Clojure: The Documentary
Shares rank 10 of 17 documentary films by recommenders
A documentary about the Clojure programming language, recommended for honoring its contributors and community history and for sparking interest in learning Clojure.
A documentary about the Clojure programming language, recommended for honoring its contributors and community history and for sparking interest in learning Clojure.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Honors Clojure's contributors and history
“it highlights the significance of the contributions of someone I've never heard of before”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Clojure The Documentary, official film [video]” “happy that it features so many familiar faces from the last two decades of Clojure”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “Clojure: The Documentary, official trailer [video]” Generates enthusiasm to watch and learn
“it makes me want to learn Clojure”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing” “I cannot wait to watch this”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links”
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The four most recommended other documentary films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can See Everything | 39 | 30 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| The Thinking Game | 15 | 8 | 65% | 3 | — | — |
| HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis | 14 | 1 | 93% | 7 | — | Approved |
| It's Quieter in the Twilight | 12 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Clojure: The DocumentaryThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it makes me want to learn Clojure”
“it highlights the significance of the contributions of someone I've never heard of before”
“Incredible: I had not idea NuBank discovered Datomic first”
“AI slop Rich is gross considering his stance on it.”
“I cannot wait to watch this”
“happy that it features so many familiar faces from the last two decades of Clojure”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.