The Elixir Year: A Technical Sabbatical Series
In December of 2024, I posted The Elixir Year: A Technical Sabbatical, a sprawling year-long syllabus and mission statement.
The goal: learn as much as I could by building cool things with Elixir (+Erlang, +BEAM VM, +Phoenix, +Ash, etc.) and then land a job to pivot my career from Backend Python to Full Stack Elixir.
Why? Because I believe that the Elixir/Erlang/BEAM ecosystem is the canonically correct way to build software after learning everything it has to offer. Below are my entries written over the year; if they resonate with you, or you're thinking of making the switch, don't hesitate to reach out and let me know.
Syllabus & Retrospectives
Halfway into the year I realized I needed to come up with more interesting titles.
General Elixir