Adopting Gleam the Boring Way

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Argues incremental adoption of Gleam works and is low-risk: Gleam compiles to Erlang and JavaScript source so packages include runnable Erlang/JS, FFI lets Gleam call Elixir/Erlang and vice versa, and a Mix PR already enables full Gleam support used in one real codebase. Demonstrates a persistent array library Ivy that interoperates with Elixir, frontend integration via Lustre with web components, form-associated elements, CSS states and Vite/Rollup plugins, plus practical tips on vertical slices and when to write or avoid bindings.

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1. 0:00Adopting Gleam incrementally
2. 1:57Cultural and technical concerns
3. 3:01Gleam’s syntax and types
4. 5:09Slow incremental adoption
5. 6:33Gleam libraries in Elixir
6. 7:40Gleam compiles to Erlang/JS
7. 9:11Removing Gleam safely
8. 9:34Calling Elixir from Gleam
9. 10:41Cleaner Gleam bindings
10. 11:47FFI boundaries
11. 12:32Transition to JavaScript
12. 13:16Gleam’s JS tooling
13. 14:22Web components in Gleam
14. 15:48Gleam in Phoenix
15. 16:10Production readiness
16. 16:52Question and answer session

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