> with supervisors, you mostly have just one concern for reliability ("how do I start this into a known, good, consistent state?"), rather than hundreds ("what

> with supervisors, you mostly have just one concern for reliability ("how do I start this into a known, good, consistent state?"), rather than hundreds ("what happens if -this- fails? Or that? Or that other thing?") Thank you for this comment. I have used Elixir for a couple of years and is a concept I have always understood but have never been able to explain coherently and succinctly.