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0 pointssergiomattei4y ago0 comments

Elixir is gaining momentum, though.

It just made it into top 50 TIOBE index. Projects like Nerves for IoT, Nx, etc are giving it life in new applications and industries.

It's never going to be a top 5 language, but it's on its way to become a well-known language with a strong community.

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joelbluminator4y ago· 2 in thread

> but it's on its way to become a well-known language with a strong community

I agree it has a strong community for its size. It remains to be seen what happens 5 years from now when the hype settles (It arguably already is happening). Some languages reach sizes where it's impossible to die out even though they are declining (PHP for example. Probably Ruby as well). Perl seems to have gone extinct though, probably due to competition in the web sphere and also poor decision making (Perl 6 etc). It's impossible to know what's in store for Elixir; I do see a lot of love and excitement by Elixir devs so that's a reason to be optimistic I guess.

sergiomatteiOP4y ago

I'd honestly argue the hype already settled. Elixir peaked in hype and mind share near 2016, where everyone was calling it the Rails killer. There were articles about it every day and the language burst into the scene with incredible force.

Since then, the community has matured, many have either moved out or settled with it. It's gaining momentum but the strong and steady kind, not the overhype kind. There isn't this infatuation over it anymore as we used to see those days.

Elixir is now in the strong, mature community stage. It's not hype anymore, it's the period of subdued stability and steady growth.

joelbluminator4y ago

It definitely wasn't the Rails killer people thought it would be though. It remains to be seen if devs want to be a part of a small community (albeit strong and passionate) because now it's clear that it is small.

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