What happens when a compact engineering team must keep search humming for millions? Episode 11 of “Clojure in product. Would you do it again?” with Jeremiah Via (The New York Times) tells that story.
We unpack why Clojure fits: terse, JVM-friendly services, REPL-first development, and a Kafka→Clojure→Elasticsearch pipeline tuned for bursts. Jeremiah also shares practical onboarding tips (AI is lowering the ramp) and flags a clear gap – better native NLP/vector tools in the ecosystem.
Curious about resilient, developer‑centric backends? Give it a listen: Even in the AI era, Clojure gives the biggest performance boost, with Jeremiah Via, NYT - Freshcode