172: Go After the Hard Stuff (Eric Normand)
Ben and Eric Normand of LispCast and PurelyFunctional.tv talk about the pros and cons of Haskell and Clojure, empathize on some of the pain points of running an educational coding platform, and hypothesize on how the next great programming "killer demo" will present itself.
An episode of the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, hosted by thoughtbot, titled "172: Go After the Hard Stuff (Eric Normand)" was published on December 1, 2015 and runs 41 minutes.
December 1, 2015 ·41m · Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Summary
Ben and Eric Normand of LispCast and PurelyFunctional.tv talk about the pros and cons of Haskell and Clojure, empathize on some of the pain points of running an educational coding platform, and hypothesize on how the next great programming "killer demo" will present itself. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! LispCast- With welcome message for Giant Robots listeners PurelyFunctional.tv Nil Punning Original LispCast Kickstarter Ruby on Rails 15 Minute Blog Demo Eric on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Episode Description
Ben and Eric Normand of LispCast and PurelyFunctional.tv talk about the pros and cons of Haskell and Clojure, empathize on some of the pain points of running an educational coding platform, and hypothesize on how the next great programming "killer demo" will present itself.
- Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners!
- LispCast- With welcome message for Giant Robots listeners
- PurelyFunctional.tv
- Nil Punning
- Original LispCast Kickstarter
- Ruby on Rails 15 Minute Blog Demo
- Eric on Twitter
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