I hope that I can say this without offending anyone:
It’s mantras like “Elm programmers do not call themselves anything” and “Code is the easy part” being repeated 100s of times over and over that make me feel really strange about the community. It starts to feel somewhat cultish after reading the same messages over and over.
Good communities are vibrant and diverse and allow multiple schools of thought to coexist in harmony. It’s very possible that some people call themselves “Elmists”, or “Elmos”, or “Elmers” or anything that they’d like! Why not allow people to proudly wear the banner of something they enjoy to try and rally around it?
I don’t mean to call anyone out but I really would like to see more original opinions rather than just parroting something Evan said over and over, ad nauseam.
I personally kind of like “Elmer” because of the Looney Tunes imagery, and think it shows that I don’t take myself too seriously. 