Adopting Elixir at the BBC: A Success Story

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Adopting Elixir at the BBC: A Success Story

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Type: Video

The presentation from ElixirConf EU 2025 discusses the successful adoption of Elixir at the BBC. It outlines the journey over four years, highlighting how a small team effectively introduced Elixir in a risk-averse corporate environment. The talk covers the building of critical infrastructure components and gaining organizational trust. Practical examples are provided to demonstrate how Elixir's strengths were utilized to manage traffic spikes, implement circuit breakers, and develop effective domain-specific languages (DSLs) for route management.

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