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arrowsmith ◴[] No.44328363[source]
Ah man I'm really happy to see this and excited to try it out.

As an Elixir enthusiast I've been worried that Elixir would fall behind because the LLMs don't write it as well as they write bigger languages like Python/JS. So I'm really glad to see such active effort to rectify this problem.

We're in safe hands.

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acedTrex ◴[] No.44328898[source]
LLMs not writing it well might be the biggest current selling point of elixir lol.
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1. matt_s ◴[] No.44331785[source]
Selling point from a developer and career perspective for sure. Its also fun to program in and at least for me made me think about solutions differently.

Its a negative point for engineering leaders that are the decision makers on tech stacks as it relates to staffing needs. LLMs not writing it well, developers that know it typically needing higher compensation, a DIY approach to libraries when there aren't any or they were abandoned and haven't kept pace with deprecations/changes, etc.

In the problem space of needing a web framework to build a SaaS, to an engineering leader there are a lot of other better choices on tech stack that work organizationally better (i.e. not comparing tech itself or benchmarks, comparing staffing, ecosystem, etc.) to solve web SaaS business problems.

I don't know where I stand personally since I'm not at the decision maker level, just thought I'd point out the non-programmer thought process I've heard.