it's not lost on me you can just assert or branch on nil for this example😅)
Fun fact, nil is both a value and a type, meaning you can extend nil with protocols in Clojure 👇
(and no, it's not lost on me you can just assert or branch on nil for this example😅)
Ya girl is about to be "programmer famous" lol
October 9, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Ya girl is about to be "programmer famous" lol
Only three(ish) reasons to use #Clojure macros
- Need to stop evaluation
- Clj doesn't support use case
- Maybe Reduce code duplication (big maybe).
Here's a few examples of Effective Macro use in Clojure 👇
- Need to stop evaluation
- Clj doesn't support use case
- Maybe Reduce code duplication (big maybe).
Here's a few examples of Effective Macro use in Clojure 👇
September 29, 2023 at 9:34 PM
Only three(ish) reasons to use #Clojure macros
- Need to stop evaluation
- Clj doesn't support use case
- Maybe Reduce code duplication (big maybe).
Here's a few examples of Effective Macro use in Clojure 👇
- Need to stop evaluation
- Clj doesn't support use case
- Maybe Reduce code duplication (big maybe).
Here's a few examples of Effective Macro use in Clojure 👇
More mindset shifts I had for pure functional programming (FP):
-Using recursion instead loops
-Modelling a state machine without "state"
In FP you can model a state machine by using recursion, lexical bindings, higher-order functions
#Clojure example, but could be haskell 👇
-Using recursion instead loops
-Modelling a state machine without "state"
In FP you can model a state machine by using recursion, lexical bindings, higher-order functions
#Clojure example, but could be haskell 👇
September 28, 2023 at 2:13 PM
More mindset shifts I had for pure functional programming (FP):
-Using recursion instead loops
-Modelling a state machine without "state"
In FP you can model a state machine by using recursion, lexical bindings, higher-order functions
#Clojure example, but could be haskell 👇
-Using recursion instead loops
-Modelling a state machine without "state"
In FP you can model a state machine by using recursion, lexical bindings, higher-order functions
#Clojure example, but could be haskell 👇
Just a sneak peek at some of the script's code I'm using to teach functional programming in #Clojure for Pros 😉
(this is not the actual script, just bits and pieces)
(this is not the actual script, just bits and pieces)
September 21, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Just a sneak peek at some of the script's code I'm using to teach functional programming in #Clojure for Pros 😉
(this is not the actual script, just bits and pieces)
(this is not the actual script, just bits and pieces)
Wow, I (oddly) had no idea you could do this in #Clojure
Clojure's pretty print (pprint) has different formatters you can dispatch on for printing and vars for altering out
This probably would have made some of my REPL-driven dev a lot easier😅
Clojure's pretty print (pprint) has different formatters you can dispatch on for printing and vars for altering out
This probably would have made some of my REPL-driven dev a lot easier😅
September 20, 2023 at 10:57 PM
Wow, I (oddly) had no idea you could do this in #Clojure
Clojure's pretty print (pprint) has different formatters you can dispatch on for printing and vars for altering out
This probably would have made some of my REPL-driven dev a lot easier😅
Clojure's pretty print (pprint) has different formatters you can dispatch on for printing and vars for altering out
This probably would have made some of my REPL-driven dev a lot easier😅
Unsurprisingly, Higher-order functions form the foundation of functional programming
If a programming language supports callbacks/closures/HOF, you can recreate things like reducers
Check out this example in #Go👇
If a programming language supports callbacks/closures/HOF, you can recreate things like reducers
Check out this example in #Go👇
September 20, 2023 at 10:56 PM
Unsurprisingly, Higher-order functions form the foundation of functional programming
If a programming language supports callbacks/closures/HOF, you can recreate things like reducers
Check out this example in #Go👇
If a programming language supports callbacks/closures/HOF, you can recreate things like reducers
Check out this example in #Go👇
As a matter of fact, I null.
June 19, 2023 at 2:46 PM
As a matter of fact, I null.
When to use try/catch vs types (truthyness or :error keywords) in #Clojure
Chances are, in a pure functional code path, you can use truthyness to indicate when something went wrong (wrong value, empty input)
If you're doing side-effects or Java interop, best you use try/catch
Chances are, in a pure functional code path, you can use truthyness to indicate when something went wrong (wrong value, empty input)
If you're doing side-effects or Java interop, best you use try/catch
June 4, 2023 at 5:52 PM
When to use try/catch vs types (truthyness or :error keywords) in #Clojure
Chances are, in a pure functional code path, you can use truthyness to indicate when something went wrong (wrong value, empty input)
If you're doing side-effects or Java interop, best you use try/catch
Chances are, in a pure functional code path, you can use truthyness to indicate when something went wrong (wrong value, empty input)
If you're doing side-effects or Java interop, best you use try/catch
It’s out there now.
I had the pleasure of writing the foreword for @unclebobmartin‘s upcoming book Functional Design! :)
I had the pleasure of writing the foreword for @unclebobmartin‘s upcoming book Functional Design! :)
June 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM
It’s out there now.
I had the pleasure of writing the foreword for @unclebobmartin‘s upcoming book Functional Design! :)
I had the pleasure of writing the foreword for @unclebobmartin‘s upcoming book Functional Design! :)