Why Elixir is not just a good platform for modern development, but a great one - addressing common misconceptions
Source: OpenAI
[ED: I am sick and tired of having to justify “Why Elixir?” so I decided to write down all of the reasons why in one spot!]
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Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions
I’m all-in on the Elixir programming ecosystem. Seriously. I love the idea of a single codebase that works glass-to-tin — and while other platforms have made similar promises, I’ve never seen it truly delivered until I started working with Elixir.
It’s often dismissed by teams unfamiliar with its capabilities, usually because it sits outside the mainstream stacks. But in a world where AI-assisted development is changing how we build software, popularity and fitness-for-purpose aren’t the same thing. Elixir isn’t just a sound choice — it’s often the best choice for building scalable, maintainable, high-performance applications.
Over the last eight months, I’ve grown increasingly tired of having to explain why Elixir is such a strong — if not the best — platform for modern, AI-powered, LLM-assisted web and mobile development. I found myself repeating the same arguments so often that I decided to write them down once, properly. A blog post to summarise the case. And a deeply researched [ED: thanks, GPT Deep Research!] paper with all the details and references. Now, instead of arguing, I can just send a link.
Enjoy!
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