Tim Ewald - Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools

ClojureTV

Why leaders watch it

Craft analogy about tools shaping thinking and quality; reflective but tied to programming.

Tim Ewald's Clojure/conj talk uses furniture making with hand tools versus machine tools as an allegory for software. It explores how automation changes what we make and how we think about our work, and why Clojure's small set of simple tools matters.

Topics: Focus & prioritization, Learning & growth

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