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> I honestly don't understand why Ruby developers are all so excited about Elixir/Phoenix. Perhaps the history of Ruby uptake explains it? My feeling is many o
by pbowyer 11y ago
> I honestly don't understand why Ruby developers are all so excited about Elixir/Phoenix.
Perhaps the history of Ruby uptake explains it? My feeling is many of these 'Ruby' developers started as Rails developers. Rails did cool stuff, but it had they fanboy/hype around it that only Apple usually garner.
I wonder if now Ruby is established, has lost its excitement, and problems are encountered by users day-to-day, Elixir looks like the next magic bullet? I.e. they are predisposed to being attracted to the noise [and NodeJS didn't attract them all because of...??]
I've nothing against Ruby or Rails, but I did not appreciate the single-minded hype and excitement around one piece of technology which wasn't flawless.
- dudul 11y agoI can relate to that yes. What kept me away from RoR is this strange community that seemed to stubbornly refused to look into anything else, believing that their technology was the silver bullet. Maybe I was wrong, but that's the feeling I got. I have to say, the performance issues in Ruby always were a bit problem to me. I would hate to see the same thing happen with Elixir which, I believe, can become an amazing technology and finally help give Erlang the recognition it deserves.