I am so thankful for Clojure. It enabled me to run a solo-founder business for the last 10 years in a sustainable and maintainable way. It allows me to manage a large complex codebase (client+server) because of low incidental complexity and the fact that the server and the client share most of the business logic code.
Also, thanks to the focus on stability and practical usage, I don't get my rug pulled out from under me every couple of years, like with so many other languages and environments. This is incredibly important and not immediately visible when "choosing a language to use", because the new shiny and the warm fuzzy are irresistible pulls. Clojure is not the new shiny and it's not the warm fuzzy, but it is your stable long-term companion for building complex software that is maintainable.
Also, thanks to the focus on stability and practical usage, I don't get my rug pulled out from under me every couple of years, like with so many other languages and environments. This is incredibly important and not immediately visible when "choosing a language to use", because the new shiny and the warm fuzzy are irresistible pulls. Clojure is not the new shiny and it's not the warm fuzzy, but it is your stable long-term companion for building complex software that is maintainable.