The article says that you shouldn't write them unless you need to, not that you shouldn't write them. He lists quite a few scenarios where they should be used,

The article says that you shouldn't write them unless you need to, not that you shouldn't write them. He lists quite a few scenarios where they should be used, one of which is DSLs. :) Also, given that Clojure is a lisp, I think you'll find you need macros left often than a language like elixir. They're still incredibly powerful, but you can do so much in Clojure without them that you would otherwise need a macro to do.