Deploying Phoenix LiveView in Startups for Effective Web Development

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Deploying Phoenix LiveView in Startups for Effective Web Development
In this talk, Lekha Surasani discusses the benefits and challenges of using Phoenix LiveView in an early-stage startup environment. She outlines her four-year experience with Elixir and her journey at Ad Pipe, a company utilizing Phoenix LiveView for dynamic, server-side updates without the need for continuous client-side polling. She explains how this approach has streamlined development, improved perceived performance, and allowed seamless user experiences through granular updates. Lekha also touches upon team dynamics, testing methodologies, and the challenges of training new developers in a functional programming paradigm. Lastly, she discusses potential future directions and drawbacks, such as the difficulty of hiring dedicated Elixir developers and the lack of mature frameworks for mobile applications.

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