Why I ever wrote Clojure

# Why I ever wrote Clojure I wrote Clojure professionally for 5 years. At first I loved it, and by the end I hated it, and for the same reason: I was bored. I can't force myself to write generic enterprise code for soulless corporations. I just can't. I tried for so many years. But I can force myself to write generic enterprise code for soulless corporations if I can make it fun for myself. Enter Clojure. Or Go. Or Rust. Or Zig. Or literally anything new and exciting. (These were some of mine in chronological order.) I suspect this is the real reason Clojure was created, I bet Rich was just really bored. And I bet it's the real reason for its relatively high adoption in fintech. I bet those highly intelligent engineers were just so bored. It's an interesting problem: the highest paying jobs want the most intelligent engineers and are willing to pay them a ton. The most intelligent engineers often need money but get bored really quickly, and usually need to scratch that intellectu ... Read full article.