163: Job Queues using Oban with Parker Selbert

If you need background jobs or scheduled tasks in your Elixir project, you've probably already heard of Oban. We talk with Parker Selbert, the creator and maintainer of Oban, to learn more about the project and the additional paid features in Oban Web and Oban Pro. Parker explains the origins, why it's architected the way it is, and how the paid extensions work. We also get some insights into companies using Oban and the kind of scale people reach. Spoiler--100's of millions of jobs is a thing. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/163 Elixir Community News https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-supports-erlang-otp-26-and-elixir-1-15-now/57344 – Nerves updated to support OTP 26 and Elixir 1.15 https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1686350499967123456 – Phoenix LiveView 0.19 had some enhancements that German Valesco highlights in a video https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1684418487987441665 – Zigler 0.10.1 was released https://github.com/E-xyza/zigler/ https://hexdocs.pm/zigler/beam.html – Zigler's BEAM integration docs https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1685390898329178114 – Private modules in Elixir? Using @moduledoc false https://elixirforum.com/t/proposal-private-modules-general-discussion/19374 – Previous discussion on private modules https://dev.to/savonarola/testing-timer-based-logic-in-elixir-with-klotho-library-2c90 – Klotho library may help with timer based testing logic https://twitter.com/spawnfest/status/1683788630156877825 – SpawnFest will be Oct 28 - 29 https://spawnfest.org/ – SpawnFest is an annual, 48 hour, online software development contest in which teams from around the world get exactly one weekend to create the best BEAM-based app they can. https://github.com/meanderingstream/dl_foundations_in_elixir/blob/main/ElixirFashionML_Challenge/fashion_mnist_challenge.livemd – There's an ML challenge https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirfashionmlchallenge-general-discussion-questions/57341 – ML challenge discussion thread Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Discussion Resources https://getoban.pro/ https://github.com/sorentwo/oban – OSS Oban project https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/29 – Previous interview with Parker from January 2021 https://dscout.com/ https://getoban.pro/oban – Oban Web demo https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq https://github.com/sorentwo/kiq https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive Guest Information https://twitter.com/sorentwo – on Twitter https://github.com/sorentwo – on Github https://sorentwo.com/ – Blog Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel - @bernheisel David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Cade Ward - @cadebward Cade Ward on Fediverse - @cadebward@genserver.social Sponsored By:Fly.io: Fly.io is a great place to deploy your next Phoenix application! Check them out!

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