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Comment by nicoburns

1 year ago

> part due to newer options such as Elixir/Phoenix or Golang rising in popularity for backend work

I suspect Django and Laravel have taken a chunk of the market as like for like replacements.

Doubtful experienced devs moved to them. Attended many user groups and conferences during those years and both were seen as “lesser than”. Not unusual to see pot shots taken in presentation slides.

Elixir/Phoenix were embraced with excitement due to Jose’s connection to the community and the ruby like syntax.