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Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by jibal »

nozzlegear wrote: post #73
Jtsummers wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but nozzlegear claims that even technically "intertwined" (presumably they mean "inclined") people don't know the connection between LLMs and the broader ML work that encompasses it. That's a pretty big claim, and would be rather shocking if true. ML and deep learning were heavily invested in and discussed through the 2010s (and earlier, but the hardware developments at the end of the 2000s enabled the ML boom o…

> but nozzlegear claims that even technically "intertwined" (presumably they mean "inclined") people Sorry, I meant the subjects (LLMs, ML, AI) are intertwined, not the people. But what I was getting at with my comment is that (IMO) most people see them as distinct things, even on HN where most know that LLMs use ML. As an analogy, it's like physics versus mathematics: separate subjects in most everyone's mind, and e…

Your meaning was clear ... Jtsummers bizarrely misparsed it.

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by zuzululu »

toast0 wrote: post #90
zuzululu wrote: post #82

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as a SWE this is not a good sign. it means the job market is slowly transitioning into temp work like economics. The value I got out of the Elixir contractors was immense since it not only proved that we can get a huge bulk of the work done without specialists and use them on demand for audit for a few months before AI this would've been not been possible. normal market dynamics suggest scarcity demand premiums but t…

Well, a) did you pay your Elixir contractors more than you would pay a Java contractor for similar work? but also... b) scarcity isn't the only factor in price. Erlang/Elixir developers are scarce, but Erlang/Elixir jobs are also scarce. You need both demand and scarcity to raise prices. Also, it doesn't cost much to turn a willing, good developer into an Erlang/Elixir developer; substitute goods reduce the impact of…

a) for sure but my point is that we didnt need them for long

b) true

c) i think we paid them $100/hr for two months which is fair

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by zuzululu »

stanmancan wrote: post #91
zuzululu wrote: post #89

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there's nothing mythical about it if you treat it like any architecture then there's all sorts of techniques and knobs to produce consistent output

Sure, but vibe coding a whole telecom platform that’s considered flawless by experts in the language is a pretty mythical feat if you ask me.

thats the beauty of BEAM

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

#104

Post by loloquwowndueo »

sheept wrote: post #95
madibo3156 wrote: post #37

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Yeah. You'll notice that there's a mix of light and dark. Some segments are light-on-dark, then it switches to dark-on-light. It appears to me like a "design trend" that's at odds with accessibility. https://www.apple.com does this too.

Why would it be at odds with accessibility? The text contrast is excellent in each section, and the light/dark segments clearly define the border between sections. Forced dark mode can be difficult to read for users with astigmatism, but the font size is large, and the actual documentation sites[0] do have a light/dark switch. [0]: https://elixir.hexdocs.pm/1.20.2/

I have zero astigmatism and dark mode is hard to read as letters look all blurry.

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by giancarlostoro »

asp_hornet wrote: post #105

I picked up Elixir this year. I’m gobsmacked on what the language and BEAM offer. Such a slept on ecosystem. I’m full convert. New site looks great.

One of my favorite devs I love listening to talks from is Joe Armstrong and he had a blog post where he wrote a post about Elixir, and it was mostly positive, I feel like if he wasnt building Erlang he would have just became an Elixir developer.

https://joearms.github.io/published/2013-05-31-a-week-with-e...

RIP Joe Armstrong you were brilliant.

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by 999900000999 »

CyberDildonics wrote: post #88
999900000999 wrote: post #31

Elixir is such an elegant language. I'm hoping to find a reason to use it soon.

I'm hoping to find a reason to use it soon. Do you have a program that doesn't need to run fast?

I actually experimented with using it as a backend for a multiplayer turn based game.

I eventually gave up because it’s a bit too difficult without a team.

Re: Elixir-lang.org has a new design

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Post by nine_k »

recursivegirth wrote: post #86
moomoo11 wrote: post #83

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i along with 99% of people don’t mind it

This, plus there is research that suggests dark mode does not help with retention of information.[1] I have started to slowly transition back to light mode for most of my work applications. (Email, Coding, etc.) Dark mode feels correct, but it is hostile. Now blue light on the other hand... you should get filters for your monitor/glasses. [1] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dark-mode/

Dark mode is great if you want to have many distinct colors on the dark background, like syntax highlighting.

For monochrome, light background and dark text work better.

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