Not the previous commenter. But enthusiastic :) I would recommend trying it and seeing how you like it. I've basically dropped Python which was my daily langua

Not the previous commenter. But enthusiastic :) I would recommend trying it and seeing how you like it. I've basically dropped Python which was my daily language in favor of Elixir. I find I get a higher top bound to what I can do, high-level expressive but less magical code and a bunch of capabilities that aren't typically feasible with other runtimes (state handling, resiliency and stuff). The parallelism I get for free with Phoenix whether I try or not. I'd watch Sasa Jurics talk on the heart of elixir and erlang to get more of the technical advantages laid out quite well.