Elixir Wizards is an interview-format podcast, focused on engineers who use the Elixir programming language. Initially launched in early 2019, each season focuses on a specific topic or topics, with each interview focusing on the guest's experience and opinions on the topic. Elixir Wizards is hosted by Eric Oestrich and Sundi Myint of SmartLogic, a dev shop that’s been building custom software since 2005 and running Elixir applications in production since 2015. Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smartlogic.io/phoenix-and-elixir?utm_source=podcast)
Frank Hunleth - Elixir in Production
We talk with Frank Hunleth from the Nerves core team about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Frank Hunleth - Nerves
Find Frank elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/fhunleth
https://github.com/fhunleth
0:53 Frank intro
2:02 Give us a quick overview of the Elixir projects you have in production.
4:25 Why are you using Elixir in production?
8:00 What are some of the high level advantages / disadvantages of Elixir, from your perspective?
9:25 What hardware do you deploy to?
12:05 How do you get code to hardware after deployment?
13:47 How do you secure the code?
18:12 Do you cluster?
If so, how?
How does your Elixir App perform compared to others in your environment?
22:45 How does Elixir compare to other languages?
26:15 More information about Nerves
Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir.
Special Guest: Frank Hunleth.
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