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by jb1991 2160 days ago
If you try to come up with lots of clever analogies and complex stories, layered with lots of self-congratulatory enthusiasm, some people will get it or like it, many will not.

On the other hand, if you write simply and just get to the point, everyone will benefit. Leave out the editorials and just say what needs to be said so developers can use their time on their code.

You could easily remove 80% of the words in all documentation about re-frame without losing the important content.

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I've lost track of how many times you have posted pretty much exactly the same thing. Seems slightly fixated.
It’s only because I have a lot of respect for the Clojure language and ecosystem as a whole, but I often see non-Clojure developers or only hobbyists refer to the community as pretentious and get put off by that, so I like to call out those things that are unfortunately adding to that impression. Sorry if I overdid it.
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