The Long-Term Relevance of Elixir

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This chapter explores the long-term relevance of the Elixir programming language and emphasizes the importance of community and marketing efforts. It discusses the potential of Elixir in code generation and AI, as well as the challenges and uncertainties in these areas. The chapter also touches on the impact of AI on developer tooling and the balance between AI convenience and human problem-solving.

Our old friend José Valim & his team have been hard at work adding gradual typing to Elixir. They’re only 1-3% of the way there, but a lot of progress has been made. So, we invited him back on the show for a deep-dive on why, how & when Elixir will be gradually typed.

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