The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation has launched registry.erlef.org, a free, central registry of companies that use Erlang, Elixir and the wider BEAM. It exists to answer the question every one of us has been asked: "who actually uses this?"
The pitch is simple. The registry shows the real scope of the ecosystem across more than sixteen languages, helps people find companies working with the tech they know, and gives the Foundation something concrete to point funders at. Signing up is quick: one person nominates themselves as the contact, verifies by email, and the company is listed. There's no further commitment, and registered contacts get a quarterly update on what's happening across the ecosystem.
If your company works with Elixir or the BEAM, add it to the registry. It takes a few minutes and it makes the community look as big as it actually is. We'd especially love to see more Sydney and Australian names on the list.
And if you can do more than a free listing: the EEF runs on membership and sponsorship. The security work we wrote about recently, the working groups, the infrastructure, all of it is funded by companies that rely on the BEAM. If that's you, supporting the EEF is a direct way to give back to the runtime your business is built on.