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Re:Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir? by theonething on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:50PM (#23288928)
> I wind up having 10 different files open at a time in my text editor so I can see what various methods are expecting.

Huh, I thought this was normal. Not everyone does this?

Re:Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir? by phtrivier on Sunday May 24, 2020 @06:56AM (#23290684)
No. Something like "intellisense" has existed for decades. It relies on the static type system to "guess" what functions make sense in a given context. You Ctrl-Space your way to writing the code , ans get Brain cycles back to actually think about stuff.
Re:Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir? by JohnBooty on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:32PM (#23292622)
Yes. This is the scenario in which I truly miss a good old-fashioned static type system and a big ol' intelligent IDE. Specifically, because of what you said: it frees up brain cycles for me to think about the real problems.

My highly subjective belief and experience is that Ruby and its ecosystem has enough other perks to make up for this loss. But, I definitely accept others might feel otherwise.