Interviews I Made in 2025

In 2025, I had the privilege of conducting a series of interviews with remarkable people. Most of these are part of the Clojure Corner series, where I spoke with influential members of the Clojure community about their work, ideas, and perspectives on software development.

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AI vs. Human Intuition: Paul Hansen (1000minds)

Will AI replace human intuition? In this deep-dive interview, I sat down with Paul Hansen, Co-Founder of 1000minds and Professor of Economics, to explore the high-stakes world of decision science. We discuss the patented PAPRIKA algorithm, why the university model must evolve to survive AI, the “P-Shaped” skills you need to stay relevant, and how Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is revolutionizing healthcare and business strategy.

Clojure Corner Series

David Nolen

David Nolen has been the Lead ClojureScript developer since 2012. He led mobile and distributed systems teams at Vouch.io to successfully launch Toyota Motor North America’s first digital key. We discuss his journey from film to programming, the impact of interactive development, demand-driven architectures, the evolution from REST to GraphQL, and the future direction of ClojureScript.

Michiel Borkent

Michiel Borkent is the author and maintainer of clj-kondo, babashka, SCI, and squint. We cover the evolution of his open-source contributions, comparing Squint and Cherry, front-end vs. back-end development in Clojure, the role of Clojure Spec and Schema, use cases for SCI (Small Clojure Interpreter), and thoughts on designing a new Lisp language.

Christophe Grand

Christophe Grand is Co-founder and Principal Consultant, and one of the most respected voices in the Clojure community. We discuss his journey into Clojure, building applications philosophy, ClojureDart and its ideal use cases, front-end libraries and approaches, and life beyond programming.

Nathan Marz

Nathan Marz is the founder of Red Planet Labs and creator of Apache Storm. We explore distributed systems, Rama (a scalable backend framework), its real-world applications including a case study with G+D Forward Publishing, event-driven architecture, data management with PStates and Depots, and micro-batching implementation.

Eric Dallo

Eric Dallo is the maintainer of clojure-lsp, developer at Nubank, and recipient of Clojurists Together’s 2025 Long-Term Funding. We discuss language servers and the LSP Protocol, challenges of implementing LSP for dynamic languages, NixOS and its functional approach to package management, and scaling Clojure at Nubank with microservices.

Oleksandr Yakushev

Oleksandr Yakushev is a Clojure developer and recipient of Clojurists Together 2025 Long-Term Funding. We cover performance optimization and tooling, Emacs customization, AI’s impact on development, Clojure’s compiler and bytecode insights, and the rise and fall of functional programming trends.

Allen Rohner

Allen Rohner is Founder and CTO of Griffin, a banking platform. We discuss why developers love Clojure, building and scaling Griffin’s engineering team, insights into banking systems and infrastructure, transitioning from Kafka to FoundationDB, and challenges in crypto banking regulations.

Magnar Sveen

Magnar Sveen is a Clojure Developer at the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. We talk about the evolution of the full-stack developer role, the Emacs vs. VS Code debate, building tools and customization for better workflow, pair programming and team dynamics, and the intersection of games and programming.

Jakub Holý

Jakub Holý is a technical blogger, teacher, mentor, and passionate Clojure developer. We explore Wolfram and its ecosystem, Wolframite (bridging Clojure and Wolfram), comparing Clojure vs. Wolfram, and the Rama programming platform with its use cases and data management.

Martin Kavalar

Martin Kavalar discusses his transition from physics to software development, building a Schafkopf card game, challenges in scientific software development, Clojure’s application in data science, and integrating AI into development workflows with reflections on code quality.

Ovi Stoica

Ovi Stoica builds fast MVPs for SaaS founders to test their products in the market. We discuss Voice AI and Clojure development, challenges with API reliability and latency, Ship Clojure (a Clojure boilerplate), UIX and Reagent frameworks, and the future of software development with AI tools.

Julien Bille

Julien Bille is a Lead Product Developer well-known in the Clojure community. We cover his transition from Scala to Clojure, building a new AI-driven news reader, challenges in web scraping and RSS feeds, AI integration in development, and the importance of code quality in AI development.

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