[cactusfrog]

The Clojure community is extremely cult like. I worked with a dev who tried to push Datomic, and despite the huge flaws with his system, and the fact that it was closed source, he would continuously tout how much better it was than a relational database. I don’t believe the hype.

[lispisok]

You just generalized an entire community based on one person. I can add a counter anecdote to your N=1. I'm a Clojure dev. I've used and enjoyed Datomic. Postgres is still my goto database.

[undershirt]

I know our engineering discipline is in shambles, but there are probably better ways to argue against hype without ourselves using hyperbole.

[cactusfrog]

I don’t believe I’m exaggerating. You can replace “Clojure” with “Jesus” in the linked article and it still makes sense.

[gorjusborg]

Clojure is not special in that it has some zealots.

It's easier to call others out when they aren't in the mainstream, but I'd say that there are way more mainstream cult members than these niche communities. For instance, HN itself can feel a bit cult-like. The greater tech culture feels similarly.

[hu3]

Closed source is enough reason in my book.

[jabradoodle]

N=1, I work with many pragmatic clojure devs who just want to ship working software.

[lgrapenthin]

There are no huge flaws with Datomic.