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		mekoka on March 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Elixir (2014) You've successfully been dealing with a sand problem with shovels. Then the new boss tells you about these amazing forks that they've used in the past to address any and all issues and wants you to start using them too. Quitting is not you being difficult. It's just opting out of a bad developer experience. Contrary to popular belief, you're entitled to also be happy as a professional programmer.

neonsunset on March 27, 2024 [–]

Which is why I would quit if someone tried to pry high throughput .NET-based microservices from my hands to replace them with something like Elixir.

(A similar story has happened at Walmart when their architects did not understand F# and instituted a Java rewrite of an acquired company)

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