Wow - this is just above and beyond. Drastic “mid-voyage course correction” despite the consequences, dedication to a quality product, you have to respect that!
So - don’t bother with any more errata?
Sometimes, beta happens. We just got some great technical feedback from people we trust in the Elixir community. Since the book is so far along, the feedback was especially painful, but we have decided to incorporate it before we go forward with the rest of the book. We chose to use Agents as a way to approach OTP, but we overused them. Unfortunately, that sent the wrong message about good application design in Elixir, and we sincerely apologize for that. The next beta will put functional principles front and center. We’ll use separate processes only when the design calls for them, and we’ll stick to plain modules and functions when it doesn’t. So you’re getting a better book. The downside is that it will take some time. You won’t see the next beta version until approximately mid-May. Know that we have your best interests in mind. As one of the more popular Elixir books right now, we want our guidance to be rock solid, so we’re enlisting some great talent in our review process to improve the book. Since it’s delaying our betas, we wanted you to know.
Thanks for your readership and your patience.
