Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for an experienced dev?

Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by tlack on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @07:05PM (#22113179)

Python is definitely on an undeniable upswing, but you might find your mind more tingly taking a look at Elixir [0] with Phoenix-LiveView [1].

Here's a video that introduces the framework (April 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xJzHq8ru0M

It's based on Erlang which has always felt a little rough around the edges, but rock solid and very fast. With Erlang, service boundaries become a thing of the past and tangible state makes debugging a breeze. It's still on the upswing after 20 years in industry.

Elixir greatly improves Erlang's tooling and creature comforts and adds syntax that many find more enjoyable.

As a guy with web dev PTSD, I've been testing Phoenix and Live-View a bit lately and it really hits a sweet spot between Node's speed and evented nature and the simpler end of React's interactivity.

And jobs seem to be appearing too.

Plus Elixir is surprisingly simple to setup[2] so you won't be spending all night fighting Python module dep issues. :)

[0] http://elixir-lang.org/

[1] https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view

[2] https://elixir-lang.org/install.html

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Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by iends on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @11:00AM (#22118632)

There are basically zero Elixir jobs outside a few companies.

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Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by bnchrch on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @02:07PM (#22120846)

This is not true according to my inbox. There a certain few behemoths that keep their Elixir usage closer to their chest as they consider it a competitive advantage

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Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by iends on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:41PM (#22121771)

Outside of the bay area?

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Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by petersjt014 on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:24PM (#22143009)

Yep.

The Financial Times: https://github.com/Financial-Times/tapper

Discord: https://blog.discordapp.com/using-rust-to-scale-elixir-for-1...

Pintrest, who seems to really like it (note the highlighted comment): https://medium.com/pinterest-engineering/introducing-new-ope...

And looking on https://elixir-companies.com/en I see two in the UK, two in Brazil, Amsterdam, Ukraine, Canada...Plenty there.

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Re:Ask HN: Which programming languages to learn in 2020 for ... by iends on Saturday January 25, 2020 @10:57PM (#22150311)

FYI: Discord is in SFO. So is pinterest.

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