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Why I wrote the BEAM book (2025)

119 points • by zenincognito • last Monday at 3:41 PM • 21 comments • view on HN

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neya • today at 2:47 AM

Oh wow, I never knew Klarna uses BEAM. I always thought BEAM is vastly underrated and it's even hard for me to convince clients of showing how powerful it (Elixir/BEAM) really is, especially when they're already on something like NodeJS. This will be a nice reference to use in conversations with future prospects.

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oivaksef • today at 6:19 AM

There will be winners in this new AI age, and they will be the ones that are technically better, rather than the most popular or convenient for software engineers

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ValtteriL • today at 7:17 AM

I love Erlang, Elixir, and BEAM by extension. Lucky to have been forced to learn it at KTH.

bpbp-mango • today at 10:52 AM

thank you. I've not had time to learn Erlang but always been intrigued by beamp + otp. now with llms I might have a chance to see what's possible

sharts • today at 9:11 AM

Perhaps github should read it

bradknowles • yesterday at 1:50 AM

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minfazhai • today at 2:36 AM

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