ClojureScript finally speaks the language of modern JavaScript: async/await. The new release, posted on the official ClojureScript news page on May 7, 2026, adds native syntax for asynchronous functions. Developers ca…

The announcement lives at https://clojurescript.org/news/2026-05-07-release and earned 149 points on Hacker News, with 41 comments sparking a lively debate. The core team framed the addition as a response to growing d…

How Async/Await Changes ClojureScript Code

Before this change, ClojureScript developers wrapped asynchronous JavaScript calls in js/Promise objects and used .then chains or core.async channels to manage flow. Those patterns work, but they add boilerplate and o…