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He has no clue how to use a relational DB either (he even admits it). How and why is this on the homepage?

I have a (bit of a) clue how to use a relational DB. But not from Clojure two years ago, when the only interface was a very thin layer over JDBC.

As for why it's on the homepage, I don't think it belongs here either. The intended audience was rather more narrow than HN.

I wasn't sure I was reading it right, but you said MySQL was too slow to run your personal blog? Is that right?

I ran on MySQL for a few months without issues, but my code was disgusting. My choice was clean code + slow, or ugly code + fast. Today I have clean code + fast, thanks partly to better library support in Clojure, so I'm happier. I'll be the first to admit that I didn't have much of a clue a year and a half ago. I think I have a bit more of one today, but I could be wrong.

Again, not sure why any of this is important enough to talk about on HN. I'm hoping this thread dies before my server bursts into flames.

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