Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by alexgrover on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:43PM
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I doubt the reservation is with the language/runtime itself, especially with elixir and the BEAM. More likely, it’s with the maturity of the community. Especially at a small startup, building on elixir even today might still mean having to build things in house you may not in Django/Rails/JS.
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Indeed. This was covered later in the article on characteristics that may alter the perception of a high-leverage toolchain…
More good & relevant information + libraries -> more acceptance (i.e. my use case is no longer a tech uncertainty)
The other thought would be that if you didn’t have to do anything yourself then you must have no moat.
Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by alexgrover on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:18PM
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The moat comment depends on the company, not all or even most businesses depend on actual innovation as their moat.
Also, I think we’re agreeing here, but there are a huge set of things that you may need to build an application that aren’t the core value prop of your company. Buying into a more mature ecosystem makes it more likely that you don’t have to build those things and can spend more time on the moat stuff.
Indeed, I think you are quite right, and we are in agreement.
Phoenix exists, so I don’t think that’s true.
Re:How to Sell Elixir Again (2023)
by throwawaymaths on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:17AM
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I think you are overestimating the intelligence of that CTO