There is a lot to like about Elixir itself including the nice syntax, which as mentioned in the article is inspired by Ruby and very easy to pickup. The BEAM/OT

There is a lot to like about Elixir itself including the nice syntax, which as mentioned in the article is inspired by Ruby and very easy to pickup. The BEAM/OTP is what really give Elixir the edge over other languages that I've used. In my experience they include many batteries that would be libraries in other languages, and most times those libraries add a ton of complexity, and sometimes a big learning curve; Async anything is a good example. I think once one works with Elixir for some time, and gets to learn these builtin tools and abstractions they understand the power of the ecosystem as a whole.