Introduction to Broadway for Efficient Data Processing in Elixir

Marlus Saraiva introduces Broadway, a new tool designed to simplify building concurrent, multi-stage data ingestion and data processing pipelines in Elixir. The motivation for creating Broadway stems from the common issues and repetitive tasks developers face when assembling complex GenStage topologies. Broadway offers features like back-pressure, automatic acknowledgements, batching, automatic restarts on failure, and more, significantly reducing development time and avoiding common pitfalls. The article provides a detailed example of setting up a Broadway pipeline, demonstrates implementing Broadway callbacks for processing data, and lists future roadmaps like rate-limiting and metrics. The community is encouraged to provide feedback and contribute.