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

Guest

• Jim Carlson

Show notes

[00:00:16] Sponsored By Logistically

[00:00:45] Introducing Jim

• "Making a LaTeX-to-Html parser in Elm" at Elm Europe 2018
• jxxcarlson/meenylatex
• "Tarring files with Elm" at Oslo Elm Day 2019
• jxxcarlson/elm-tar
• jxxcarlson/elm-markdown
• jxxcarlson/elm-l0-parser
• Random Exchange Model
• Schelling’s segregation model
• "Making Elm Talk to Your Personal Supercomputer" at elm-conf 2019
• Fake Drum Language App
• https://scripta.io
• Elm Notebook
• Elm 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 basement

• Matthew Griffith's elm-ui
• Lamdera

[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] Picks

Jim's picks

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman
• The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks

Jared's picks

• "The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki at Strange Loop 2023
• In Pursuit of the Unknown by Ian Stewart
• Things to make and do in the 4th dimension by Matt Parker
• Vsauce on YouTube by Michael Stevens