This Week in Elixir and Erlang #8
A few links and news shared by the Elixir and Erlang community. No more, no less. Instead of a newsletter.
Another week, another set of wonderful news and articles from the world of Elixir and Erlang! Also, time for another shameless plug from me. I am on the hunt for new personal stories from the community for my Elixir Community Voices section. If you are an individual or a small team investing in Elixir / Erlang, I'd love to hear and tell your story. Feel free to drop me a short message.
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Cheers!
Announcements
I've just made Muzak and Muzak Pro - mutation testing libraries for @elixirlang - available for everyone! You can find out more about both in this announcement post: https://t.co/zqBSrtfwU1#myelixirstatus
— Devon C. Estes (@devoncestes) November 16, 2020
Elixir Community Voices
Using StackOverflow to measure the popularity of a programming language is like comparing which car is more popular by counting how many times they are taken to the mechanic.
— José Valim (@josevalim) November 12, 2020
Working in other languages makes me really thankful for hexdocs. Thank you #elixirlang and @hexpm. I am simply more productive because of the documentation culture in Elixir.
— David Bernheisel (@bernheisel) November 14, 2020
For Elixir to be successful, the answer must ultimately be yes for libraries, infrastructure, and training or a fixed number of people will have greater and greater burdens to support the masses, all for free. It's happened over and over.
— Bruce Tate (@redrapids) November 10, 2020
After how many years of experience is it acceptable to say “sorry, I don’t do take-home code tests” when interviewing for a job?
— Devon C. Estes (@devoncestes) November 14, 2020
Podcasts
Articles
A Blog from the Erlang/OTP team
Damon Janis
Pablo Polvorin