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andfadeevon First Steps with Gleam: Building a Simple Web App (Rest API with PostgreSQL)

Yeah, it's a build tool in erlang, tbh I think if you just do brew install gleam it will install dependencies itself, I'll double check and update the article but during gleam development you don't need to interact with rebar3 directly

andfadeevon First Steps with Gleam: Building a Simple Web App (Rest API with PostgreSQL)

During the festive season, I wanted to learn something fun and dive into the BEAM ecosystem. I ended up choosing Gleam for its strong type system, as I was looking for something completely different from my usual go-to, Clojure.

I’ve had a great time writing Gleam so far, and if you’re looking for something new to experiment with, I highly recommend giving it a try.

This article documents my journey into web development with Gleam.