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_layouts/talk.html

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   <h2>{{ page.title }} </h2>
   <div class="talk-type-label"><span>{{page.type}}</span></div>
-  <p>{{ page.abstract | markdownify}}</p>
+  <div class="abstract">{{ page.abstract | markdownify}}</div>
+  {% if page.description %}
+  <div class="description">{{ page.description | markdownify}}</div>
+  {% endif %}
 
   <div class="speakers">
     <h3>Speakers</h3>

_talks/an-exceptionally-janky-tale.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/jeaye-wilkerson.png
 slug: an-exceptionally-janky-tale
 speakers:
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ abstract: "Gather 'round, friends, it's story time! Hear the adventurous tale of
 type: Talk
 title: An Exceptionally Janky Tale
 code: 9WTPNL
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Jeaye+Wilkerson&title=An+Exceptionally+Janky+Tale&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jeaye-wilkerson.png%3Fv%3D1721225782143
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Jeaye+Wilkerson&title=An+Exceptionally+Janky+Tale&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jeaye-wilkerson.png%3Fv%3D1721284426739
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_talks/an-introduction-to-application-garden.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/jack-rusher-paolo-holinski.png
 slug: an-introduction-to-application-garden
 speakers:
@@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ abstract: Learn how to use application.garden to quickly deploy a working applic
 type: Workshop
 title: An introduction to application.garden
 code: 7CHPV8
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Jack+Rusher%2C+Paolo+Holinski&title=An+introduction+to+application.garden&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jack-rusher-paolo-holinski.png%3Fv%3D1721225782281
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Jack+Rusher%2C+Paolo+Holinski&title=An+introduction+to+application.garden&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jack-rusher-paolo-holinski.png%3Fv%3D1721284426885
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_talks/babashka-in-practice.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/michiel-borkent-teodor-heggelund-christian-johansen.png
 slug: babashka-in-practice
 speakers:
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@ abstract: "What is Babashka? Why should you care?\r\n\r\nIn 90 minutes you’ll
 type: Workshop
 title: Babashka in practice
 code: RYJ78V
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Michiel+Borkent%2C+Teodor+Heggelund%2C+Christian+Johansen&title=Babashka+in+practice&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/michiel-borkent-teodor-heggelund-christian-johansen.png%3Fv%3D1721225782149
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Michiel+Borkent%2C+Teodor+Heggelund%2C+Christian+Johansen&title=Babashka+in+practice&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/michiel-borkent-teodor-heggelund-christian-johansen.png%3Fv%3D1721284426746
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_talks/beyond-the-hype-obstacles-on-the-path-to-clojure-adoption.md

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+description: "- Is Clojure growth declining? Is it even growing? Where are we heading?\r\n- Analyze reasons why Clojure hasn't experienced explosive growth\r\n- Discuss challenges like perceived complexity, lack of familiar tooling, and smaller community compared to giants like Python.\r\n- Present data and surveys to support the points.\r\n\r\nPropose actionable ideas to attract new users:\r\n- Beginner-friendly tutorials and resources.\r\n- More focus on Clojure for specific domains (web dev, data science).\r\n- Increased outreach through workshops and meetups -- ClojureBridge etc.\r\n\r\n- Discuss the perception of Clojure as a difficult language.\r\n- Showcase success stories of beginners who transitioned to Clojure.\r\n\r\nMissing pieces:\r\n- Discuss potential missing elements in the Clojure ecosystem\r\n  - Do we need something like Rails / Django?\r\n- Limited industry adoption leading to fewer job opportunities.\r\n\r\nFEAR: Identify common reasons why developers might hesitate to learn Clojure:\r\n- Fear of a steep learning curve.\r\n- Concerns about job market saturation.\r\n- Uncertainty about the language's long-term viability.\r\n\r\nI plan to address all of these concerns with data, community experiences, and future-oriented arguments. I'll start conducting interviews  and collect as much information as I can from community and outsiders.\r\n\r\nI am open to changing the content of the talks if the premise seems exciting!"
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/mitesh-shah.png
 slug: beyond-the-hype-obstacles-on-the-path-to-clojure-adoption
 speakers:
@@ -13,5 +14,5 @@ abstract: "To the mainstream public (devs and business folks), clojure is either
 type: Talk
 title: 'Beyond the Hype: Obstacles on the Path to Clojure Adoption'
 code: KPLYME
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Mitesh+Shah&title=Beyond+the+Hype%3A+Obstacles+on+the+Path+to+Clojure+Adoption&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/mitesh-shah.png%3Fv%3D1721225782282
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Mitesh+Shah&title=Beyond+the+Hype%3A+Obstacles+on+the+Path+to+Clojure+Adoption&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/mitesh-shah.png%3Fv%3D1721284426886
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_talks/build-a-desktop-application-with-humble-ui.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/nikita-prokopov.jpg
 slug: build-a-desktop-application-with-humble-ui
 speakers:
@@ -16,5 +17,5 @@ abstract: "Humble UI is an ongoing project to build desktop-class UIs in Clojure
 type: Workshop
 title: Build a Desktop Application with Humble UI
 code: W8JQNR
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Nikita+Prokopov&title=Build+a+Desktop+Application+with+Humble+UI&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/nikita-prokopov.jpg%3Fv%3D1721225782268
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Nikita+Prokopov&title=Build+a+Desktop+Application+with+Humble+UI&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/nikita-prokopov.jpg%3Fv%3D1721284426875
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_talks/build-full-stack-clojurescript-apps-with-and-without-sitefox.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/chris-mccormick.jpg
 slug: build-full-stack-clojurescript-apps-with-and-without-sitefox
 speakers:
@@ -13,5 +14,5 @@ abstract: Interested in building "full stack" ClojureScript software running on
 type: Workshop
 title: Build full-stack ClojureScript apps with and without Sitefox
 code: XXE9RM
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Chris+McCormick&title=Build+full-stack+ClojureScript+apps+with+and+without+Sitefox&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/chris-mccormick.jpg%3Fv%3D1721225782141
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Chris+McCormick&title=Build+full-stack+ClojureScript+apps+with+and+without+Sitefox&type=Workshop&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/chris-mccormick.jpg%3Fv%3D1721284426737
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_talks/building-conversational-speech-annotation-tool-in-clojure.md

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+description: "We will start from explaining what kinds of annotation we are doing (essay annotation, transcript annotation, speech diarisation) and why (for the purpose of ML training in foreign language context). We will then briefly show architecture of a bespoke text editor based on good old Reagent. From that, we'll proceed to adding annotation capabilities (think MS Word with tracking changes enabled on steroids): our data structure, usefulness of rule engines, pros and cons of using Specter for that particular challenge and what has helped (tests and docstrings).\r\n\r\nIn the second part of the talk, we will move on to building a tool for annotating entire audio conversations. It will require explanations of concepts such as segments and speaker diarisation. It will also be useful to tell quickly what ML we are using to get the initial data we are going to annotate. We will then explain our segmentation algorithm in Clojure and the data structure we arrive at.\r\n\r\nFor the UI, we will stand on the shoulders of giants (Wavesurfer.js) but will still face some challenges such as how to represent overlapping speech, or what is the most effective way of an annotator to correct speaker assignment for a fragment of transcription. Also pros and cons of having multiple local undo histories as opposed to global undo. We will also cover some fun algorithmic stuff such as how to keep user's changes in the transcript while the user is resizing a segment and how Clojure is great for this stuff.\r\n\r\nWorking on annotation software is a very gratifying experience as the working material is a human output such as essays or conversations. If we add to this an interactive application written in ClojureScript, the fun is only multiplied and this talk is intended to share it."
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/pawel-stroinski.jpeg
 slug: building-conversational-speech-annotation-tool-in-clojure
 speakers:
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ abstract: This talk will be a story of inheriting a bespoke text editor with ann
 type: Talk
 title: Building Conversational Speech Annotation Tool in Clojure
 code: SL7C7G
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Pawe%C5%82+Stroi%C5%84ski&title=Building+Conversational+Speech+Annotation+Tool+in+Clojure&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/pawel-stroinski.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721225782292
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Pawe%C5%82+Stroi%C5%84ski&title=Building+Conversational+Speech+Annotation+Tool+in+Clojure&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/pawel-stroinski.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721284426897
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_talks/cursive-office-hours.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/colin-fleming.jpeg
 slug: cursive-office-hours
 speakers:
@@ -10,5 +11,5 @@ abstract: Come with all your questions about Cursive! I have developed Cursive f
 type: Office Hours
 title: Cursive office hours
 code: R8UFRM
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Colin+Fleming&title=Cursive+office+hours&type=Office+Hours&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/colin-fleming.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721225782272
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Colin+Fleming&title=Cursive+office+hours&type=Office+Hours&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/colin-fleming.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721284426878
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_talks/klor-choreographic-programming-in-clojure.md

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+description: "The idea behind our project, called Klor (https://github.com/lovrosdu/klor), is to use a new domain-specific language (DSL) -- embedded in Clojure -- to write distributed systems as **choreographies**. A choreography is very similar to any \"normal\" Clojure program, except that it has a special message-passing primitive for processes to communicate: instead of the usual two `send` and `receive` primitives, there is just one `communicate` primitive that embodies a whole end-to-end transmission. The great thing about this is that bugs like communication mismatches and deadlocks -- very hard to diagnose and fix! -- become syntactically impossible to write in the first place. The choreography essentially acts as a single source of truth and is used to automatically generate the implementations of the processes in the system. `communicate` still compiles to a `send` and a corresponding `receive` behind the scenes, but it all happens completely transparently to the programmer.\r\n\r\nKlor is implemented on top of the `clojure.tools.analyzer` compiler framework and hooks into Clojure's macro system to perform all of its analysis and code generation at macroexpansion-time, imposing virtually no run-time cost on the user. It uses a lightweight \"type\" system to track the locations of values and knowledge shared between the processes, and supports standard higher-order features that help with composition and modularity. Still, Klor does not impose any hard restrictions and embraces the interactive and dynamically typed spirit of Clojure: there is seamless interoperability with external Clojure code and standard REPL-based development is highly encouraged. All in all, Clojure's excellent support for concurrency, host interop and mature tooling makes it a great foundation to use for Klor.\r\n\r\nThe aim of this talk is to demonstrate Klor's usage and highlight some of the interesting implementation challenges we faced."
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/lovro-lugovic-sung-shik-jongmans.png
 slug: klor-choreographic-programming-in-clojure
 speakers:
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   biography: Sung-Shik Jongmans is language engineer at Swat.engineering. Before, he was associate professor at Open University of the Netherlands and researcher at the Dutch National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science. His interests include programming languages, concurrency theory, and software engineering. And Clojure, of course.
   avatar: http://cfp.heartofclojure.eu/media/avatars/sung-square_MxfIe9g.png
   img: /img/speakers/sung-shik-jongmans.png
-abstract: "Over the past five years, the European Commission has invested over 250M EUR in its **Next Generation Internet** initiative. As part of this ambitious program, we are developing a new free and open-source core technology for distributed systems -- in Clojure, of course.\r\n\r\nThe idea behind our project, called Klor (https://github.com/lovrosdu/klor), is to use a new domain-specific language (DSL) -- embedded in Clojure -- to write distributed systems as **choreographies**. A choreography is very similar to any \"normal\" Clojure program, except that it has a special message-passing primitive for processes to communicate: instead of the usual two `send` and `receive` primitives, there is just one `communicate` primitive that embodies a whole end-to-end transmission. The great thing about this is that bugs like communication mismatches and deadlocks -- very hard to diagnose and fix! -- become syntactically impossible to write in the first place. The choreography essentially acts as a single source of truth and is used to automatically generate the implementations of the processes in the system. `communicate` still compiles to a `send` and a corresponding `receive` behind the scenes, but it all happens completely transparently to the programmer.\r\n\r\nKlor is implemented on top of the `clojure.tools.analyzer` compiler framework and hooks into Clojure's macro system to perform all of its analysis and code generation at macroexpansion-time, imposing virtually no run-time cost on the user. It uses a lightweight \"type\" system to track the locations of values and knowledge shared between the processes, and supports standard higher-order features that help with composition and modularity. Still, Klor does not impose any hard restrictions and embraces the interactive and dynamically typed spirit of Clojure: there is seamless interoperability with external Clojure code and standard REPL-based development is highly encouraged. All in all, Clojure's excellent support for concurrency, host interop and mature tooling makes it a great foundation to use for Klor.\r\n\r\nThe aim of this talk is to demonstrate Klor's usage and highlight some of the interesting implementation challenges we faced."
+abstract: Over the past five years, the European Commission has invested over 250M EUR in its **Next Generation Internet** initiative. As part of this ambitious program, we are developing a new free and open-source core technology for distributed systems -- in Clojure, of course.
 type: Talk
 title: 'Klor: Choreographic Programming in Clojure'
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-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Lovro+Lugovi%C4%87%2C+Sung-Shik+Jongmans&title=Klor%3A+Choreographic+Programming+in+Clojure&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/lovro-lugovic-sung-shik-jongmans.png%3Fv%3D1721225782279
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Lovro+Lugovi%C4%87%2C+Sung-Shik+Jongmans&title=Klor%3A+Choreographic+Programming+in+Clojure&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/lovro-lugovic-sung-shik-jongmans.png%3Fv%3D1721284426883
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_talks/living-with-legacy-code.md

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+description: A dive into how to live with legacy design by delving into of the oldest Clojure codebases the speaker maintains. This talk will cover the mechanisms Clojure has for managing backward compatibility, and how to make the best of a bad situation when mistakes are (inevitably) made.
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/james-reeves.jpeg
 slug: living-with-legacy-code
 speakers:
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 type: Talk
 title: Living With Legacy Code
 code: SEFW3N
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=James+Reeves&title=Living+With+Legacy+Code&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/james-reeves.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721225782138
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=James+Reeves&title=Living+With+Legacy+Code&type=Talk&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/james-reeves.jpeg%3Fv%3D1721284426734
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_talks/open-hearts-for-diversity.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/katja-bohnke.jpg
 slug: open-hearts-for-diversity
 speakers:
@@ -10,5 +11,5 @@ abstract: "As women in tech I am used to being the only women in the room. I am
 type: Session
 title: Open hearts for diversity
 code: RYKWPQ
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Katja+B%C3%B6hnke&title=Open+hearts+for+diversity&type=Session&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/katja-bohnke.jpg%3Fv%3D1721225782274
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Katja+B%C3%B6hnke&title=Open+hearts+for+diversity&type=Session&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/katja-bohnke.jpg%3Fv%3D1721284426879
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_talks/opening-keynote-tbd.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/lu-wilson.png
 slug: opening-keynote-tbd
 speakers:
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ abstract: We are excited to have Lu join us to deliver the opening keynote. Stay
 type: Keynote
 title: Opening Keynote (TBD)
 code: GJF8UZ
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Lu+Wilson&title=Opening+Keynote+%28TBD%29&type=Keynote&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/lu-wilson.png%3Fv%3D1721225782295
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Lu+Wilson&title=Opening+Keynote+%28TBD%29&type=Keynote&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/lu-wilson.png%3Fv%3D1721284426899
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_talks/our-lovely-hosts.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/jordan-miller-carmen-huidobro.png
 slug: our-lovely-hosts
 speakers:
@@ -25,5 +26,5 @@ abstract: Carmen and Jordan will be your esteemed hosts. They will guide you thr
 type: Host
 title: Our Lovely Hosts
 code: XAYTG8
-image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Jordan+Miller%2C+Carmen+Huidobro+%28DevCraft+Academy%29&title=Our+Lovely+Hosts&type=Host&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jordan-miller-carmen-huidobro.png%3Fv%3D1721225782297
+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=kr8gdk8c4ya552y&speaker=Jordan+Miller%2C+Carmen+Huidobro+%28DevCraft+Academy%29&title=Our+Lovely+Hosts&type=Host&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/jordan-miller-carmen-huidobro.png%3Fv%3D1721284426902
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_talks/responsible-data-and-ai.md

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+description: ''
 speaker-img: /img/speakers/anna-colom.png
 slug: responsible-data-and-ai
 speakers:
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 type: Keynote
 title: Responsible Data and AI
 code: 3ULPRX
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+image: https://dynogee.com/gen?id=xqxdvgzswovkl2c&speaker=Anna+Colom&title=Responsible+Data+and+AI&type=Keynote&img=https%3A//2024.heartofclojure.eu/img/speakers/anna-colom.png%3Fv%3D1721284426900
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