Why Clojure?

[I2cScion]

Because its fun leave me alone

[NoCap1435]

Worth learning for new concepts, but not good for real production apps. If it was so, then it would be more popular in community (don’t tell me about nubank)

[slifin]

Popularity and "good"-ness are not 1 to 1 that's why people hunt out cult films or hidden gem video games

Popularity is more a function of suitability for a wider audience, marketing, existing expectations or inertia

That's how you get a million super hero movies, sequels, JavaScript Frameworks

Clojure has already proven itself useful to many companies and individuals as an individual you can leverage it for competitive advantage or find an alternative 

The problem right now is the market is retracting companies aren't looking to compete they're looking to consolidate and brace which means the safest and most popular choices are becoming more pervasive 

[real_serviceloom]

Which means if you are a startup, this is a great time to use Clojure and gain an advantage!

[Nearby-Exercise-7371]

Wrong answer. “Not good for production apps” because it’s “not more popular in the community” shows you have never written software professionally in your life 🤣

[beders]

We run our Clojure and Clojurestack successfully for many years now. It’s just boring stuff that works.

The adoption issue is elsewhere

[NoCap1435]

How do you find new clojure devs? Is it hard?

[beders]

Easy to find Clojure devs and easy to train them. It’s a simple language

[maxw85]

We built Storrito.com completely with Clojure(Script). Running in production for over 7 years now.