The Language of the System
Rich Hickey·2017·Clojure Conj·50 minHickey on the fact that the language inside your process is rarely the language between your processes — and what that should imply for system design.
Hammock Driven Development
Rich Hickey·2010·Clojure ConjOn the underrated practice of stepping away from the keyboard — and how to think hard about a problem before writing a single line.
The Value of Values
Rich Hickey·2012·JaxConfWhy immutable values are the right substrate for systems that interact, communicate, and last.
Design in Practice
Rich Hickey·2023·Clojure ConjAfter years of talking about design in the abstract, Hickey demystifies the actual practice — the concrete moves and habits that turn 'design' from a noun into a verb.
Effective Programs — 10 Years of Clojure
Rich Hickey·2017·Clojure ConjRich Hickey on what a decade of Clojure has taught him about the kinds of problems most production code is actually trying to solve — and why static type systems aren't the answer he keeps hearing about.
Spec-ulation
Rich Hickey·2016·Clojure ConjHickey on versioning, breaking changes, and the quiet violence we do to downstream users when we 'fix' our APIs in place.
Simplicity Matters
Rich Hickey·2012·RailsConfA keynote retread of the Simple Made Easy thesis — sharpened, condensed, and aimed squarely at Rubyists.