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There's a lot to like about Elm, but the tradeoff is that the BDFL (Evan) has essentially abandoned public work on it [0, 1], and the community seems to be shri
by bbkane 2y ago
There's a lot to like about Elm, but the tradeoff is that the BDFL (Evan) has essentially abandoned public work on it [0, 1], and the community seems to be shrinking [2].
I personally wouldn't choose it for new projects, and I consider it essentially a brilliant research language (it's inspired a LOT of other UI work).
0: https://elmcraft.org/lore/elm-core-development/ https://elmcraft.org/lore/elm-core-development/
1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elm-the-future-of-open-source-with-evan-czaplicki/id1687271887?i=1000678536838 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elm-the-future-of-open...
2: https://reasonableapproximation.net/2024/11/02/elm-community-not-very-active.html https://reasonableapproximation.net/2024/11/02/elm-community...