https://medium.freecodecamp.org/my-intro-to-elixir-how-learning-another-programming-language-can-make-you-a-better-developer-d967e568191c > I attended ElixirConf EU in Warsaw earlier this year. It was actually my first ever programming conference. My colleague was giving a talk about Elixir and Phoenix called ‘Phoenix and the World of Tomorrow’. > Now, my background is in JavaScript but my company is Elixir obsessed. Having taken a sip of the company kool-aid and seen what it can do — I’m pretty well converted.