Jim Carlson shares his discoveries in software development through the people he's met in the community and the projects he's building. We also discuss how a history in mathematics shapes his work.

Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com.

Music by Jesse Moore.

Recording date: 2023.10.13

GuestJim CarlsonShow notes[00:00:16] Sponsored By Logistically[00:00:45] Introducing Jim"Making a LaTeX-to-Html parser in Elm" at Elm Europe 2018jxxcarlson/meenylatex"Tarring files with Elm" at Oslo Elm Day 2019jxxcarlson/elm-tarjxxcarlson/elm-markdownjxxcarlson/elm-l0-parserRandom Exchange ModelSchelling’s segregation model"Making Elm Talk to Your Personal Supercomputer" at elm-conf 2019Fake Drum Language Apphttps://scripta.ioElm NotebookElm Town 29 - Knode.io with Jim Carlson in 2018 w/Murphy Randle[00:02:10] History in Mathematics[00:04:27] Serious software development[00:06:37] Getting out of the basementMatthew Griffith's elm-uiLamdera[00:09:59] Problem-solving approaches[00:14:43] Scripta.io[00:19:25] Learning Haskell[00:24:40] Elm Notebook

Booklib.io

elm-in-elm/compiler

Minibill's elm-interpreter

Elm Land 🌈

[00:31:50] Simulations

Futhark

Designing Compilers for Speed with Troels Henriksen on Software Unscripted with Richard Feldman

[00:41:05] Fake drum language app[00:45:40] Inspiration for work[00:49:30] PicksJim's picksStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie SussmanThe Mythical Man-Month by Fred BrooksJared's picks"The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki at Strange Loop 2023In Pursuit of the Unknown by Ian StewartThings to make and do in the 4th dimension by Matt ParkerVsauce on YouTube by Michael Stevens