> it’s sort of a one trick pony right now. It’s a backend web tech. That’s obviously where the money is. In terms of tech, I wouldn’t classify it as one trick

> it’s sort of a one trick pony right now. It’s a backend web tech. That’s obviously where the money is. In terms of tech, I wouldn’t classify it as one trick pony. You can also build distributed systems (Erlang), high-end embedded systems (Nerves), data pipelines (Broadway), audio/video streams (Membrane) and more coming. :) However, you are right that most of the money is on backend tech. But I wonder how much of it is a reflection of the market themselves? If backend web is 10-100x bigger than distsys, then we shouldn’t expect proportions to change drastically. Data pipelines is one of the areas where we can grow, but data pipelines are only part of a data stack, so it is a fragmented offering. The hope is that with efforts such as Explorer and Nx, we can grow more into this space. Edit: on the positive side, the recent efforts in data, ML, and native clients are all sponsored by primarily backend web companies. But we all know there is a long road between technical implementation and adoption.