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Sophie Collard
Energy and environmental engineer turned software developer who builds Elm front-ends (London Air UI, Railpackers) and publishes Elm packages such as jsonpath; spoke about mob programming and lessons from a 10k+ LOC Elm project.
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Sep 23, 2025
• 49min
Elm Town 87 – Wonder: From machine to mob learning with Sophie Collard
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Sophie Collard, an energy engineer turned software developer, shares her incredible journey into programming. She discusses transitioning from environmental work to backend coding and her discovery of Elm. Sophie dives into building a robust 10k-line app and the benefits of mob programming as a teaching method. She shares insights on integrating Leaflet.js with Elm for interactive maps and introduces her rail-focused travel search app, Railpackers. Plus, she talks about creating a JSONPath library, showcasing her passion for functional programming.
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