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I converted my (profitable) side-project to Elixir because I fell in love with the language. While I still like it, that has mostly worn off and I regret rewriting it for the most part.

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Would you mind expanding on why you regret it?

It's nothing specific about Elixir itself, it's just that I don't use it for literally anything else (nor do I see that changing). So, for me, it's just another tech stack to keep up with when I could have just stuck with the tech stacks I already know and work just fine.

I still think Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView are great technologies, but I don't think they offer me anything professionally that the current stuff doesn't; at least not for my use cases.

There was an opportunity cost to making the switch too, and I feel like that was a poor use of time.

Your brain probably thanked you for the mental exercise so it wasn't all for nothing.

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