When would you NOT use Elixir?

[AstonJ]

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What did not you build with Elixir(and why)?

Hi guys, The main goal of this topic is share knowledge and learn what is good to build with Elixir/Phoenix and what’s not. Most of the topic’s is about “what you love in elixir” or “Elixir is suitable for?” or “What Elixir project are you working on” Here you can post what you are building(or have done) with Elixir and (most important) What not. My turn: I do build with Elixir/Phoenix a personal dashboard to save some important .PDF to aws and some pages to control my finances. I do not bu…

I would not use Elixir when… I don’t have the choice to (such as native mobile apps)

I would also not use Elixir for very basic sites or when other languages excel in those areas (such as image processing) but still use Elixir as the ‘brains’/core of the app.

I like to stick to one language if possible, so hopefully, when I am fully acquainted with it, I will use Elixir most of the time.