Keynote panel discussion: The next 30 years
summary
Panel covers concrete issues: outreach and marketing to grow a still-small BEAM ecosystem, tooling gaps like only two–three Erlang language servers, one Gleam, two–three Elixir, and a push for cross-language interoperability; industry moves toward types with Gleam offering a small typed core while Erlang explores gradual typing; WhatsApp’s acquisition highlights extreme efficiency — 30 engineers, 9 product developers — and meetups and experience reports repeatedly prove effective for adoption and hiring.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Panel introduction
- 3:23Defining the core challenge
- 6:54Outreach and business value
- 10:43Community perception and growth
- 14:43Ecosystem interoperability
- 17:23Engagement and advocacy
- 21:26Ericsson and the foundation
- 23:21The role of type systems
- 30:48Academic and community ties
- 36:03Maintaining project scale
- 40:27Future growth and outreach
- 48:19Final reflections
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