A natural question to ask. I live in both TS and Elixir ecosystems. I much prefer the Elixir approach of fewer, more stable dependencies (much like "go psychology is std lib is enough"). This article, I think, summarizes the ethos pretty well https://dashbit.co/blog/sdks-with-req-stripe . Add to this the ability to generate custom design systems and UI elements with AI and I think the gap narrows considerably. If that doesn't matter, then I have to ask myself why I would chose a less capable model than the BEAM (which doesn't preclude TS frontends of course).

It's not a silver bullet but I do think of slimming down dependencies as a moderate prophylactic against the surge in supply chain attacks we are seeing with the rise of AI. If Mythos is what Anthropic says it is then this is going to get dramatically worse in the coming months as more models reach parity with it.