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1. What's funny about the photo at the top of this blog post is that it scales with the width of the window you're using to view it. That normally would seem li
by japhib 5y ago
1. What's funny about the photo at the top of this blog post is that it scales with the width of the window you're using to view it. That normally would seem like a bug but it actually works with this photo, to the point that I can't tell what the original width of the photo is!
2. This quote is kinda funny to me:
> Many of the engineers whom I work with, actively seek out Elixir specific opportunities because they enjoy the language and the run-time that much (I’ll be diving into specifically why a bit later in the post ). This is also supported by a recent StackOverflow developer survey where 68.2% of people working with Elixir, wanted to continue working with Elixir. For some comparisons, Go received a 67.9% rating and Javascript received a 66.8% rating.
It seems like OP is trying to make the point that Elixir is so special that engineers will actively seek out Elixir jobs ... and then cites stats that show that's true only 1% more than Go and Javascript.
Maybe I'm reading it wrong and OP is just trying to show that Elixir is only as loved as Go/JS, not better, but in any case the stat cited does not show Elixir is any more special than either of those other super popular languages.
(I'm currently an Elixir dev, btw. I like it well enough but I personally don't think it's enough better than Go or JS to justify switching when the community is still so small.)
- lostcolony 5y agoI think the case was more intended to point out it's no different than choosing Go or Javascript, in terms of developer affinity (the size of community is part of what the article is intending to address). Personally, I find Stackoverflow's surveys pretty useless. Python has 73% "loved", which tells me...what? That 73% of Python developers like Python. But what else do they have experience with? Is this just objectively "I like Python", or "I like Python more than X"? What is X? For those who don't "love" their language (which really just translates to "they have not expressed interest in continuing to develop with it", based on what SO gives us), is it because of another language capturing their imagination more? What languages are those, have they actually used it in the past in production, etc.
- carlmr 5y ago>For those who don't "love" their language (which really just translates to "they have not expressed interest in continuing to develop with it", based on what SO gives us), is it because of another language capturing their imagination more? As a C++ dev, definitely Rust. It got almost everything right that is horrible with C++, while still maintaining similar power.
- akoutmos 5y agoAuthor here. Glad you like the banner image and the zooming effect :). Perhaps I miscommunicated what I took away from the StackOverflow survey. The point that I was trying to make was that in relation to other programming languages in the survey, Elixir ranked high with regards to how loved it is. The StackOverflow survey is just one data point in addition to the others that I bring up and like many surveys has it's own issues (like WebAssembly being a compilation target as opposed to a programming language the people program in).