I contribute to React. I'm definitely a big fan of ClojureScript and I borrow ideas from it when I can. I currently have a few crazy ideas that are direct resul

I contribute to React. I'm definitely a big fan of ClojureScript and I borrow ideas from it when I can. I currently have a few crazy ideas that are direct results of looking into the Clojure (or Haskell) ecosystem and finding that they've solved my problems, but better. In general, some of the problems we face, at language/library/ecosystem level, might simply not exist in these languages. It's a shame they're not more popular. Regarding popularity, I feel that sometimes the web development community can be ironically dogmatic, considering that it's a free and open platform (see: HN/Reddit's initial reaction to React). Looking back, I still find it incredible that React actually gained so much traction when it defies so many of the pre-established "best practices". I think lots of people, including me, are learning more and more to take a step back before dismissing an idea. So if you were one of those that dismissed Clojure/ClojureScript because "parentheses in front of my function call?", "snake case isn't for me", or "it's too different from idiomatic js" (I hope this one isn't too much of a strawman here), then I urge you to give it another try. Learning React doesn't have to be the only time you open your mind to new ideas and reconsider best practices.