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From this https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ Brex, Podium, PagerDuty use Elixir. They are in top YC companies,

From this https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ Brex, Podium, PagerDuty use Elixir. They are in top YC companies, not a surprise.

IggleSniggle 7y ago
Thanks for pointing those out. I would really like to switch to Elixir in my day job.
runj__ 7y ago
Do you think they got big because they use it or do they use it because they're big? Pre-optimization is the root of all evil, my dude.
- anildigital 7y ago
  @runj__ You should read this blog post by Brex founder. He really says how Elixir suited well to the problem they were trying to solve https://medium.com/brexeng/why-brex-chose-elixir-fe1a4f313195 https://medium.com/brexeng/why-brex-chose-elixir-fe1a4f31319...
  - conanbatt 7y ago
    In the end they picked it because they already knew it.
    - tstrimple 7y ago
      That's still a really good reason to pick a technology right? Especially if speed to market is one of your goals.
      - mateuszf 7y ago
        And that's the reason why most people chose Java(Script)
- ronsor 7y ago
  Discord used Elixir from the start