Episodes 91
Avg. Duration 55m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (14)
Since Sep 2016
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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A podcast about the people making and using the Elm language, and the things that they do.

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Elm Town 89 – Elm Camp 2026

Mar 24, 2026 1h

Elm Camp organizers Katja Mordaunt and Tomáš Látal share details about the June 15th-18th, 2026 event in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and extend an open invitation to Elm-curious folks in the broader…

Elm Town 88 – Wonder: Unconscious bias with Felienne Hermans

Dec 16, 2025 1h 44m

Felienne Hermans relates her journey in programming—writing The Programmer's Brain, uncovering biases within computing culture & herself, and building the multilingual, gradual-syntax programming…

Elm Town 87 – Wonder: From machine to mob learning with Sophie Collard

Sep 23, 2025 48m

Sophie Collard describes her transition from environmental engineering to software, mob programming to teach functional concepts, and building a startup app with Elm.Thanks to our sponsor,…

Elm Town 86 – Wonder: Linking notes for active growth with Joël Quenneville

Sep 02, 2025 56m

Joël Quenneville conveys his growth process—taking notes, creating connections between ideas, and sharing those artifacts.Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: [email protected]

Elm Town 85 – Wander: Elm Camp 2025

Jul 22, 2025 1h

In a short break from the Wonder series, John Pavlick, Wolfgang Schuster, and Tristan Pendergrass join Jared to report on the Elm Camp 2025 unconference experience in Michigan, USA.Thanks to our…

Elm Town 84 – Wonder: Elm all the way down with Justin Lubin

Jun 03, 2025 55m

Justin Lubin sketches his journey from undergrad research at UChicago with Ravi Chugh on output-directed and bidirectional programming environments (Sketch-n-Sketch) to graduate work at UC Berkeley…

Elm Town 83 – Wonder: Meeting people where they are with Ryan Haskell

Apr 15, 2025 44m

Kicking off the Wonder series, Ryan Haskell shares his approach to teaching Elm, his gap year adventures, and his current work at Brilliant. He gives insights into creating accessible learning…

Elm Town 82 – Inspired: Tools with Dillon and Jeroen

Dec 17, 2024 1h 20m

In the final episode of the Inspired series, Dillon Kearns and Jeroen Engels wax philosophically with Jared about what it means to be inspired by Elm within the context of tools. We chat about…

Elm Town 81 – Inspired: Bubble Tea with Christian Rocha

Oct 31, 2024 41m

Christian Rocha shares his experience building the TUI framework Bubble Tea based on The Elm Architecture. We talk about Impostor Syndrome, mentors, and how he incorporates his background in design…

Elm Town 80 – Inspired: Roc with Richard Feldman

Sep 17, 2024 1h 3m

Elm pioneer Richard Feldman returns to explain why he made Roc, a direct descendant of Elm. He notes a distinct trade-off of choosing not to have persistent data structures. Later, he shares how his…

Elm Town 79 – Inspired: Gleam with Hayleigh

Sep 03, 2024 49m

Hayleigh talks about how Elm has inspired her work, from tools built in Elm such as elm-web-audio and the Ren language compiler, to contributing to the Gleam language and making the Lustre web…

Elm Town 78 – Elm Camp 2024 with Katja Mordaunt and Wolfgang Schuster

Jul 09, 2024 34m

Katja Mordaunt & Wolfgang Schuster return to share their experiences at Elm Camp 2024.Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: [email protected] by Jesse Moore.Recording date:…

Elm Town 77 – Breaking your brain with Andrey Kuzmin

Jun 25, 2024 1h 2m

From translating imperative physics into Elm and building 3D interactive tools at work to adding Elm support to Zed and animating the Elm Town logo, Andrey Kuzmin never fails to break your…

Elm Town 76 – Between the paving stones with Andrew Lenards

Jun 11, 2024 1h 10m

Andrew Lenards illuminates the liminal spaces of his mind, from lo-fi, DIY, punk rock, meditation, & coaching to Joël's Triangle & The Mental Side of Programming.Thanks to our sponsor,…

Elm Town 75 – The Great Wall of Code with Taylor Troesh

May 28, 2024 1h 2m

Taylor Troesh recounts his trip across the stack, from the front to the back and back again. Along the way, he divulges his custom operator confession. He currently works at Replenysh using Elm for…

Elm Town 74 – The road to town with Jared M. Smith

May 14, 2024 56m

Mario Rogic comes back to interview Jared about his road to Elm, from the Tandy to JavaScript fatigue, and the inevitable, relieving discovery of Elm. The love for Elm never stops.Thanks to our…

Elm Town 73 – It actually fits in my brain with Nduati Kuria

Mar 19, 2024 1h 2m

Nduati Kuria shares his journey from studying AI to why Matthew Griffith's elm-ui makes the web approachable. He explains how an innocuous issue on Tereza Sokol's elm-charts led to a new job.Thanks…

Elm Town 72 – 435 million reasons to love Elm + Elixir with Erik Person

Jan 16, 2024 53m

Erik Person shares how he joined Corvus Insurance as the first engineer building the system from scratch with Elm and Elixir. We talk about onboarding, culture, and growing the team. He exclaims his…

Elm Town 71 – Embracing wins with Lindsay Wardell

Dec 12, 2023 1h 5m

Lindsay Wardell tells how she persevered to write her own story as a programmer and shares her views on JavaScript frameworks & fatigue.Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email:…

Elm Town 70 – Getting out of the basement with Jim Carlson

Nov 28, 2023 57m

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…

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