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Stumble upon in April 2025

While doomscrolling on LinkedIn the other day, a comment linking to an article/essay about what to expect from the newly inaugurated U.S. president and his administration caught my eye.

A Clojure Jekyll adventure: Jakel materializes from the mist (a Jekyll clone)

I’m flipping through my quest log to reflect on the trials I’ve faced recently. Most improvements to the Clojure-based Jekyll clone focused on making the blog navigable.

This is the fourth part of the series: “A Clojure Jekyll Adventure”. If you’re curious about what happened in the previous chapter of my journey, check out: A Wet side quest.

A Clojure Jekyll adventure: A Wet side quest (Wet 0.3.0 released)

I ventured far and wide on my Clojure Jekyll adventure right after the last check-in. Then, fatigue (and life) caught up with me, and I had to set up camp for a little while.

The other day, I went on a little side quest and officially released my fork’s changes to the Liquid templating library Wet 💧.

This is the third part of the series: “A Clojure Jekyll adventure”. If you’re curious about what happened on the previous part of my journey, check out: Getting my feet wet with Liquid.

Stumble upon in March 2025

We need electronic devices — like phones and computers — that we can trust, but with everything happening right now, America doesn’t exactly inspire trust.

Stumble upon in Feb 2025

A little while ago, I was presented with an old 2016 blog post by Ricardo J. Mendez on Planet Clojure titled Complexity is the mind-killer. Planet Clojure occasionally resurfaces older posts when their ‘updated timestamp’ is refreshed, which is likely what happened. While not always ideal, this time, I felt lucky. 🍀