A New Paradigm: Discovering Elixir

After years of working with object-oriented languages, I stumbled upon Elixir in 2012 and it was a breath of fresh air. The functional programming paradigm, the actor model, and the BEAM VM were all new concepts to me. It took some time to wrap my head around it, but the elegance and concurrency of Elixir were undeniable. It felt like I was learning to program all over again, but in a good way.