Hi everyone! I started programming in Lisp back in 1976, so I’ve been around for a while. My thinking is very much shaped by Lisps of various kinds.
In 1996, I founded a company to create Igor Engraver, a better alternative to Finale and Sibelius, written entirely in Common Lisp and very much ahead of its time. We spent $7.5 million on the project, before finally 9/11 ended operations. I’m currently resurrecting that project in the form of a Clojure open-source project – FrankenScore – currently in preparation for its open source release. (https://ooloi.org)
I’ve also spent four years at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm studying composition. I’ve written an opera based on Jean Genet’s “The Maids”, and I’m also active as a concert organist. My day job is as an AWS cloud solutions architect, specialising in secure systems and computer security.
Anyway, I’m here because even though I’m an old hand at Lisp and Common Lisp, I’m relatively new to Clojure. I’ve heard a lot about how open, supportive, and collaborative the Clojure community is and how it appreciates innovative projects, especially those that showcase Clojure’s strengths in areas like concurrency, data processing, and building complex systems. So that’s why I’m here - to introduce the FrankenScore project and perhaps to attract future collaborators for the open source project.
Hello! My name is Gosha, and I’ve been Clojure-curious for a couple of years. I have some limited experience with other Lisps (Emacs Lisp, Common Lisp), but in my day job I use Ruby and Javascript.
I live in London with my partner and our 2 yo daughter, and in the very early mornings while everyone is asleep, I’m using Clojure to build a toolkit for psychotherapists working in the Internal Family Systems modality. My primary client is my partner (an IFS therapist herself).
Right now I’m an even split between baffled and amazed by Clojure(Script), and every day is a learning experience. These days, I’m learning to draw stuff in D3.js using ClojureScript!
I work in IT and enjoy programming in my free time, just for fun. Recently, I began learning Clojure, as I’ve been wanting to explore the functional programming paradigm. I’ve heard people say, “It will change the way you think about problem-solving,” and that intrigued me. While Haskell felt a bit too complex and daunting, Clojure seemed like an excellent fit for me, especially given my focus on web development.
And, I like my masala chai, and sometimes drink coffee with milk and a little bit of sugar.
Hello! I am Zsolt from Hungary. I have been interested in Clojure for more than a decade now and I occasionally used it in small hobby projects. Since the end of 2022 I have been using it as my main programming language, working for a large international corporation.
My main programming environment is Neovim/Conjure.
Coffee? I recently came off koffein so I drink mostly decaf.
Hi! My name is Dirk. Originally from Germany. Have been living for ages in Stockholm, Sweden. Hooked and interested in Clojure since Rich Hickey’s “Simple Made Easy” talk. Never used Clojure at work for something serious, except for probably some Babashka script. I am mainly interested in ClojureDart & Flutter at the moment!
