Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links

https://clojure.org/about/documentary

Article

  • Official documentary covering Clojure’s history, design philosophy, and community
  • Features Rich Hickey and key figures including David Nolen
  • Covers Datomic’s role in NuBank’s adoption of Clojure

Discussion

  • TIL: NuBank discovered Datomic first, which led them to Clojure — not the other way around
  • Commenter notes Datomic is now free, removing the old cost barrier
  • Someone asks if Clojure is still relevant in agentic-coding era
  • Criticism of AI-generated banner art given Rich Hickey’s known stance against AI

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Added Apr 17, 2026
Modified Apr 17, 2026