# Haskell Interlude #85: Brent Yorgey

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**Created:** [August 26, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-interlude-85-brent-yorgey/14618 "2026-08-26T18:31:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratherforky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/ratherforky/32/5733_2.png) [@ratherforky](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/ratherforky)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-interlude-85-brent-yorgey/14618/1 "2026-08-26T18:31:49Z")

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In today’s episode, we’re joined by Brent Yorgey, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Hendrix College and the creator, among other things, of the Diagrams vector graphics library and Swarm, a 2D programming and resource gathering game. We talk about teaching, domain specific languages, and competitive coding.

> **[Brent Yorgey](https://haskell.foundation/podcast/85/)**
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> In today's episode, we're joined by Brent Yorgey, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Hendrix College and the creator, among other things, of the Diagrams vector graphics library and Swarm, a 2D programming and resource gathering game. We talk...

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**Author:** ![janus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/janus/32/1060_2.png) [@janus](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/janus)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-interlude-85-brent-yorgey/14618/2 "2026-08-27T21:19:28Z")

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I loved this episode! Would be so cool to see that rail diagram that was made with the diagrams library. But I suppose maybe it is top-secret because it is Kritische Infrastruktur