Along the same lines, Saša Jurić wrong Erlang before picking up Elixir, and wrote about that here: https://www.theerlangelist.com/article/why_elixir

Also, Devin Torres, author of Poolboy, wrote https://devinus.io/the-excitement-of-elixir/ and https://devinus.io/elixir-its-not-about-syntax/