Ep 056: Opt-in Complexity

Functional Design in Clojure

Each week, we discuss a different topic about Clojure and functional programming.

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This week, the topic is: "Opt-In Complexity" We discuss complexity and try to come up with a simple explanation for why Clojurians avoid it so ruthlessly.

Selected quotes:

• "Abstraction: the thing that creates more complexity while making you feel like you have less."
• "Clojure people seem to be allergic to complexity."
• "Frameworks are the breeding ground for complexity."
• "Complexity is the enemy of long lived code bases."

• "Each part of the application is in its own vault of isolation, and they only get to come together and interact in the lobby."
• "You can't be afraid of something that hasn't scared you yet."
• "It's very difficult to say no once you've said yes."

Links:

• Simple Made Easy
• Luminus
• Hoplon
• Pedestal