A Perk engineer’s take on Gleam Gathering 2026 and why Gleam’s simplicity, stability, and community mean it has a bright future as a programming language.

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A developer shares their experience attending Gleam Gathering, the first-ever conference for the Gleam programming language. Gleam is praised for its simplicity, strong typing, and compilation to JavaScript and Erlang. Key conference highlights include Louis Pilfold's keynote on 2026 plans (mostly developer experience improvements), talks on building with the Lustre frontend framework, and community discussions. The author is most excited about upcoming official guides covering common patterns like Postgres integration and authentication, which they see as the missing piece for professional adoption. The post reflects on how Gleam's 'boring' simplicity and welcoming community make it an appealing choice compared to fast-moving ecosystems like TypeScript.

Gleam is boring, so I went to a conference about it

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