Hi there, I'm Peter Taoussanis! 👋
x.com/ptaoussanis | github.com/ptaoussanis | peter at taoensso.com
I've worked as a software engineer, consultant, CTO, and founder.
I like mathematics (especially statistics), economics, engineering, business, and psychology.
I like building things and solving problems. I write a lot of software.
Recent projects include a positive-vibes clean chat community called Wusoup, and a sex communication tool for couples called Quivre, both built with Clojure.
I write/maintain a fair bit of Clojure open source, including:
| Library | Platform/s | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carmine | Clj | Redis client + message queue for Clojure |
| Encore | Clj/s | Core utils library for Clojure/Script |
| Faraday | Clj | Amazon DynamoDB client for Clojure |
| http-kit | Clj | Simple, high-performance event-driven HTTP client+server for Clojure |
| Nippy | Clj | Fast serialization library for Clojure |
| Sente | Clj/s | Realtime web comms library for Clojure/Script |
| Telemere | Clj/s | Structured logs and telemetry for Clojure/Script |
| Tempel | Clj | Data security framework for Clojure |
| Tempura | Clj/s | Simple text localization library for Clojure/Script |
| Tengen | Cljs | Simple React component DSL for Clojure/Script |
| Timbre | Clj/s | Pure Clojure/Script logging library |
| Touchstone | Clj | Simple A/B testing library for Clojure |
| Tower | Clj/s | i18n & L10n library for Clojure/Script (EOL) |
| Trove | Clj/s | Modern logging facade for Clojure/Script |
| Truss | Clj/s | Micro toolkit for Clojure/Script errors |
| Tufte | Clj/s | Simple performance monitoring library for Clojure/Script |
You can see release news or help sponsor my open source work (thank you!!) 🙏
I occasionally do talks or interviews:
| Date | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
2025-10-29 | Talk | Effective Open Source Maintenance Maintenance |
2025-08-21 | Demo | Truss v2 intro |
2024-10-31 | Demo | Telemere lightning intro |
2024-04-19 | Demo | Introducing the Telemere structured telemetry library for Clojure/Script |
2024-02-20 | Talk | Some Controversial Truths |
2024-02-07 | Demo | Introducing the Tempel data security library for Clojure |
2023-10-19 | Interview | Interview with Daniel Compton - discussed my open source work and other projects |
2021-11-23 | Live coding | Live coding demo with Daniel Amber - writing a basic rate limiter for beginners |
2018-05-20 | Interview | Interview on Defn podcast #36 - discussed my open source work |
2016-01-12 | Demo | Introducing the Truss assertions micro-library for Clojure/Script |