Still the best web language and framework ever introduced. Its influence is everywhere. Unfortunately no one implements all of it so they can never live up to the standard it set.

I would recommend everyone avoid reading this article. It didn't accomplish anything. In the five years since writing nothing has changed and no alternative replaced it. Elm is not used because the JavaScript community chose something else not because of anything mentioned in this article.

The core of the complaint is a lack of native modules. Fork the compiler and remove the few lines preventing it. Vendor your native dependencies and the jobs done. You can ignore whatever snide remarks you receive (assuming there's anyone in the world who still cares about this).

If you've never used Elm I highly recommend taking this chance to learn it.