I think many web developers do just fine without ever having to touch Erlang, which is one of the nice things I like about Elixir: it's making a platform that is almost tailor made to web development really accessible to web developers. There is an idea outside the ecosystem that Elixir is "overkill" for simple apps but that's just not true!
For those that find themselves needing to dive into Erlang, I too have seen several people describe it as "Biting the bullet," and I'm a bit in that camp myself. For me it's not Erlang the language that's a problem, it's the documentation. This speaks to what you said about being from another era. I just do not find it enjoyable to read.
You otherwise seem to be saying that modern tooling is bad because it doesn't force you to be as diligent a programmer. I neither agree nor disagree with this but it's a whole other convo.
I think many web developers do just fine without ever having to touch Erlang, which is one of the nice things I like about Elixir: it's making a platform that is almost tailor made to web development really accessible to web developers. There is an idea outside the ecosystem that Elixir is "overkill" for simple apps but that's just not true!
For those that find themselves needing to dive into Erlang, I too have seen several people describe it as "Biting the bullet," and I'm a bit in that camp myself. For me it's not Erlang the language that's a problem, it's the documentation. This speaks to what you said about being from another era. I just do not find it enjoyable to read.
You otherwise seem to be saying that modern tooling is bad because it doesn't force you to be as diligent a programmer. I neither agree nor disagree with this but it's a whole other convo.