Comment by jondubois

Why is there so much Elixir hype on HN at the moment?

HN shouldn't be used as a propaganda hype machine. I've seen all the language hype cycles,

Year 1:

PHP sucks! Node.js is awesome! Everyone must use Node.js!

Year 2:

Node.js sucks! Go is awesome! Everyone must use Go!

Year 3:

Go sucks! Rust is awesome! Everyone must use Rust!

Year 4:

Rust sucks! Elixir is awesome! Everyone must use Elixir!

... And of course you get the odd Haskell article every so often.

Communities are promoting their stuff too hard - They are setting up their users for disillusionment and disappointment.