Episode 69: No Downtime with Brent Anderson

In this episode, Brent Anderson shares his Elixir journey and discusses a major migration project he undertook at Knock. The team successfully upgraded their Postgres database from version 11.9 to 15.3 without any downtime. Brent highlights the advantages of using the Beam and Elixir in managing concurrent systems and the flexibility it provides. @brentjanderson @knocklabs Blog post: https://knock.app/blog/zero-downtime-postgres-upgrades We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter @akoutmos @lawik @meryldakin @RedRapids @sm_debenedetto @_StevenNunez and on Mastodon @akoutmos@fosstodon.org @lawik@fosstodon.org @redrapids@genserver.social @steven@genserver.social Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

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A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem. Featuring a panel of hosts including Alex Koutmos, Andrew Ek, Bruce Tate, Lars Wikman, and Meryl Dakin. Edited by Maggie Tate Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord