If you search for Elixir on HN and sort by popularity, 10 of the top 20 results were submitted during the past 12 months (Which in itself might be just related

If you search for Elixir on HN and sort by popularity, 10 of the top 20 results were submitted during the past 12 months (Which in itself might be just related to an increase in users here on HN, but compare the results to languages like Java or Haskell). Many of my dev friends with hipsterish inclinations jumped on the Elixir hype train in the past year or so. I really don't see how this is different than past "hype phases" of other technologies.