# Clients expressing doubt about choosing Elm

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/clients-expressing-doubt-about-choosing-elm/6835>\
**Category:** Request Feedback\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/clients-expressing-doubt-about-choosing-elm/6835 "2021-02-02T07:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Payr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/lucas_payr/32/4993_2.png) [@Lucas\_Payr](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/Lucas_Payr)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/clients-expressing-doubt-about-choosing-elm/6835/2 "2021-02-02T11:17:30Z")

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> [@carltongibson](#):
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> Is there any statement or official repost to these arguments?

Either the talk [Code is the easy part](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSjbTC-hvqQ) or the post [What is “constructive” input?](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/what-is-constructive-input/977). I don’t know about anything else that comes close to an official statement.

> [@carltongibson](#):
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> Is there anything that I can point clients to that says that’s Elm is a safe choice?

Sadly not.

> [@carltongibson](#):
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> Is there any roadmap towards Elm becoming more open to contribution?

As long as Elm is in its beta, this will probably not change. The reason for it is that Evan wants to try out different things and also allow breaking changes without needing to listen to the community. We have seen it happen with signals in 0.17. I believe this was for the better. So personally this does not necessarily need to be a bad thing.

> [@carltongibson](#):
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> As one client put it, what happens to Elm if Evan falls under a bus?

There are a few people around Evan that are considered core contributors. I would assume that in that case one of them would take over.

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