Curated / Beyond Tabs
Articles and discussions about the languages covered here, with editorial notes.
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HackerNoon · Published June 6, 2025
Artem Barmin
A podcast series featuring engineering leaders from CyCognito, Metabase, Red Planet Labs, JustOn, Mobot, and HolidayPirates offers a cross-section of long-term Clojure usage in production. At CyCognito, Yehonathan Sharvit describes a…
Clojure
Hacker News · Published February 22, 2025
jgrodziski, Hacker News submitter
A February 2025 Hacker News discussion of a "Why Clojure?" essay generated over 200 comments debating the language's production viability. Practitioners reported 10+ year codebases with minimal dependency churn and cited REPL-driven…
Clojure
Clojureverse · Published July 28, 2020
adamkl, Clojureverse user
A 2020 ClojureVerse thread debated whether ClojureScript/Node.js should become Clojure's primary runtime given JavaScript's dominance. Core maintainers (dnolen, thheller, seancorfield) rejected the premise, citing JVM superiority for…
Clojure
Clojureverse · Published March 2, 2020
danbunea, Clojureverse user
In March 2020, a ClojureScript discussion revisited whether Phoenix LiveView's server-driven UI model represented a serious threat to the ecosystem. Thomas Heller, the maintainer of shadow-cljs, framed LiveView as one option on a broader…
Clojure
Clojureverse · Published January 28, 2018
jiyinyiyong, Clojureverse user
In January 2018, a ClojureVerse discussion surfaced Eric Normand's tweet questioning whether Clojure offered compelling web development advantages. Community members attributed adoption barriers to tooling complexity (setup friction,…
Clojure
Clojureverse · Published October 28, 2017
plexus, Clojureverse user
In October 2017, a thread on ClojureVerse questioned whether Clojure's appeal skewing toward "grumpy old programmers" reflected an outreach issue, noting the low number of beginners showing up at conferences after a decade of…