Hello World in Elixir
Every programming journey starts with Hello World. Let’s write our first Elixir program.
The Code
Create a file named hello.exs:
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Elixir
Variables and Types in Elixir
Elixir is a dynamically typed, functional language where all data is immutable. Rather than assigning values to variables in the traditional sense, Elixir uses pattern matching with the = operator to …
How 10 New Programming Languages Are Rewriting the Rules (And Why They Were Born)
Every programming language is, at its core, a written argument. An argument that the languages which came before failed at something important — something worth spending years of your life to fix. …
Read more →The Weight of Your Web Stack, Part 3: Choosing the Right Backend for the Job
In Part 1 we measured what web backends cost before serving a single request — idle memory ranging from 3 MB (Rust) to 500 MB (Spring Boot). In Part 2 we measured what happens when traffic arrives — …
Read more →The Weight of Your Web Stack, Part 2: What Your Backend Costs Under Load
In Part 1, we measured what web backend frameworks cost before serving a single request — idle memory, startup time, and Docker image sizes. We found a 30-100x spread between the lightest (Rust …
Read more →The Weight of Your Web Stack, Part 1: What Your Backend Costs at Rest
Last week we looked at the top web programming languages and the frameworks developers are choosing in 2026. But there’s a question those rankings don’t answer: what does each of those …
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