[malkosta]

> why not use Rust entirely instead of as a FFI into Elixir

Because many times you value fault-tolerance and distribution more than performance.

[rapnie]

There's a couple of Rust libs and frameworks inspired on Erlang/OTP in 'best of both worlds' attempts, such as https://lunatic.solutions

I found others like Lunatic before, but cannot remember right now.

[malkosta]

I guarantee your life will be simpler with Erlang.