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Why Clojure? - Derek Slager
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Derek Slager explains why his startup chose Clojure and ClojureScript as foundational languages and how they scaled their engineering team.
“Why Clojure?!” is a question I’m asked frequently as the CTO of a startup using Clojure and ClojureScript as our foundational languages. Is Clojure really appropriate for a growing company with multiple teams of developers? Why not choose something more mainstream? This talk will answer these questions, and reflect on more than a year of development on a complex application with a large engineering team. Derek Slager is the CTO of Amperity, a Seattle based company building an at scale data platform with Clojure and ClojureScript.Why it's here
1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Recommended as a compelling business and technical case for adopting Clojure in a growing startup.