As huge fan of the Elixir language I think this article missed the point.
Elixir is gaining popularity _because_ of the Erlang VM and libraries. Yes, macros, protocols, syntax, etc may attract a first glance at the language, but I believe people stay and evangelize Elixir because of the power of Erlang/OTP.
Likewise, I think Elixir popularity will only drive Erlang, Joxa, and LFE popularity forward as the initial roadblock of grokking the Erlang VM and how OTP works are overcome.
I am a big fan of super simple provisioning for vagrant boxes. For development and trying new things a simple bash script has proven, in my experience, to be much less of a headache then chef etc.
Even coming in with a few years experience in Clojure and having spent time writing macros in Elixir I have found this to be a really worthwhile read (so far).
That said, this should not be your first Elixir book (as Chris points out in the book's introduction). It should be your second, especially if you are interested in writing libraries.
As a developer who has been using Linux as a desktop and enjoys tweaking every little thing: I think Arch is fantastic. It took my understanding of the OS and exactly what is going on to the next level.
However I work with developers who don't want to tweak every little thing they just want their OS to work and let them be passionate about development. They should stick to OSX, or if they are feeling adventurous try Ubuntu. I also would not suggest Arch if you have not used another more friendly Linux distro for a while and had the "opportunity" to troubleshoot some issues and enjoyed it.
To enjoy Arch you really have to be passionate about Linux and tweaking your machine, otherwise you will just be frustrated. For those that are I cannot recommend Arch enough.
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Elixir is gaining popularity _because_ of the Erlang VM and libraries. Yes, macros, protocols, syntax, etc may attract a first glance at the language, but I believe people stay and evangelize Elixir because of the power of Erlang/OTP.
Likewise, I think Elixir popularity will only drive Erlang, Joxa, and LFE popularity forward as the initial roadblock of grokking the Erlang VM and how OTP works are overcome.