"A Long Strange Loop" by Alex Miller (Strange Loop 2023)

A look back at the history and highlights of Strange Loop over the years.
Alex Miller is the creator of the Strange Loop, Clojure/west, and Lambda Jam conferences. Since 2013 he has been part of the Clojure language team, currently working at Nubank, the largest commercial user of Clojure. He is the co-author of Clojure Applied, Programming Clojure 3rd edition, and the upcoming Clojure Brain Teasers.
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Recorded Sept 22, 2023 at Strange Loop 2023 in St. Louis, MO.
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[@pwesolek]

I regret so much I was not able to attend any edition of Strange Loop. It's uniqueness was palpable even when only watching sessions recordings.

[@ukasztrojanowski3149]

I feel the same way. Learned so much from these reconrdings. And this year I checked out where it is and how much it costs, because I wanted to see if I could go, and that's how I discovered it's the last one :( So sad!

[@pragmaticmero686]

im peruvian, I have no deal doing herr but damn, these have been one of the best series of conferences that i've watched ever. I discovered it on 2022, it was an awesome ride.

[@stoating]

Wow, Strange Loop and the Clojure community. You really have a knack for bringing people together. Your keynote was inspiring and heartfelt. Thank you!

[@fredoverflow]

This was the most touching conference talk I ever watched 🥰

[@tomitoma9249]

Thank you very much for this conference series! Greetings from the Czech Republic.

[@brujua7]

Thanks for so much, I didn't knew the history of Strage Loop. I just knew every time I saw that green logo, that it was from the best, most entertaining and thought provoking conference. I am, selfeshly, a little sad to see it go. But hey, I still have a lot of talks to go through. THANKS!

[@MrAgaldos]

Thanks Alex for everything! hugs from the Basque Country!

[@HughOBrien]

Thank you forever Alex!

[@clickrush]

Beautiful talk!

[@christianromney2169]

Add this one to favorite talks.

[@vsenderov]

My God I just got into StrangeLoop last year and now it is ending.... what ammi supposed to do? :(

[@alurma]

❤

[@raoulmillais]

Re 49:39 this is how node knockout worked but for a hackathon. It was awesome

[@SimonGrayDK]

I really appreciate the fact that you are considering the climate costs, Alex, and iterating alternatives to the traditional conference. Not enough people do and will continue with business as usual until every ecosystem of this planet has been wrecked.

[@palaaaurinkoon]

🥲