[HN Gopher] Unpacking Elixir: Phoenix
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       Unpacking Elixir: Phoenix
        
       Author : lawik
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-03-08 20:28 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | atonse wrote:
       | I have been such a huge fan of Ecto in general, because they have
       | conceptually broken down the idea of Schemas, Changesets, and
       | Repos in a way that you can use it in so many additional use
       | cases.
       | 
       | For example, you can use Ecto Schemas and Changesets to validate
       | the shapes of your API requests (down to the valid values, etc)
       | and provide good quality error messages. And changesets are easy
       | to extend too.
       | 
       | Ecto is probably my favorite part of the overall Elixir
       | ecosystem. Phoenix and LiveView have been nice to work with (But
       | still don't quite feel right, especially event handling and
       | bubbling up of events up components, I wish was smoother).
       | 
       | Overall we still really like working with this stack and the
       | community is great too, in the general quality of libraries
       | available.
        
       | sabzetro wrote:
       | I pivoted from C# to Elixir after a former manager (and now
       | friend and co-founder) put me onto it as part of a project we
       | were doing for a high volume eCommerce solution. I did another C#
       | job after and then when the opportunity struck, I dove head first
       | into full time Elixir development. I have no regrets. It feels
       | like any problem I have can be solved with a bit of elbow grease
       | and some proper thinking. Phoenix is a bit too opinionated for my
       | liking, but I can't deny just how much more productive it is for
       | me vs C#/.NET. All 'round, my career is the better for working
       | with Erlang/Elixir.
        
       | hinkley wrote:
       | I feel like I missed the window when I could get paid to learn
       | elixir on the job. Felt like that was during Covid and shortly
       | after.
        
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