<story><title>Why we chose Elm for Humio’s web UI</title><url>https://www.humio.com/whats-new/blog/why-we-chose-elm-for-humio-s-web-ui</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dd82</author><text>Elm as a language is really nice, and I do like the goals of the project.  I tried it out a bit, its a mind-bending paradigm for someone coming from OOP&amp;#x2F;prototype (Python, Java, JS) and I enjoyed the challenge.&lt;p&gt;The community, on the other hand, is what turned me off.  It does seem very unfriendly to newcomers. In addition,  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lukeplant.me.uk&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;why-im-leaving-elm&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lukeplant.me.uk&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;why-im-leaving-elm&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; amongst others, is an entire turnoff.  And seems like this perception isn&amp;#x27;t isolated and has been discussed at &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22821447&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22821447&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope things work out well for you in this project with Elm, now and in the future.  But it doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like any of the issues with the community have been even attempted at being addressed, so I don&amp;#x27;t think I will give Elm another try.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bwanab</author><text>I had a comment on that HN thread in which I mentioned how I liked elm, but probably wouldn’t use it again for many of the reason given in that post.&lt;p&gt;I’ve made a liar out of myself. I needed a GUI for a project I’ve been working on using Elixir. After looking at native Elixir alternatives (I even coded up a prototype using Scenic), I decided to give Elm another shot and I’ve had a great experience both with it and with the community.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why we chose Elm for Humio’s web UI</title><url>https://www.humio.com/whats-new/blog/why-we-chose-elm-for-humio-s-web-ui</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dd82</author><text>Elm as a language is really nice, and I do like the goals of the project.  I tried it out a bit, its a mind-bending paradigm for someone coming from OOP&amp;#x2F;prototype (Python, Java, JS) and I enjoyed the challenge.&lt;p&gt;The community, on the other hand, is what turned me off.  It does seem very unfriendly to newcomers. In addition,  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lukeplant.me.uk&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;why-im-leaving-elm&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lukeplant.me.uk&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;why-im-leaving-elm&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; amongst others, is an entire turnoff.  And seems like this perception isn&amp;#x27;t isolated and has been discussed at &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22821447&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22821447&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope things work out well for you in this project with Elm, now and in the future.  But it doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like any of the issues with the community have been even attempted at being addressed, so I don&amp;#x27;t think I will give Elm another try.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dsiegel2275</author><text>Maybe you&amp;#x27;ve had direct interactions with community members, but it is very unfair for you to characterize the Elm community as &amp;quot;unfriendly&amp;quot; based off of your reading of a few posts.&lt;p&gt;My actual experience has been exactly the opposite: I&amp;#x27;ve interacted with many members of the community (at multiple Elm conferences, in the Slack, and even twice met members of the community for in-person meetings when they were visiting near my office).  All of these interactions have been the entirely opposite of &amp;quot;unfriendly&amp;quot;.</text></comment>