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The main thing I'm having troubles getting used to is the configuration being part of the compilation phase. In a world where so many applications are deployed
by dudul 10y ago
The main thing I'm having troubles getting used to is the configuration being part of the compilation phase. In a world where so many applications are deployed in AWS and URL/ports/etc are not necessarily known at compile time it makes no sense to me.
You end up having to use tools such as Distillery and Conform in tandem just to be able to configure your app at runtime.
Another thing that worries me a bit is how such a large part of the community comes from Ruby. I wish it was a little more balanced with more diversity in regards to people's background.
Other than that, it is a great language, and I'm having a lot of fun with it :)
- jetti 10y agoI think as the language grows more mainstream traction you'll see people from other languages gravitate towards Elixir instead of just people from Ruby. I do feel like an outsider as I recently moved to Elixir after doing 6 years of C#/.NET and have no Ruby experience.