---
title: Rich Hickey
type: Person
tags: [clojure, functional-programming, databases]
---
# Rich Hickey
Creator of Clojure and Datomic. Known for deep thinking about state, identity, and
the problems with object-oriented programming.
## Observations
- [name] Rich Hickey
- [role] Language designer and software architect
- [expertise] Programming language design
- [expertise] Database architecture
- [expertise] Functional programming
- [fact] Spent two years developing Clojure before releasing it publicly
- [fact] His talk "Simple Made Easy" is one of the most-watched programming talks
## Relations
- works_at [[Nubank]]
- created [[Clojure]]
- created [[Datomic]]
