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Rama is a testament to the power of Clojure

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141 points winkywooster | 3 comments | 30 Apr 24 18:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.655s | source
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metadat ◴[30 Apr 24 21:50 UTC] No.40216826[source]▶
> Rama can build end-to-end backends at any scale on its own in a tiny fraction of the code. At its core is a new programming language implementing a new programming paradigm..

Grand claims, but where are the super powerful demo apps? The getting started docs are a trickle of info..

https://redplanetlabs.com/docs/~/operating-rama.html#_access...

The "demo gallery" has a few cherry picked examples, but I don't see how this fulfills the claim of a "new paradigm". I wanted to be blown.. but this ain't it.

https://github.com/redplanetlabs/rama-demo-gallery

Oof.

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ntonozzi ◴[30 Apr 24 22:12 UTC] No.40217060[source]▶
Here's an example of the backend code:

https://github.com/redplanetlabs/twitter-scale-mastodon/blob...

It certainly looks like it does a lot with their DSL, but as a newcomer it's really hard to parse.

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1. nathanmarz ◴[30 Apr 24 22:24 UTC] No.40217165[source]▶
I suggest starting with the tutorial and the heavily commented examples in rama-demo-gallery, linked below.

https://redplanetlabs.com/docs/~/tutorial1.html

https://github.com/redplanetlabs/rama-demo-gallery

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2. mintplant ◴[01 May 24 01:51 UTC] No.40218656[source]▶
Any examples of the Clojure version?
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3. nathanmarz ◴[01 May 24 02:02 UTC] No.40218734[source]▶
All the examples in rama-demo-gallery have both Java and Clojure versions, including tests. There's also the introductory blog post for the Clojure API which builds a highly scalable auction application with timed listings, bids, and notifications in 100 LOC.

https://blog.redplanetlabs.com/2023/10/11/introducing-ramas-...