> However, I feel like I can throw my daily driver programming languages including Go, Ruby, Rust... even Haskell at any problem and give or take performance, come out the other end with high quality software at scale.
You're probably right. With a very high-level language like Ruby and an extremely efficient systems language like Rust, you've pretty much got the entire spectrum covered. With libraries like Helix, you've even got an escape hatch if you start with Rails and hit unexpected bottlenecks.
IMO Elixir is nearly ideal for web startups due to productivity, enough performance, easy scaling and a very gentle learning curve. If you've already got all those other tools under your belt, then those pluses are probably less of a draw.
You're probably right. With a very high-level language like Ruby and an extremely efficient systems language like Rust, you've pretty much got the entire spectrum covered. With libraries like Helix, you've even got an escape hatch if you start with Rails and hit unexpected bottlenecks.
IMO Elixir is nearly ideal for web startups due to productivity, enough performance, easy scaling and a very gentle learning curve. If you've already got all those other tools under your belt, then those pluses are probably less of a draw.