Howard M. Lewis ShipRock TumblingMy son, Jacob, has always been a rock hound, and for his birthday we got a very nice rock tumbler, a Lortone QT66. I have never been too…2 min read·Sep 22, 2018--1--1
Howard M. Lewis ShipIntroducing SchematicOur team at Walmart runs a lot of Clojure code. We run a fair number of continuously running services, alongside a smaller number of batch…5 min read·Mar 30, 2018--2--2
Howard M. Lewis ShipMacros, Meta, and LoggingThrough my years stewarding Apache Tapestry, I always had an emphasis on descriptive exception and logging messages. Exceptions and logging…6 min read·Mar 16, 2018--1--1
Howard M. Lewis ShipConfessions of a threading macro addictSince the very beginning of my work in Clojure, I’ve been a fan of the threading macros: ->, ->>, and related. For me, they are essential…4 min read·May 30, 2017--2--2
Howard M. Lewis ShipDear flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, tin-foil hat types, climate deniers, young earthers, and the rest.Science is like a crossword puzzle.3 min read·May 15, 2017--1--1
Howard M. Lewis ShipTips and Tricks for ComponentI was really lucky in the way I got started coding Clojure full time; at Aviso I was given a new project and a completely clean slate: I…5 min read·Dec 2, 2016--2--2
Howard M. Lewis ShipBootYou know, Clojure just doesn’t get used for scripting as often as it should. And that’s a shame. Clojure is concise, readable, and…7 min read·Oct 28, 2016--2--2
Howard M. Lewis ShipSome observations about Clojure core.asyncI’ve been using core.async for over three years now and I’ve continued to have insights into how to use it best, as well as some…4 min read·May 6, 2016--1--1
Howard M. Lewis ShipRadian 2: First ImpressionsI’ve been eagerly awaiting my Radian 2 for months now, and it arrived last night. The Radian is a device to pan a camera and manage a…2 min read·Apr 6, 2016----
Howard M. Lewis ShipMicroservices, Configuration, and ClojureThere have been minor changes to the io.aviso/config library (still in alpha, eh?) since this was originally published. The naming of files…7 min read·Jun 24, 2015----
