August 17, 2021

Improving Elixir Compile Times

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Improving Elixir Compile Times

Source: thinkingelixir.com

Phoenix Framework

In this episode, Marc-André Lafortune talks about the issues with long compile times in Elixir projects, especially larger ones where minor changes result in extensive recompilation. He shares his experience identifying these problems and contributing to Elixir’s `mix xref` tool to help others pinpoint these issues in their projects. The discussion covers how these improvements are set to benefit the upcoming Phoenix 1.6 and Elixir 1.13 releases. Additionally, a new `mix xref` flag has been introduced for CI checks to prevent adding slow-to-compile code.

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