Elixir Mix

Panel: Charles Max WoodMark EriksonJosh AdamsEric Berry Special Guests: Hubert Lepicki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Hubert Lepicki about his blog post "When to use Elixir language?". Hubert works at AmberBit where they traditionally created Ruby on Rails apps for their customers, and more recently, they switched to using Elixir to build custom apps for their customers. They talk about why they decided to switch to Elixir, his thoughts on Ruby now, and the difference between Elixir and Ruby. They also touch on what his Ruby code looks like now, compare Elixir with Node, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Huber introWorks at AmberBitRuby on Rails to ElixirWhy did you switch to Elixir?How did you stumble upon Elixir?Problems with scaling RubyLooked at Clojure and other functional stacks before ElixirUsed it as a means to optimize performance in the beginningWhat are your thought on Ruby now?Making things easier with Elixir and ErlangHow was the learning curve as you start