Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by RSHEPP on Saturday May 13, 2023 @11:13AM
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In the Fintech space and we use Go and Elixir. Seems to be pretty common among other companies. Company is out of Utah. It's pretty easy to find talent for Go and a little more difficult for elixir.
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Elixir people might cringe but why wouldn’t you just be 100% Go?
Go people might cringe but why wouldn't you just be 100% Rust?
Actual response: Some similarities, different goals, different strengths, different abstraction levels. Go is cool I hear but I don't see a need from over here doing Elixir.
In a concurrent environment Go is not guaranteed memory safe, leaving you exposed to silent errors of value ... which for Fintech is just suicidal.
Because we live with our past decisions... All new services are in Go. The elixir service serves us well still.
Curious: why did you move from elixir to go ?
Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by innocentoldguy on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:01PM
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Why not 100% Elixir, since it is more robust and uses less resources?
I'm still on a hiatus but if you need a senior Elixir and Rust dev that knows Golang okay, we can chat.
21 years of experience in total, including in C/C++ and Java.
Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by parthdesai on Saturday May 13, 2023 @02:27PM
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Same with betting space, there's few Elixir shops
I looked at past sponsors of Fintech devcon, Elixir shops are well represented.