Ep 054: The Forest in the Trees

Functional Design in Clojure

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Each week, we discuss a different topic about Clojure and functional programming.

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This week, the topic is: "Working with heavily nested trees." We discuss three powerful libraries (Specter, Spectacles, and clojure.walk) and where they might fit into our Clojure programs.

Selected quotes:

"Tree manipulation is like surgery, you need to get down to the right level before you start making changes."
"I've seen people come up with novel and interesting solutions to problems that other people just don't have."
"Spec is a structural type checker, instead of a name-based type checker, which is far more useful."
"Every time you reach for a tool, you're inviting its complexity into your project."
"The structure of your data will lead you toward a particular tool."

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