It’s very common (and highly recommended) that application keeps its configuration values separated from its version control. A way of doing this is by using ENV vars (environment variables). They’re being used for improvements mostly on maintainability. The 12-factor app manifesto explains it on its Configuration section: The twelve-factor app stores config in environment variables … »
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Tracing and observing your remote node
Today we will continue exploring techniques for debugging and tracing Elixir code that are so important for running and understanding production systems. In the past, we have discussed: how to debug your application how to trace systems with Erlyberly how to use the observer to introspect applications. The examples above always connected to systems running … »
Read more at the sourceRunning migration in an Exrm release
Exrm is a great tool for building releases for Elixir applications so you can deploy them on the web and even in an embedded hardware. We have been using Exrm here at Plataformatec. It is the chosen tool for deploying our projects and the contributors are doing a great job maintaining and developing new features. … »
Read more at the sourceElixir in production interview: Adam Kittelson
A few months ago we had the opportunity to interview Adam Kittelson about his experience using Elixir in production. Adam is a senior software engineer at Brightcove. Brightcove is a global provider of cloud solutions for delivering and monetizing video across connected devices. They’re using Elixir and Phoenix to process event streams. Watch the video … »
Read more at the sourceElixir in production interview: Mickaël Rémond
A few months ago we had the opportunity to interview Mickaël Rémond about his experience using Elixir in production. Mickaël is the CEO of ProcessOne. ProcessOne is the company behind ejabberd, the famous XMPP server. They’re specialized in high-performance instant messaging solutions and they integrated Elixir into ejabberd to make ejabberd development available to a … »
Read more at the sourceElixir in production interview: Jamie Winsor
A few months ago we had the opportunity to interview Jamie Winsor about his experience using Elixir in production. Jamie is a software engineer at Undead Labs. Undead Labs is game development studio, which was founded in 2009 by Jeff Strain, a former Blizzard employee and one of the co-founders of ArenaNet. They’re using Elixir … »
Read more at the sourceElixir in production interview: Bruce Tate
A few months ago we had the opportunity to interview Bruce Tate about his experience using Elixir in production. Bruce Tate is the CTO of icanmakeitbetter. icanmakeitbetter is a market research company. They’re using Elixir to power their chat service. Watch the video below or read the interview to get to know his experiences with … »
Read more at the sourceElixir in production interview: Garth Hitchens
Elixir running in an embedded device A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to interview Garth Hitchens about his experience with shipping Elixir software. Garth manages a development team at Rose Point Navigation Systems. They’re using Elixir to develop embedded software for navigation devices for marine markets. Watch the video below or read the … »
Read more at the sourceCompanies using Elixir in production
One of the common questions we usually hear from people starting their journey in Elixir is: “who else is using it?”. We ourselves know that more and more companies are already using Elixir in production, but that information is not easily accessible… yet. A few weeks ago we tweeted: Companies using #elixirlang in production, a … »
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