Experimental visualization of clojure.spec.
I’ve been making goofy faces since grade school, so why can’t I do it with my code?
clojure.spec is a new core library in Clojure that brings together program validation, documentation, parsing, instrumentation, data generation, and automatic generative testing. Even though I’ve used it in some projects, there’s still a lot that I don’t understand.
jesture is an experiment to learn more by displaying important aspects of spec in the shape of a human face. Something akin to a Chernoff face would force me to ground the abstract ideas of spec into something tangible.
Like a caricaturist on the boardwalk, constraints on time, attention, and the medium will focus my work. A “caricature” of clojure.spec would exaggerate the subtle but important features.
As flawed as Chernoff faces are, by implementing and struggling to fit a bad analogy, I’m forced to articulate why it’s ill-suited. I want to play it out and see how far the analogy goes, where it breaks down, and what might work instead.
It’s a lighthearted way to play with my code and maybe make some people laugh. Honestly, it just seems fun!
Download from https://github.com/sgepigon/jesture.
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