Posts about Elixir
Six Famous Companies Using Elixir—And Why They Made the Switch
Elixir is a functional and dynamic programming language first released in 2011, so it’s still relatively new.
How to Build a Simple Slack Bot with Elixir Phoenix?
Do you know what happens when you type/giphy sorry no can do in one of your Slack channels?
Ruby vs Elixir—Which One to Choose and When?
Over the past couple of years, we wrote extensively about Ruby (and Ruby on Rails), so you know we like it quite a bit. We’ve also dabbled some in Elixir (and Phoenix), but never before have we compared the two side by...
Why Choose Elixir?
Some time ago, I was discussing the possibilities of Kotlin and Elixir with a colleague. Our rather academic exchange only lent further credence to the notion that every developer has their own specific point of view...
How we Built a Highly Performant App with Ruby on Rails and Phoenix
So there you are: a backend developer with a few years’ experience in developing Ruby on Rails applications. Lucky for you, Ruby on Rails seems to be versatile enough to solve pretty much any problem you encountered...
How We Learned Elixir—Our Story and Tutorial for Beginners
At Monterail we have fancied the Elixir language for quite a long time. However, for some reasons, we failed to get it into production usage except for a few minor implementations. And I felt like this should change. So...
IoT with Elixir and CoAP part 2: How to easily prototype and build an IoT platform
We are back with the second part of our IoT development series. Please check out the first part for a brief description of the CoAP protocol and introduction to what we are trying to achieve.
How To Build an IoT Platform with Elixir Phoenix and CoAP: Part I
The number of devices going online grows every day. Connecting them all presents new challenges since IoT hardware is often limited in terms of available resources. Cheap, power-efficient microcontrollers with...
We All Are Going To Meet In The Elixir World
The snowball effect has just started. While the ball remains quite small, it is still big enough to be seen and it will reach full speed soon. If you don't want to find yourself in an avalanche, you should start...
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