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Re:Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions by throwawaymaths on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:35PM (#44661815)
nah you just get log lines. crash is not as bad as you think it is.
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Re:Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions by dminik on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:06PM (#44662173)
I mean, it is a kind of a bug that is easy to prevent with a static type checking, but also one that will always (or almost always) get triggered.

Log lines are whatever, but a system that goes into a crash loop or fails on most requests isn't great.

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