[adityaathalye]

+1

NASA's Common Metadata Repository is worth exploring too https://github.com/nasa/Common-Metadata-Repository

It is a neat example of how an org can structure and manage multiple projects and services in a single git repository. They've use Leiningen to achieve their objective.

> The Common Metadata Repository (CMR) is an earth science metadata repository for NASA EOSDIS data. The CMR Search API provides access to this metadata.

> Building and Running the CMR

> The CMR is a system consisting of many services. The services can run individually or in a single process. Running in a single process makes local development easier because it avoids having to start many different processes. The sections below contain instructions for running the CMR as a single process or as many processes.

(edit: add relevant context for quick reference)

[geokon]

wow I had no idea Nasa used Clojure. I do remmeber them using quite a bit of Java so it's not terribly surprising

[trenchgun]

Also: NASA used to use Common Lisp before

[adityaathalye]

"Lisping at the JPL" is one of my favourite stories (all-time favourite, not just computery favourite).

https://flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html

> Debugging a program running on a $100M piece of hardware that is 100 million miles away is an interesting experience. Having a read-eval-print loop running on the spacecraft proved invaluable in finding and fixing the problem. The story of the Remote Agent bug is an interesting one in and of itself.

[fud101]

If you haven't heard it before, i'd recommend checking out this podcast episode - it's fantastic. https://corecursive.com/lisp-in-space-with-ron-garret/

[adityaathalye]

I've heard it and I agree! Thanks for the re-up. Might give it a listen again :)

[90s_dev]

Sorry, what? Did you just say NASA uses Clojure?? That must be a pretty big honor for Rich.

[adityaathalye]

Clojure(Script) apps and systems exist at a bunch of household name places.

- Clojure: https://clojure.org/community/companies

- ClojureScript: https://clojurescript.org/community/companies

Also, a few case studies may interest you: https://clojure.org/community/success_stories and community stories: https://clojure.org/community/community_stories