Exploring Gleam, a type-safe language on the BEAM!
I spent the past 8 years in tech as a software engineer, I've been streaming on Twitch for the past 2 years and I've been on Earth for the last 27 years. I might have like, two or three things to share, I think...
If you know me, you’d probably say, “Omg Chris, yet another new language???!!!“. The truth is, this is the only way I found to keep my motivation as a software engineer. A new language means a new way of both building and thinking. I’m trying to stay open-minded when it comes to my craft. I’ll just get the best out of this new experience and move on. In this article, I’m going to talk about Gleam, how I found it, and why I’m already LOVING it.
Gleam V1 launched on March 4th 2024. As a built different engineer, I found out about it back in November 2023, when I started being seriously interested in Elixir.
The thing that always kind of put me off regarding Elixir was the dynamic typing. I’m a static typing person; it solves a LOT of common issues in my day-to-day job and provides cool benefits like:
