Last week I attended Heart of Clojure. It was held the last time in 2019 and I had such great time that I decided to go again even though I don’t use Clojure these days. I knew what to expect, but nevertheless I ended up surprised.
I gave a lightning talk where I told everyone to blog as it clarifies their thoughts and feelings. Well, here’s a plot twist: Heart of Clojure ended up being an emotionally complex event for me and I have hard time putting it into words, at least in public. Therefore I’m just going skip it.
I’ll list a few things I liked about it. The keynote about working in the open by Lu Wilson. Meeting in person people I’ve known for years over the Internet. Meeting old friends. Meeting new people. The livecoding set by pulu. Juggling. Food. Giving a lightning talk (always give a lightning talk!). Belgian chocolate. In his keynote Eric Normand talked about category theory without mentioning the words category theory.
Luckily, other people have written about it and Toni Väisänen even made a video. Here are a few links:
- Heart of Clojure 2024: It’s okay by Daniel Janus
- Scrappy hearts and Clojure fiddles by Manuel Uberti
- Travel Log: Heart of Clojure 2024 by Johnny
- People of Heart of Clojure by Toni Talks Dev
Big thanks to everyone involved!
More conferences
Jamie Brandon has announced HYTRADBOI 2025.
Back in 2022, he organized a little online conference called Have You Tried Rubbing A Database On It, or HYTRADBOI. The conference was a chaos, but it was also great fun and it had a big impact on me. Have you noticed that databases are everywhere? Have you noticed that databases are cool?
I’m definitely attending it again, and submitting a lightning talk, too, if there’s an opportunity.
Even more conferences
EuroRust 2024 is right around the corner and I will be attending it. Say hi to me if you’re coming too!