"Working With the Machine – A Maker’s Journey into Clojure"
summary
Mechanical engineer adopts Clojure and programmatic CAD to turn sketches into tangible objects, moving from SolidWorks/AutoCAD pain points to CADquery and OpenSCAD workflows. Builds a prototype solenoid web app using htmx, Clerk and REBL to interactively select geometry, export SVG and STEP, and iterate live. Outcome: a quilt pattern exported as SVG for English paper piecing that the maker’s mom prints and uses, plus working CNC/laser models and prototypes that validate the approach.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:37Philosophy of making
- 5:58Early CAD experiences
- 10:44Limitations of legacy tools
- 13:10Discovering programmatic CAD
- 18:15Transitioning to Clojure
- 23:51Interactive documentation
- 26:05Demo and closing thoughts
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