"Transducers" by Rich Hickey

Why it was recommended

If you want a really good intro, watch Rich Hickey's talk about transducers

Strong recommendationjwr · Original2025-11

What it covers

Rich Hickey introduces transducers in Clojure, a way to make map, filter and similar algorithms composable independent of the data source. This avoids duplicated. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Strange Loop Conference

Length

45 min

Year

2014

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