It's unfortunate. Because when fresh eyes take a look at Elixir, it's hard to miss that the whole genserver pattern feels like a workaround / anti-pattern. I r

It's unfortunate. Because when fresh eyes take a look at Elixir, it's hard to miss that the whole genserver pattern feels like a workaround / anti-pattern. I remember thinking, "This feels messy..." but not really knowing why. And I was brand new and barely a developer! But I think you nailed it. It's because of the Erlang continuity.