I've been using Ruby since about 2007. Every time I attempt to switch to the next "cool" thing, I ended up switching back, because Ruby is what I love and am the fastest with, and that's all that matters.
However, I've been starting to see a lot more Elixir buzz, and I love the looks and sounds of it. Looks like I'll need to start a new side project soon to give it a try.
So many people focus on their "stack", and all these things that have little effect on the outcome. Customers don't know or care how something is built, they just want it to provide value and solve a problem.
If this were true then the history of capitalism and free enterprise would be radically different. Many of the most valuable items bought and sold today simply would not exist. This is the myth of free enterprise in it's purest form: that the consumer is an infallible rational operator with perfect insight into his or her own self-interest.
The fact is that markets are based on our existing as fallible human beings in a completely poisoned information landscape that induces in people an endless stream of irrational wants which drive them into frenzied purchasing activity. And as soon as one want is satisfied, or turns out to be a big scam, another one is concocted. This applies equally well to IT purchasing choices in B2B sectors.
Agreed. Related to that, I was just reading that Google claims to now be okay with AI-generated content:
“Appropriate use of AI or automation is not against our guidelines. This means that it is not used to generate content primarily to manipulate search rankings, which is against our spam policies.”
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However, I've been starting to see a lot more Elixir buzz, and I love the looks and sounds of it. Looks like I'll need to start a new side project soon to give it a try.