Discussion on Oban with Parker Selbert

In this podcast episode, the hosts of Thinking Elixir talk with Parker Selbert about Oban, a job processing library for Elixir. Parker explains why he chose Postgres as the data store instead of the more common choice, Redis. He also elaborates on the features provided in the free version of Oban versus the paid 'pro' version, discussing how this approach supports the Open Source library's sustainability. Additionally, Parker touches on the concurrency and process model of the BEAM VM, which enables powerful features that are hard to find in alternative job processing libraries. He also shares some insights into the future developments planned for Oban.