What is Brave Clojure (braveclojure.com)?

Brave Clojure is a resource site for people learning Clojure, built around the free online edition of the book Clojure for the Brave and True. It is aimed at programmers who want to pick up Clojure and functional programming, and it bundles four things in one place: the book, a Clojure-only job board, a list of open-source projects seeking contributors, and a planned series of deep-dive tutorials called Brave Clojure Quests.

The book: Clojure for the Brave and True

The centerpiece is the book, which the site describes as teaching you to "unravel the mysteries of Lisp and functional programming." It is written for readers new to the language and uses a deliberately playful tone—the site's own pitch mentions punching hobbits and tracking down glittery vampires alongside the technical material.

Two access routes are offered on the page:

• Read Free Online — the full text is available on the site at no stated cost.
• Amazon / No Starch — links to buy the print or published edition.

The site frames Clojure's relevance with the claim that its popularity keeps growing and that companies such as Netflix use it for everything from distributed systems to microservices to user interfaces. Treat that as the site's own positioning rather than an independent survey.

The other sections

Brave Clojure Jobs

Described as "the first and only job board just for Clojurians," this section serves both sides of the market: programmers looking for paid Clojure work, and employers looking for candidates. The site argues its audience makes it a good place to post, since it is "one of the most popular and trusted sites for Clojure programmers"—again, the site's own claim. You can find or post a job from that section.

Open Source Clojure Projects

A curated list of projects that are, per the page, well documented and actively seeking new contributors. This is the practical next step after working through the book: you get real codebases to read and issues to take on, with maintainers who expect newcomers.

Brave Clojure Quests

A planned series of instructional material on deeper topics, framed as a way to keep learning after the basics. The first quest is announced as an explanation of parallel programming and Clojure's reducers library, and the page says it "will be finished pretty soon"—so at the time of writing it is a promise rather than a finished resource. New content is announced via the author's Twitter account (@nonrecursive) and a mailing list.

Email and training

The page also mentions an email list and on-site training. The newsletter, called "The Clojure Atom," is described as bi-weekly: every other Thursday, one link to a high-quality free instructional resource. The page text cuts off mid-sentence while describing it, so treat the schedule as announced rather than confirmed.

Who it is for, and what to expect

Choose this site if you are new to Clojure or coming from an object-oriented background and want a single guided path from syntax to functional thinking. If you already know Clojure well, the book will be too introductory; the job board and open-source list are the parts likely to be useful to you.

Two caveats worth knowing before you commit time: the Quests section is explicitly unfinished, and the newsletter's launch status is unclear from the page. Neither affects the book, which is the main reason to visit.