Discussion on Rethinking Serverless with Elixir using Flame Pattern

A forum post by Josef Richter discusses the concept of the FLAME pattern within the Elixir ecosystem. FLAME is an acronym for Fleeting Lambda Application for Modular Execution and represents a novel approach to serverless architecture. The idea is to treat the entire application as a lambda function, allowing for modular parts of the app to be executed on temporary, short-lived infrastructure. This enables auto-scaling by simply wrapping any existing app code in a function, which then can be run on a temporary copy of the app. The concept is illustrated by a screencast and references to a GitHub repository under the phoenixframework account. Other forum members, including known figures in the Elixir community, have expressed excitement and curiosity about the potential of FLAME for Elixir applications, and how it could impact areas such as resource management, cost savings, and infrastructure abstraction.