[AlchemistCamp]

> I don't think I've liked a technology this much ever and I'm honestly surprised it's not already more popular than it already is.

I think a big part of it has been a lack of learning resources. A major part of why I started my site and YT channel was the frustration I had learning Elixir in 2016. Phoenix was even tougher. At that time, even the paid resources were mostly out of date. I found about 70% of everything I came across (books, videos, blog posts) wouldn't compile on Elixir version > 1.0! The changes in Phoenix 1.2 and 1.3 were a similar story.

The one exception to this was Dave Thomas's Programming Elixir book. I bought version 1.2 and he religiously updated it (for free!) all the way through its current version. I never found anything in it that didn't work on the current version of the language. Well done, Dave!