Integrating Ash with Electric for Real-Time Data Handling

This article delves into the integration of the Ash Framework with Electric for real-time data management, showcasing a practical implementation through a Superhero Dispatch example. Ash is portrayed as a powerful alternative to Ecto, emphasizing its opinionated design that simplifies the handling of domain logic, schemas, and actions. The integration with Electric enhances the system's efficiency by directly syncing changes from the Postgres database to clients without the overhead of message broadcasting. The article also discusses the need for denormalization due to Electric's limitations with joins and highlights the seamless synchronization flow it introduces. Despite some challenges, such as flickering stale data, the author concludes with optimism about the capability of this integration to maintain data consistency and ease of use in real-time applications.