Are We There Yet - Rich Hickey

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as one of the best explanations of why Clojure and a functional, immutable approach to state exist.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Zhang Jian

Topic

state and time in programming

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I personally started with this talk by Rich Hickey (person who made Clojure) [VIDEO] One of the best "why Clojure" talks that I've seen, especially for somebody coming from an OOP perspective, like myself.

• >> I am surprised that there are still no software development platforms where you use one language for all levels and do not have to translate between different ways of representing data and interacting with services. You've spotted a problem that I think many people …

• If you're going to reference a Rich Hickey take-down of OOP, I think "Are We There Yet?" is the most pertinent: [VIDEO] Of course, Simple Made Easy is excellent too, probably his most influential talk.