Switching to Elixir

Post by gv83 » Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

ljm wrote: post #271

gv83 wrote: post #221

while bracing myself for the downvotes storm: why is this frontpage? it's very bland content harping the same old story about immutable data and pipes, without any real insights other than "3 months of a new thing and it seems cool". are we really at the point where rust or elixir in the title = instant karma shower?

I'm the author and it was a surprise to see the post here, and I find that flattering and quite warming that someone liked it enough to share (and enough people liked it enough to upvote it). I respect your opinion but might I suggest you were not the audience for it? There are maybe three or four posts saying the same thing as you. Nobody has to like or agree with anything that hits front page on HN. And yes, I do a…

Post by ljm » Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 1:32 AM UTC

gv83 wrote: post #281

ljm wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the author and it was a surprise to see the post here, and I find that flattering and quite warming that someone liked it enough to share (and enough people liked it enough to upvote it). I respect your opinion but might I suggest you were not the audience for it? There are maybe three or four posts saying the same thing as you. Nobody has to like or agree with anything that hits front page on HN. And yes, I do a…

hope that you got no offense from that, I didn't mean it: it takes quite a lot to publish your musings on the internet and I totally admire that. The article was well written but again, I found it a bit bland for my tastes as you identified I'm probably not the target audience. It's just that, after many many many months of elixir (pseudo?)brigading it's starting to get tiresome. Thanks for your comprehension.