Is Elixir worth learning for building scalable web apps?

Quandon

Heard some hype about Elixir for web development but not sure if it's just another flashy language. For those who've used it - does it actually deliver on performance promises for high-traffic apps? What's the learning curve like coming from Ruby/Python?

Ttere

Having worked with Elixir development services on three projects now, I can confirm the performance benefits are real - we handled 5x more concurrent users with half the servers. The syntax feels familiar if you know Ruby, but the functional paradigm takes getting used to. For fault-tolerant systems, it's hard to beat BEAM's supervision trees. A good breakdown of use cases is available here: https://pharosproduction.com/elixir-development-services . Just don't expect the same abundance of libraries as in more established ecosystems.