= Clojure Deref (May 1, 2023)
Alex Miller
2023-05-01
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Welcome to the Clojure Deref! This is a weekly link/news roundup for the Clojure ecosystem. (https://twitter.com/ClojureDeref[@ClojureDeref] https://clojure.org/feed.xml[RSS])

== Highlights

We had a blast last week at https://2023.clojure-conj.org[Conj]! It was so good to see everyone in person and online. We hope to have videos edited and released to YouTube soon and you'll hear about it here of course.

Some of our team's big announcements last week are: https://blog.datomic.com/2023/04/datomic-is-free.html[Datomic is Free] and https://clojure.org/news/2023/04/28/introducing-morse[Introducing Morse]. More to come on both of these soon!

== Podcasts and videos

* https://soundcloud.com/defn-771544745/88-matthew-davidson-aka-kingmob[#88 Matthew Davidson a.k.a kingmob] - defn podcast
* https://soundcloud.com/clojurestream/e91-clerk-with-martin-kavalar[E91 Clerk with Martin Kavalar] - ClojureStream Podcast
* https://www.parens-of-the-dead.com/s2e23.html[Episode 23: Dicey Visuals] - Parens of the Dead
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJrD4Dynh20[Using reduce to dig into Clojure sequences] - Clojure Diary

== Blogs, articles, and projects

* https://www.xtdb.com/blog/2x-early-access[Announcing XTDB 2.x Early Access] - Jeremy Taylor
* https://tonsky.me/blog/humble-state/[Humble Chronicles: State Management] - Nikita Prokopov
* https://aphyr.com/posts/363-fast-multi-accumulator-reducers[Fast Multi-Accumulator Reducers] - Kyle Kingsbury
* https://corfield.org/blog/2023/04/30/long-term-funding-2/[Long-Term Funding, Update #2] - Sean Corfield
* https://blog.michielborkent.nl/oss-updates-apr-2023.html[OSS updates April 2023] - Michiel Borkent
* https://practical.li/blog/posts/practicalli-plans-2023/[Practicalli plans for 2023] - practical.li 
* https://vlaaad.github.io/replicant[First impressions of Morse and Replicant] - Vlad
* https://faster-than-light-memes.xyz/emacs-clojure-lispy-mind-meld.html[emacs-clojure-lispy-mind-meld] - Benjamin Scherdtner

== Libraries and Tools

New releases and tools this week:

* https://github.com/zalky/reflet[reflet] 0.3.0-rc1 - Tools for building Re-frame + React based web apps with graph and non-graph data models
* https://github.com/seancorfield/next.jdbc.xt[next.jdbc.xt]  - Experimental extension of next.jdbc to work with XTDB 2.0 (snapshots)
* https://github.com/noahtheduke/splint[splint] 1.3.2 - A Clojure linter focused on style and code shape
* https://github.com/scicloj/wadogo[wadogo] 1.0.0 - scales for clojure
* https://github.com/generateme/fitdistr[fitdistr] 1.0.5 - Fit distributions with mle, mge, mme and qme methods (+ bootstrap)
* https://github.com/cognitect-labs/aws-api[aws-api] 0.8.666 - AWS, data driven
* https://github.com/practicalli/clojure-cli-config[clojure-cli-config] 2023.04.26 - User aliases and Clojure CLI configuration for deps.edn based projects
* https://github.com/pitch-io/cljest[cljest] 1.0.0 - A preset for Jest which allows for running CLJS tests in Jest
* https://github.com/eerohele/Tutkain[Tutkain] 0.18.0 (alpha) - A Sublime Text package for interactive Clojure development
* https://github.com/Clojure2D/clojure2d[clojure2d] 1.1.0 - Java2D wrapper + creative coding supporting functions
* https://github.com/mjhika/babashka-dl[babashka-dl]  - simple install script for babashka on windows
* https://github.com/cjbarre/multi-gpt[multi-gpt]  - A Clojure interface into the GPT API with advanced tools like conversational memory, task management, and more
* https://github.com/generateme/fastmath[fastmath] 1.2.0 - Fast primitive based math library
* https://github.com/babashka/instaparse-bb[instaparse-bb] 0.0.3 - Use instaparse from babashka!
* https://github.com/babashka/babashka[babashka] 1.3.179 - Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting
* https://github.com/borkdude/jet[jet] 0.5.25 - CLI to transform between JSON, EDN, YAML and Transit using Clojure

