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0 pointspdimitar4y ago0 comments

I am well aware of that adage as well. But there's mounting [anecdotal from many directions] evidence that people get very easily onboarded in Elixir (sadly doesn't apply to Rust or Haskell or OCaml though).

So when trying to analyze this situation today, at the brink of 2022, it pays off to also add factors that haven't been there before e.g. newer tech that people can easily pick.

I am not trying to convince you to pick a new language btw, but I find your opinions to be just parroting some common wisdom that's fairly outdated at this point. Even if its basic premise still stands the devil is always in the details, and those details favour some of the more fringe tech a little bit more compared to some mere 5 years ago.

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ncmncm4y ago

Mastering a tool that nobody else has, and that is radically better than what others are using, can be akin to a superpower. But Spider-Man and Doc Ock are not happier than other people. What they are, mostly, is alone.

So, a niche tool may be best for you if you like to work alone.

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0 pointspdimitar4y ago0 comments

So when trying to analyze this situation today, at the brink of 2022, it pays off to also add factors that haven't been there before e.g. newer tech that people can easily pick.

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ncmncm4y ago

So, a niche tool may be best for you if you like to work alone.

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