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Alex Miller

5 appearances · 1 as guest · 10 topics

Influence Direction (across 5 analyzed appearances)

Avg Intensity

Minimal 16%

Avg Transparency

Transparent 96%

Top Technique

None

Technique Profile

Appeal To Authority 1x Direct Appeal 1x Direct Technical Recommendation 1x Expertise Signaling 1x Externalizing Blame 1x False Equivalence 1x Manufactured Authenticity 1x Performed Authenticity 1x Social Proof 1x Us Vs. Them 1x Community-centric Framing 1x Direct Advocacy 1x Direct-technical-appeal 1x Fear Of Missing Out 1x Identity-alignment 1x Rapport Building 1x Straw Man 1x Technical-anxiety 1x Unquestioned-philosophical-premise 1x

Persuasion Dimensions

Story Shaping

16%

Call to Action

14%

Implicit Claims

12%

Emotional Appeal

10%

Group Characterization

Engagement Mechanics

Topics

clojure software architecture apache kafka bug tracking build tools clojurescript dependency management distributed systems floating point arithmetic functional programming

Narrative Themes

The speaker aims to promote the Clojure programming language while positioning his company's product, OPERATR, as the essential tool for managing the modern 'streaming compute' paradigm.

Follow the Data: Product Development in Clojure - Derek Troy-West

The video aims to explain the technical design and adoption of 'tools.deps' to the Clojure developer community and encourage its use as a modern alternative to legacy build tools.

Composable Tools - Alex Miller

The content's purpose is to share technical knowledge about implementing mathematical functions in ClojureScript and to encourage community contribution to the open-source project.

"From JVM to JS: Implementing Math Functions in ClojureScript" by Paula Gearon

The video aims to educate the Clojure community on how to submit high-quality bug reports and feature requests to improve the language's development efficiency.

CLJ Screening

The content aims to provide technical updates and maintain community trust by being transparent about past bugs and security fixes in the Clojure programming language.

Clojure Core Team Dev Call, Feb 2026

Appearances

Follow the Data: Product Development in Clojure - Derek Troy-West

ClojureTV · Clojure core team member who introduces the speaker at the Clojure/conj conference.

Host Low Mostly Transparent

Composable Tools - Alex Miller

ClojureTV · A core Clojure developer presenting the design and implementation of tools.deps and the clj tool.

Host Minimal Transparent

"From JVM to JS: Implementing Math Functions in ClojureScript" by Paula Gearon

ClojureTV · A Clojure core team member discussed as the person who provided feedback and guidance on the project.

Subject Minimal Transparent

CLJ Screening

ClojureTV · A core Clojure developer explaining the ticket screening and vetting workflow.

Host Minimal Transparent

Clojure Core Team Dev Call, Feb 2026

ClojureTV · Lead of the Clojure team at Nubank who provides context on the roadmap and specific bug fixes.

Guest Minimal Transparent