August 11, 2023

Insights on Using Elixir and Phoenix for Commercial Projects

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Insights on Using Elixir and Phoenix for Commercial Projects

Source: korban.net

BEAM Functional Programming Concurrency Phoenix Framework Phoenix LiveView

The author describes Elixir as a pleasant and powerful language, with an intuitive concurrency model and a combination of functional programming (FP) and Erlang VM (BEAM) features that are both enjoyable and productive to use. They note the language's stability and express that the integrated toolset exceeded their initial expectations. Elixir's pattern matching and pipelines are mentioned as particularly useful features, though there are some aspects of the language the author deems unnecessary or clunky. As for Phoenix, they talk about it mostly from the perspective of LiveView, appreciating the single codebase approach but pointing out some pitfalls and quirks in the framework, such as duplication of authentication logic and the concept of contextual boundaries between modules. LiveView is regarded as impressive, especially for blending backend and frontend development, but it's noted to have room for maturity, citing occasional bugs and unreleased features. The author concludes that Elixir and Phoenix are robust tools and LiveView is nearing maturity for use in complex applications.

Building an Elixir-based NTP Server

Andrei created a fake NTP server as an exercise in reverse engineering the NTP protocol using Elixir. He explored the NTP request and response packets and built a UDP server in Elixir to handle and respond to NTP packets. Overall, he had fun implementing his own custom sigil and learned more about tcpdump and GenServers in the process.

Jul 15, 2023

Overview of Elixir's HTTP Clients

Andrea Leopardi provides an overview of various HTTP clients available in Elixir, including Mint, Finch, Req, and httpc. He discusses the features and use cases of each client, offering recommendations based on different scenarios.

Jul 24, 2023

Guide to Secure Oban Pro/Web Deployment with Docker on Fly.io via GitHub Actions

Dave Lucia explains how to deploy Oban Pro/Web with Docker and Fly.io. The article provides steps for securely passing API keys and secrets when building a Docker image using Docker build secrets and the flyctl deploy --build-secret option in GitHub Actions.

Aug 24, 2022