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Post by adityaathalye »

This is awesome! One, it reinforces the ongoing maturing of Clojure, the language as a team project. Two, it portends cool new things to come; the kind that can only come from a place of personal liberty. Three, BDFL is retiring from an employer, headlong into his life's work. I for one am cheering.

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#12

Post by draw_down »

colonwqbang wrote: post #3
draw_down wrote: post #2

I wonder if he’ll still give talks. I don’t blame him if not, but he’s really good at it. “Simple made easy” was a classic even if everyone proceeded to ignore the practical advice contained therein. And “Maybe not” is my personal favorite, a great discussion of requirements/provisions and the downsides of option types.

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#13

Post by Clever321 »

This is probably great news for clojure devs. It sounds like Rich just wants his autonomy back. Being able to choose exactly what you do, and do not, work on is precious.

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#14

Post by dudul »

While I never took the time to learn Clojure in depth or use it for any serious project, I feel like I've been deeply inspired by Hickey's talks. A lot of the principles he promoted helped me so much in my career as a developer.

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Post by yayitswei »

Congrats Rich! I met you at Stu's house during a rousing game of Marvel Champions. Thank you for Clojure, Datomic, Cognitect, and your talks. Your creations have enriched my life in many ways. I hope retirement affords you ample hammock time!

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#16

Post by jonahbenton »

The word congratulations came into English from Latin, where it was formed by combining prefix com-, meaning with, to gratulari, meaning "give thanks" or "show joy." Gratulari is derived from gratus, as is gratitude. Gratus means "pleasing," "thankful."

Having only had the good fortune to meet you in person a few times:

Congratulations, Rich. You have my deepest gratitude. It fills me with great joy to know you are taking this step. I look forward to what your next stage brings.

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#17

Post by JamesLeonis »

Clojure has changed my whole career, and many of Rich's talks directly inspired my thinking about large systems. I hope retirement gives Rich the best Hammock Time!

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Post by elamje »

I, for one, and super excited to see how Rich and Clojure evolve post-Nubank. Clojure and Rich's talks greatly inspired me and improved my software thinking skills - I can't say thank you enough!

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#20

Post by munro »

Amazing news. I saw a video cast of Rick during a meeting @ NuBank, and it looked like corporate life had sucked the life out of him [1]. So, I'm glad he got out of there, and I hope he's able to shake it off like a bad dream. Building something like Clojure require radical thinking, and creative freedom. I can only imagine how trying to fit that into your weekly scrum sprint would be draining. And in the monthly meetings where they recite the corporate values.. shivers

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34781607

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