Stability by Design

I recently came across the following tweet from OneHappyFellow1: I think I figured out what’s stressing me out about programming in dynamically typed languages: It’s about always being unsure if using a library in a particular way is going to work and if minor version upgrades aren’t going to break your code. — One Happy Fellow (@onehappyfellow) May 5, 2025 I found this tweet interesting because the language I use the most—Clojure—is both dynamic and yet the ecosystem has a very strong reputation for stability. Before diving into why exactly this is the case, allow me to present some evidence to justify this belief. Are Clojure Libraries Stable? I searched the Clojurians Slack for the word "stability," and out of 20 total posts on the first page, 8 are applauding the stability that Clojure brings. This slack is the main forum for Clojurians, and it includes discussions about various libraries, bugs, fixes, etc, therefore one would reasonably expect stability complaints to domina ... Read full article.