Why Elixir Changed How I Think About Backend Systems
Lessons from building concurrent, fault-tolerant systems with Elixir, the BEAM, and a few other tools along the way.
I’m Kevin Peterson, a Senior Software Engineer. I like coding, and building interesting things
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Lessons from building concurrent, fault-tolerant systems with Elixir, the BEAM, and a few other tools along the way.
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