Jose Valim
Elixir Creator
Elixir
Phoenix
Biography
Jose Valim created Elixir, bringing modern features to the Erlang VM. He was previously a Rails core team member.
Daily Work
- Leading Elixir development
- Working on the language and tooling
- Speaking at conferences
- Building the Elixir community
Challenges
“Elixir brings joy to building concurrent systems. The Erlang VM is incredible; we just made it more accessible.”
Impact
Elixir has made concurrent programming accessible and powers real-time systems at scale.