How One Programmer's Pet Project Changed the Way We Think About Software

A documentary exploring the history, philosophy, and impact of the Clojure programming language and its creator Rich Hickey.

This is the story of how one programmer's obsession with simplicity quietly reshaped how the software world thinks about time, immutability, and what it means to write code that lasts. From a sabbatical pet-project to the backbone of one of the world's largest fintechs and a global community that treats their language like a philosophy. This is the story of Clojure. --- This documentary wouldn't exist without the kind support of Nubank: building.nubank.com/engineering/ Thanks to Railway, our channel sponsor, for supporting all of our films: Railway is the all-in-one intelligent cloud provider ➡️ railway.com/?referralCode=cultrepo --- The Clojure Documentary features: Alessandra Sierra, Alex Miller, Chris Houser, David Nolen, Ed Wible, Eric Normand, Eric Thorsen, Lucas Cavalcanti, Michael Fogus, Nathan Marz, Rich Hickey, Steph Hickey, and Stuart Halloway. Film Credits: Directed by: Cormac Dunne Produced by: Emma Tracey Additional direction: Joey Bania Music supervision and sound design: Tomás Malara --- For a full overview of all the papers, talks, essays, etc. that appear in the film, check this link: clojure.org/about/documentary --- Follow us: X: x.com/CultRepo Bluesky: cultrepo.bsky.social Instagram: www.instagram.com/cult.repo LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cult-repo