- Elxirconf EU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A60nxws_iVs&list=PLWbHc_FXPo2gB7HUE-2H61HAEyszAph3H
- Embedded Systems and Firmware are getting a lot of love in elixir http://nerves-project.org/news/2016/05/29/a-whirlwind-of-recent-changes/?utm_campaign=elixir_radar_53&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RD+Station
- Faking HTTP APIs during testing https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2016/testing-http-apis-in-elixir/?utm_campaign=elixir_radar_53&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RD+Station
- Wishing for Type Safety? Nice tute on using Dializer: https://medium.com/@barruumrex/seeking-simple-satisfaction-2a098902ddff#.aleu8m123
- Keep up to date http://plataformatec.com.br/elixir-radar
Hosted by Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/)
- Previously a Rails shop, started transition to elixir ~2 years ago.
- High traffic website for Sports Scores and Results - millions of concurrent users during peak events.
- Required 200+ Rails servers for web traffic, + ~50 background worker servers.
- Had major outages last year caused by difficulty scaling on Rails. Management agreed to delay new features to migrate core applications to elixir early this year.
- Elixir, Phoenix, Ecto were immature when started 2 years ago, some initial pain keeping up with changes - but knew the prize would be worth it.
- Ecosystem relatively stable now, reaping the rewards :)
- 200+ Rails web servers replaced by 2 Phoenix nodes. Prize won.
Format of the meetup that week was a show and tell, but also a 'BYO project and questions' to break into small groups after. Something we can add to our meetup - get specific help on your own (personal or work related) projects.