Creating a Multi-Process Interval Timer in Elixir

In this article, James Carr demonstrates how to create a multi-process interval timer in Elixir. The tutorial illustrates the setup of a Mix project to utilize GenServer for managing asynchronous work across multiple processes. Carr explains the benefits of using GenServer over lightweight Task processes due to its capability of long-running task management and state handling. A supervisor is created to manage worker processes that execute tasks at random intervals. The tutorial includes code snippets for implementing both the supervisor and the worker, as well as testing the application. This serves as an introductory example for beginners looking to understand concurrent processing in Elixir.