I'm a Rails developer and have often wanted to try out Elixir but haven't found a compelling reason (or perhaps, project) to do so yet. Maybe I'll take the plun

I'm a Rails developer and have often wanted to try out Elixir but haven't found a compelling reason (or perhaps, project) to do so yet. Maybe I'll take the plunge and write my next app in it... Maybe get stuck in and try it on your next project too? I'd be interested to hear what you think as we're in similar positions I think.