Elm Town

Ari Schlesinger illuminates a unique path of social responsibility carved through the tech world, using feminism as a guide while bearing attacks, criticism, and contortion. That trail led Ari to ask how programming languages shape society and, eventually, to research Elm—the compiler, error messages, and community. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by...

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 community. Tickets on sale as of publishing! Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2026.01.28 Guests Katja...

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 language Hedy. We even dip into AI (trigger warning) and dumb phones. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date...

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, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.02.24 Guest Sophie Collard Show notes [00:00:29] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:50] Introducing Sophie London Air...

Joël Quenneville conveys his growth process—taking notes, creating connections between ideas, and sharing those artifacts. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.01.30 Guest Joël Quenneville Show notes [00:00:19] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:39] Introducing Joël Some blog posts by Joël "Structuring Conditionals in a...

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 sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2025.07.07 Guests John Pavlick Wolfgang Schuster Tristan Pendergrass Show notes [00:00:14] Sponsored by Lo...

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 with Sarah E. Chasins, focusing on programming language theory, researching how statically-typed functional programmers write code, and beyond, to helping domain experts. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistic...

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 materials, building games, and finding inspiration outside the Elm ecosystem. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording...

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 feedback, guarantees, and contracts as lenses for building tools. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2024.0...

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 at Charm. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Toni Cañete. Recording date: 2024.10.10 Guest Christian Rocha Show notes [00:00:23] Sp...

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 experience teaching Elm informed Roc's design. We even learn about the power of platforms. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date...

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 framework. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.04.10 Guest Hayleigh Show notes [00:00:50] Sponsored by Logistically [00:01:19]...

Katja Mordaunt & Wolfgang Schuster return to share their experiences at Elm Camp 2024. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.06.26 Guests Katja Mordaunt Wolfgang Schuster Show notes [00:00:34] Setting the scene Elm Camp Elm Camp 2024: Reflections by Wolfgang Schuster [00:08:03] Sessions [00:13:36] Talking outside the bo...

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 brain. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.05.16 Guest Andrey Kuzmin Show notes [00:00:19] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:42] In...

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, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.03.05. Guest Andrew Lenards Show notes [00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:58] Introducing Andrew "Is This the W...

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 sustainability. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.02.08 Guest Taylor Troesh Show notes [00:00:30] Sponsored by Logistic...

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 sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2024.02.05 Guest Jared M. Smith Show notes [00:00:28] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:54] The exclusive wr...

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 to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.11.10 Guest Nduati Kuria Show notes [00:00:20] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:52] Introdu...

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 excitement for the next phase of acquisition by Travelers. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.12.05 Guest Erik Person S...

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: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.11.06 Guest Lindsay Wardell Show notes [00:00:20] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:49] Introducing Lindsay Human Side of Dev Elm and Vite on Elm R...

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] In...

Simon Lydell tells his origin story from Firefox power user to full-time Elm engineer. Then we talk about his work in the community building tools & contributing to core. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.10.09 Guest Simon Lydell Show notes [00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically [00:00:56] Introducing Simon Elm node-t...

Mario Rogic shares his journeys, both physically around the world and strategically, as he built & rebuilt Lamdera. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.09.08 Guest Mario Rogic Show notes [00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically [00:01:00] Introducing Mario Locomote Lamdera Elm Online London meetups Elmcraft Elm Camp Elm T...

Adriano Ferrari talks about how Elm allows him to solely support Gingko Writer and make progress on new projects while also homeschooling. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.09.08 Guest Adriano Ferrari Show notes [00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically [00:01:00] Introducing Adriano Gingko Writer , open-source on GitHub...

Chris Martin shares how he grew Elm wings while building Exosphere, a user-friendly, open-source tool to help scientists do research. Note: Jared's audio quality isn't great. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com . Music by Jesse Moore. Recording date: 2023.08.02 Guest Chris Martin ( https://cmart.blog ) Show notes [00:00:56] Introducing Chris Martin https://gitla...