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How HN took it
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for finding companies and new projects using Elixir
From 2 comments
I have a digital studio that needs to find good companies to pitch them my services... just searching LI is not very helpful, this is way better. Also, as a place that uses…
desireco42 on HNCool -- I've suspected Elixir is used in many more companies than it's "famously" used in. A quick survey on Indeed somewhat confirms that. Big fan, of both the language and…
kylecazar on HN
Elixir community is fun and welcoming
From 2 comments
Cool -- I've suspected Elixir is used in many more companies than it's "famously" used in. A quick survey on Indeed somewhat confirms that. Big fan, of both the language and…
kylecazar on HNI just did a small programming side project with a friend in Elixir and I was pretty impressed with the language, especially how it approaches functional programming,…
pixelmonkey on HN
Objections
Elixir is niche, so a curated list is less useful
From 1 comment
Oh Elixir is still niche then :) (For any sufficiently popular language it would not be possible or interesting to curate such a list)
nenenejej on HN
Customers may be wary of Elixir adoption
From 1 comment
Same here, using Elixir only for personal/hobby projects. Sadly, my customers when they hear about Elixir they get scared as hell. The "song" they love includes only JS, Java,…
huqedato on HN
Requests
Include open source projects such as Plausible
From 3 comments
I use it for many side projects, and I am starting to use it for bigger ones too. Should we submit personal projects and smaller side projects, or is this for fully fledged app…
mig4ng on HNA suggestion for addition: > Plausible Analytics is a standard Elixir/Phoenix application backed by a PostgreSQL database for general data and a Clickhouse database for stats.…
mmaia on HNJust personal opinion, I would get a lot of value out of having open source projects on there like plausible. I'm fact that might be the most useful thing personally
freedomben on HN
Allow suggesting companies with evidence of Elixir use
From 1 comment
This is a great idea. I'd like to make a few suggestions though: - Allow filtering by companies and libraries. I'm interested in both, but I wanted to look at just the list of…
tommypalm on HN
Filtering by companies and libraries, and category filters on the directory page
From 1 comment
This is a great idea. I'd like to make a few suggestions though: - Allow filtering by companies and libraries. I'm interested in both, but I wanted to look at just the list of…
tommypalm on HN
Maintain the list as a YAML file in git instead of user registration
From 1 comment
Why not just make it a yaml document in a git repo instead of making users register?
didip on HN
Questions
Whether personal and side projects are accepted or only full apps
From 1 comment
I use it for many side projects, and I am starting to use it for bigger ones too. Should we submit personal projects and smaller side projects, or is this for fully fledged app…
mig4ng on HN
How to correct a listed tech stack
From 1 comment
How do I get in touch to correct the tech stack on one of these?
ch4s3 on HN
Alternatives named
elixir-companies.com
From 2 comments
Nice! There’s also this[0] project run by community /elixir-school[1] maintainers [0]https://elixir-companies.com/en [1]https://elixirschool.com/en
bglusman on HNYou can add: ElectricSQL Supabase Felt There’s another list here: https://elixir-companies.com
jamauro on HN
Elixir School
From 1 comment
Nice! There’s also this[0] project run by community /elixir-school[1] maintainers [0]https://elixir-companies.com/en [1]https://elixirschool.com/en
bglusman on HN