Lessons on Distributed Systems from Building a Chat with LiveView

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Lessons on Distributed Systems from Building a Chat with LiveView

Source: kurtov.pro

This article discusses the author's experience building a web chat application using LiveView, focusing on important lessons learned about distributed systems. One key lesson is about state ownership in such systems, emphasizing that validation should occur on the backend to avoid duplicating logic between frontend and backend. The article also covers the concept of eventual consistency, explaining how to handle empty and absent states gracefully in a user interface. By following the principles of distributed systems, the author argues that developers can create more robust and maintainable applications.

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