Using inets and httpd to create a simple HTTP server without adding external dependencies

In the part 1, we’ve introduced a simple implementation of a kv-store engine, written in Elixir. We developed three modules: an Index, a…

OTP (Open Telecom Platform) provides rock solid foundations for building concurrent and fault-tolerant applications in Elixir. By building…

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As powerful as Elixir/Erlang’s OTP is, it’s also easy to nuke your performance by accidentally introducing a bottleneck into the system…

Elixir works on the BEAM virtual machine and inherits plenty from Erlang’s rich history, and a bit more — something called OTP.

A minor addition to Erlang/OTP 21 that could make life a little easier

The handle_continue/2 callback prevents race conditions and allows for faster, asynchronous initialization.

How to leverage Task Supervisors to fetch external data reliably and fast

Elixir Supervision Trees and React Component Trees - both trees, but do the similarities end there? In this article I compare the pair.

Just like in the documentary series “Big, Bigger, Biggest” we are going to show the different versions we developed on a real project…

A Harrowing Tale from the Kingdom of Elixir and OTP

Over-engineering as a test. Some humour with a flavor of OTP.

When I got into Elixir, I was admiring all the shiny abstractions. But there’s actually less to them than you might think! In a good way.

How an OO developer visualizes processes in Elixir

Good practices for using Registry to name processes dynamically.

Gain insight into events and performance measurements from your Phoenix application with a simple but scalable integration of telemetry.

Our task We need siblings of supervisors to find out about each other. Preferably we also...

In the following series of articles, I would like to present clear view on these topics. Maybe I will help someone. Let’s give it a try!

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