Optimizing Complex Ecto Queries for Improved Capacity

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Optimizing Complex Ecto Queries for Improved Capacity

Source: youtube.com

Type: Video

The presentation discusses a challenging Ecto query that was hindering the capacity of the Axios mobile app on a high-traffic day. The speaker illustrates how they managed to optimize this query using specific features of Elixir, ultimately increasing the application's capacity by an impressive 600%. This optimization strategy goes against the conventional wisdom of offloading as much processing as possible to the database.

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