V0.28 released of Gleam, a type safe Erlang-family language

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Wasn’t aware that Gleam was sponsored by fly.io, but it’s nice to see the investment in the ecosystem along with their support for Phoenix. Excited to see more developments for Gleam!

Interesting ongoing discussion about async & colored functions:

https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/discussions/2051

I mostly refuse to consider function coloring a problem. Async programming has a different mental model than synchronous programming, so I don't think it's unreasonable to treat them differently.

That said, I welcome exploration of more implicit models as well - it's just that the debate is tiresome. The ideal paradigm often depends on what the given language more naturally supports.

I can certainly empathize with your perspective and I find myself in agreement with it too. My frustration with function coloring primarily stems from its implementation in JavaScript/TypeScript. I believe that even with the use of colored functions there is potential for a more enhanced developer experience.

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