Heart of Clojure
Beyond the Hype: Obstacles on the Path to Clojure Adoption
To the mainstream public (devs and business folks), clojure is either seen as an arcane lisp, or as a hyped language. This perception of Clojure is further solidified by the fact that it’s hard to get started with Clojure.
Clojure definitely has a very passionate community and undeniable strengths, then what is holding it back?
By openly discussing these issues and collborating on solutions, we can propel Clojure beyond it’s current position as a powerful defacto business choice. There are many low hanging fruits and quick wins we can do to get the ball rolling.
- Is Clojure growth declining? Is it even growing? Where are we heading?
- Analyze reasons why Clojure hasn’t experienced explosive growth
- Discuss challenges like perceived complexity, lack of familiar tooling, and smaller community compared to giants like Python.
- Present data and surveys to support the points.
Propose actionable ideas to attract new users:
- Beginner-friendly tutorials and resources.
- More focus on Clojure for specific domains (web dev, data science).
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Increased outreach through workshops and meetups – ClojureBridge etc.
- Discuss the perception of Clojure as a difficult language.
- Showcase success stories of beginners who transitioned to Clojure.
Missing pieces:
- Discuss potential missing elements in the Clojure ecosystem
- Do we need something like Rails / Django?
- Limited industry adoption leading to fewer job opportunities.
FEAR: Identify common reasons why developers might hesitate to learn Clojure:
- Fear of a steep learning curve.
- Concerns about job market saturation.
- Uncertainty about the language’s long-term viability.
I plan to address all of these concerns with data, community experiences, and future-oriented arguments. I’ll start conducting interviews and collect as much information as I can from community and outsiders.
I am open to changing the content of the talks if the premise seems exciting!
Speakers
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Mitesh Shah
Mitesh / @oxalorg has created Clojure screencasts, contributed to LambdaIsland open source repos and also recently volunteered at a ClojureBridge workshop!
Mitesh works as a Senior full-stack Clojure[script] Engineer at Gaiwan!
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