What kind of apps can I make with Elixir?

[AstonJ]

@kornel_gora

cloud computing solution

You might find this thread interesting:

Erlang powers the internet

[DemTXQcW0AAE955] https://twitter.com/guieevc/status/1002494428748140544

@kornel_gora

Can I make AI

From the same thread:

Erlang powers the internet

Yes, Erlang is out there in very many places, you just don’t see it. Classic example is RabbitMQ which is written in Erlang but most users aren’t aware of this and also don’t need to know it to use it. What do think will be powering Skynet?

Seriously though, Elixir is a pretty versatile language and is especially suited things where you need to do lots and lots of things concurrently. What I’ve said about Elixir previously…

@AstonJ

I like the analogy where Elixir is the brains (of an app) and other languages can be organs. The brain ties everything together, communicating instructions, receiving messages, interpreting them and then passing on other commands, etc.

The great thing is you can do most things with Elixir/Erlang (with common libraries such as ImageMagick) and only drop into other languages for very specific things when you actually need to; the core of your app, or the overall system, is unlikely to change. It’s one of the reasons I love the Replaceable Component Architecture (and love Elixir for making it so easy).