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Flying Machine Studios
flyingmachinestudios.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
A Clojure programmer's site with guides on Rich Hickey's ideas, Datomic, learning programming languages, and building apps.
What HN saysCommenters point to its posts on learning languages efficiently and on why Clojure programmers need frameworks, and link it as a useful resource.
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Unofficial Guide to Rich Hickey's Brain9 people · 100 points · first shared 2012 · 17 comments on HN
- 2Learning Programming Languages Efficiently6 people · 15 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 3Datomic for Five Year Olds5 people · 21 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Frameworks and Why (Clojure) Programmers Need Them5 people · 17 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 5Timeless Programming Tools4 people · 63 points · first shared 2016 · 7 comments on HN
- 6How Clojure Babies Are Made: Compiling and Running a Java Program3 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 7Show HN: My first Mac app, Foreman, free and on Github. Would love feedback2 people · 153 points · first shared 2012 · 86 comments on HN
- 8Building a Forum with Clojure, Datomic, Angular, and Ansible2 people · 17 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 9Why Clojure's a Great Next Language for Rubyists2 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10How Clojure Babies Are Made: Leiningen's Trampoline2 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11Detailed Breakdown of a Clojure Web App1 people · 83 points · first shared 2012 · 16 comments on HN
- 12A Taste of the λ Calculus1 people · 15 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 13Refactoring to Datamappers in Clojure1 people · 10 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14My Failed(?) Social Web Experiment Still Haunts Me1 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Show HN: A Starting Point for Great Documentation1 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · 2 comments on HN
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nonrecursive · 2010-03-17
also worth checking out is http://logoworks.com/ . They're more expensive (logo packages start at $300) but still cheap. They did my logo for http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com . I think Guy Kawasaki also has used and recommended them.
asicsp · 2020-11-25
Here's some articles that might help:
* http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/learn-programming-lang…
* https://www.techinasia.com/talk/27-things-started-programming
* https://prog21.dadgum.com/177.html
* https://github.com/mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know
Books:
* https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-developers/
* https://danluu.com/programming-books/
* https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/what-books-should-ev…
Specific to Python:
* https://nostarch.com/seriouspython
* https://www.manning.com/books/practices-of-the-python-pro
joeevans1000 · 2019-09-01
There was a interesting and relevant post about this recently from a pretty established clojurist:
http://flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/why-programmers-need-frame…
sooheon · 2019-08-31
> repulsed by the idea of using a framework
I think this is one of the memes in the community which is starting to be reconsidered. You're not alone in seeing these downsides, and people are starting to write about it more (code and words). Things like Fulcro or even Datomic Cloud are very interesting developments in this regard.
[1]: https://jacobobryant.com/post/2019/grow/
[2]: http://flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/why-programmers-need-frame…
[3]: https://github.com/fulcrologic/fulcro
datahead · 2018-01-17
For anyone interested in background on Datomic, these are fun and informative resources.
The talk where I realized Rich is a data head too. Introducing his design goals and life experiences with db(s). https://www.infoq.com/presentations/The-Design-of-Datomic
"Clojure for the Brave and True" author, Dan Higginbotham, on key themes and overview.
http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/datomic-for-five-year-…
Congrats to the Datomic team and Cognitect. I hope this move to cloud opens Datomic's design principals and ideas to a wider user base.
tony_landis · 2013-11-08
Generally speaking, five year olds should not be choosing databases for anything critical. But I agree that Datomic and company can do better with their marketing and general product description.
Here is one of the better explanations I have seen:
http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/datomic-for-five-year-…
vdm · 2013-01-09
The Unofficial Guide to Rich Hickey's Brain
http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/the-unofficial-guide-t…
thirdsun · 2012-11-03
Maybe you don't even need individual user accounts - today I noticed this app to start (and close) different groups of applications. While I don't need it, this may be an alternative to your multiple account approach: http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/foreman/