I think it's disingenuous to say you don't need to learn OTP. You need to learn the basics of it, or you will struggle, because you will be trying to solve prob

I think it's disingenuous to say you don't need to learn OTP. You need to learn the basics of it, or you will struggle, because you will be trying to solve problems in a way that doesn't fit with the underlying language and runtime. That said, learning the basics of OTP is super easy, and can be done in an afternoon (spawning processes, sending messages, supervision, understanding what applications are in Erlang/Elixir parlance). It's like saying you can build a Rails app without understanding classes/objects - sure maybe you could throw something together because the tools are so friendly, but you would get lost pretty quick when trying to do something on your own. Learn those basics up front, and you can get a long way without having to delve into more advanced topics.