GigaElixir Gazette
What's happening with the web framework Phoenix and the Elixir programming language
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GenServer migration reality check
The memory model that makes Elixir fault-tolerant, Ash's first non-trivial architecture example, and type inference that graduated from research to bug-catcher.
One developer's World of Warcraft server refactor reveals why separating data from orchestration changes everything
Event-based ledgers beat drifting account totals when refunds and retroactive changes hit.
The API call worked. The transaction didn’t. One line of Ash code created state divergence and production chaos.
One CPU-heavy request froze Node. BEAM kept serving traffic.
Launch was perfect until someone bookmarked the staging domain. Redirects fix what check_origin can’t.
Fifteen years of polyglot experience means nothing if you skip OTP-here's what actually matters
String parsing works until it doesn’t. Here’s why Phoenix teams switch to NimbleParsec when correctness, clarity, and production errors actually matter.
Jevons Paradox from 1865 explains why easier programming creates MORE code debt—here's the survival guide
BEAM's processes aren't magic—reduction budgets create the illusion of preemption on cooperative scheduling
That Raspberry Pi collecting dust could replace your $500/month cloud ML bill
