Programming

Clojure Web Application Building Blocks

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m rebuilding this website using Clojure.

When starting a new project, I find you often have two choices: start with a batteries-included framework or build up the framework yourself from your own code and any libraries you might want to leverage. I usually choose the first when I want to get something up and running quickly. I choose the second when I want to learn as much as I can and have fun tinkering along the way.

Clojure Markdown Parsing Benchmarks

I am working on setting up a new system for publishing content. I have a few different categories of content that I’m interested in creating. I’ll have to determine exactly what the taxonomy will be, but the broad categories will probably be computers, mountain biking, and more personal stuff including relationships and religion. The first step towards this new system is just to replace the technology behind this website.

This website is currently generated statically using a very old version of jekyll/octopress. Static site generation is really nice, but I think I’m going to want to add some more interactive features like small applications. Therefore, I decided to replace this static site generation approach with a Clojure application.