elixir-lang.org has had its first major redesign in years: a cleaner, more modern homepage that leads with what people build on the BEAM, real companies and use cases up front, plus refreshed branding and easier paths into the docs.
There's no blog post announcing it (the site itself is the announcement), but José Valim filled in the story in the Hacker News thread, which racked up 250+ points: the design is by the Software Mansion folks, iterated on together in Figma, and José rewrote all of the copy himself with feedback from the core maintainers. The thread's reception says a lot about where Elixir sits in 2026: less "what is this language?" and more appreciation for a mature ecosystem that keeps investing in its front door.
If you want the community hot takes, the first episode of the new Macro Mayhem podcast spends a chunk of its news segment on the redesign.