It's because Datomic has a confusing new model, and suffers from the same beginner unfriendliness as the rest of Clojure.
It's a language aimed at experienced old school programmers, and doesn't aim to be friendly to younger less experienced programmers. They needed a better marketing team for the product.
> It's a language aimed at experienced old school programmers, and doesn't aim to be friendly to younger less experienced programmers.
I think Rich Hickey had a point when he said "[musical] instruments are made for people who can play them". I don't see people complaining about the piano or the saxophone being difficult for beginners. They are.
It's a language aimed at experienced old school programmers, and doesn't aim to be friendly to younger less experienced programmers. They needed a better marketing team for the product.