Ryan Billingsley from ClusterTruck - Elixir in Production

We talk with Ryan Billingsley from ClusterTruck about their current Elixir projects and how they are deployed. Ryan Billingsley - ClusterTruck Find Ryan elsewhere online: https://twitter.com/ryanbillingsley https://horriblenight.com/ 00:00 - Fade In 00:50 - Ryan introduces us to ClusterTruck. 02:00 - How did Ryan get into Elixir? 03:12 - Where does the name ClusterTruck come from? 04:17 - Tell us about the projects you have in production. 05:50 - Why are you using Elixir in these projects. 08:11 - Disadvantages of using Elixir 09:22 - Comparing Elixir with Ruby, Node, Go. 11:38 - Where is ClusterTruck hosting their applications? 15:03 - Kubernetes? 16:03 - Zero Downtime Deployments? 16:42 - Do you do any clustering? 18:06 - How does Elixir perform compared to other project environments you’ve worked in? 19:52 - How are you solving background task processing? 21:09 - Other libraries? 23:34 - Other third party integrations? 25:46 - Is there a time Elixir has saved the day in Production? 27:47 - Cool OTP Features! 29:45 - Tips to devs thinking about running Elixir in Production. 31:17 - Outro Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir.Special Guest: Ryan Billingsley.Links:Programming ElixirSalt StackSwarmOpushandle_continue

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Elixir Wizards is an interview-style podcast for anyone interested in functional programming and the Elixir Programming Language. Hosted by SmartLogic engineers and Elixirists Owen Bickford, Dan Ivovich, and Sundi Myint, this show features in-depth discussions with some of the brightest minds in the industry, discussing training and documentation in Phoenix LiveView, the evolution of programming languages, Erlang VM, and more. In the current season, we're branching out from Elixir to compare notes with thought leaders and software engineers from programming languages like JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Go, Scala, Java, and more. Each episode will take a deep dive into a topic from Machine Learning and AI, to ECS and game development, to education and community. Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smartlogic.io/phoenix-and-elixir?utm_source=podcast)