Introducing Gleam: A Practical and Stable Language for Building Scalable Systems

👍Gleam is a practical language built on the Erlang BEAM runtime, providing the benefits of Elixir's ecosystem while focusing on type safety and a practical type system.

✨Gleam 1.0.0 has been released, indicating its stability and suitability for production systems.

📝Gleam follows semantic versioning, ensuring compatibility and minimizing breaking changes for users.

🎉The language prioritizes simplicity and clarity, aiming to have one way of doing things to maintain a productive development experience.

🚀Gleam is designed to make writing and maintaining software systems predictable, stress-free, and enjoyable.

What is Gleam?

—Gleam is a programming language built on the Erlang BEAM runtime, offering the benefits of Elixir's ecosystem with a focus on type safety and a practical type system.

Is Gleam suitable for production systems?

—Yes, Gleam 1.0.0 marks its stability and readiness for production use. It has been designed to be used in real-world applications that matter.

Will there be breaking changes in future releases?

—Gleam follows semantic versioning and aims to avoid breaking changes. Any new features added will be done conservatively and only if they bring significant value to the language.

What is the focus of Gleam?

—Gleam prioritizes simplicity and clarity, ensuring a productive development experience. It aims to have one way of doing things and avoids language bloat.

What is the goal of Gleam?

—The goal of Gleam is to make writing and maintaining software systems predictable, stress-free, and enjoyable for developers.

00:00Gleam is a practical language built on the Erlang BEAM runtime, offering the benefits of Elixir's ecosystem with a focus on type safety and a practical type system.

01:01Gleam 1.0.0 has been released, marking its stability and suitability for production systems.

04:00Gleam follows semantic versioning, ensuring compatibility and minimizing breaking changes for users.

06:58The language prioritizes simplicity and clarity, aiming to have one way of doing things to maintain a productive development experience.

09:14Gleam is designed to make writing and maintaining software systems predictable, stress-free, and enjoyable.