Elm Town 59 – Elm Camp with Katja Mordaunt

Katja Mordaunt talks about Elm vibes versus other programming communities and gives us the low-down on Elm Camp.

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Music by Jesse Moore.

Recording date: 2023.04.14

Guest

• Katja Mordaunt (https://katj.am/)

Show notes[00:01:00] Introducing Katja Mordaunt

• codereading.club
• "Growing an Elm Project with the Whole Team" at elm-conf 2019
• Functional Geekery Episode 140 – Katja Mordaunt and Adam Warski
• Elm Camp Europe

[00:02:01] Computing in the 80's in SoCal[00:05:53] Switching careers[00:09:47] Commonalities in leading teams from film to computing[00:11:44] How Elm has a more accessible vibe than other programming communities

• elm-conf 2017

[00:15:22] How Katja discovered Elm[00:25:13] Code Reading Club[00:34:18] "How has being an Elm advocate helped to connect to the wider development community?"

• It Will Never Work in Theory
• Strange Loop

[00:37:10] Elm apps are not fragile

• guide.survivingeconomicabuse.org
• youmatterhaven.org.uk

[00:40:27] Elm feels less stressful[00:47:07] Elm Camp

• Elm Online Meetup
• elm.camp

[00:59:57] PicksKatja's picks

• The Programmer's Brain by
  Felienne Hermans
• Eric Normand
  • Grokking Simplicity
  • The Eric Normand Podcast

Jared's picks

• Console
• If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript by Angus Croll
• Simon Lydell's elm-watch

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