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Any predictions on whether Elixir will eventually gain more traction? I have 10 years with the language this year, much of it as a professional fulltime focus
by mtndew4brkfst 2y ago
Any predictions on whether Elixir will eventually gain more traction?
I have 10 years with the language this year, much of it as a professional fulltime focus in senior IC roles.
I would be shocked to my toes if there was ever going to be even 10 times more active Elixir devs than there are today, let alone more extreme growth. And I think that hypothetical plateau is an appropriate outcome commensurate with its ecosystem's breadth, applicability and quality today.
Many libraries have single or absentee authors, even some you would assume were critical to the community, and major vendors in many verticals don't give us any thought when providing SDKs/integrations. Elixir seemingly doesn't have any major backing or adoption from large polyglot orgs or top FortuneN groups. We have failed to reach critical mass for broad mindshare, IMO.
I have no personal plans to write net-new Elixir that I wasn't explicitly hired to work on in that specific stack.