Robby has a chat with software engineer, trainer, and author of the book Grokking Simplicity, Eric Normand (he/him/his). As Eric reflects on his experience, the first thought he has of well-maintained software is that it’s like a unicorn (Something you can’t find in real life), but on a more serious note, he emphasizes

Common Lisp was written in the 80s as a kind of an amalgam of the existing Lisps at the time. To make sure the Common Lisp would stay relevant, it was made backward compatible so that existing legacy systems could run on it. One thing in common to these big old systems like Lisp is a lot more mutation, and the cool thi

In this episode I talk with Eric Normand. We talk his podcast "Thoughts on Functional Programming"; his in progress book "Grokking Simplicity"; Actions, Calculations, and Data; trying to bury mutation and side-effects; Property-Based testing; and more.

In this episode I talk with Eric Normand. We catch up with what he has been up to since last episode, talk re-frame in ClojureScript, his newsletter, Clojure SYNC, online community discussions, and more.

Eric Normand joined the show to talk about Functional Programming. We talked about FP vs OOP vs Imperative, why FP is popular again, the advantages and disadvantages of Functional Programming, and teaching Functional Programming concepts.

Eric Normand wants everyone to know that they, too, can get a job as a functional programmer. While functional programming might feel intimidating, in this show Eric shares with Scott a number of practical techniques and ways to think about functional programming that might just help you with a change of career.