111
Episodes
15
Transcribed
29
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2016
First episode
130K
YouTube views

About defn

The world's greatest vegetarian Clojure podcast. Support us on https://patreon.com/defn Hosted by Josh Glover and Ray McDermott

Publisher
defn
Category
technology
Language
en
Explicit
Yes
First episode
17 May 2016
Latest episode
18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

15 of 111 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    ed1f0d5f66f6 Joanne Cheng

  2. 22 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

    b8c570464f67 Siyoung

  3. 2 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

    2aba8aeedf7d Polylith

Inside a recent episode

ed1f0d5f66f6 Joanne Cheng

Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Especially in these really technical, theoretical classes. I really enjoyed this sort of way of looking at programming. But I think it also fostered that in the community as well. I remember going to a Ruby conference here in Europe in Berlin, just everyone being so friendly and warm. It was my first time in Europe. It was kind of an amazing experience. And wow, I have not thought about that or talked about that in years. That is a flashback. I'm having a lot of memories right now. One of the things that, again, maybe these are my Ruby-tented spectacles or whatever, but One of the things I remember from the Ruby community is like, I don't recall anybody ever telling me when I like asked for help online, you're doing it wrong. […]

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Who has been a guest on defn

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  • Joanne Cheng
  • Drew Raines
  • Eric Normand

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YouTube views
130,258
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
23 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality
58
Social presence
0
YouTube
86
Engagement
92

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