Listen "35: X-Plane's Elixir MMO with Tyler Young"
Episode Synopsis
Tyler Young from X-Plane talks with us about how he added a new MMO feature to the popular flight simulator using Elixir. He shares some behind the scenes information on how it was created and how it’s been working in production. We learn about the single modest server that supports all the mobile users right now.
I loved hearing how Tyler found working with Elixir to be super productive. He took on a major new feature that he expected to take over a year but was able to deliver it in less than half the time. He did all the Elixir work himself and was new to it!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/35 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/35)
Elixir Community News
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/02/03/social-messaging-with-elixir/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/02/03/social-messaging-with-elixir/) – New Elixir Case study covers Community.com
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/3022 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/3022) – Update to OTP master means 5x faster Phoenix template compilation
- https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1357690618621919232 (https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1357690618621919232) – Bamboo update decouples it from Phoenix
- https://pragprog.com/titles/sgdpelixir/concurrent-data-processing-in-elixir/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/sgdpelixir/concurrent-data-processing-in-elixir/) – New beta book "Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir" from PragProg
- https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1357857784205869056 (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1357857784205869056) – Proof of Concept - Erlang docs in ExDocs
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1349423099410833409 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1349423099410833409) – RakNet implemented in Elixir
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1351578137231056898 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1351578137231056898)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE) – The Soul of Erlang and Elixir - Saša Jurić
- https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/01/have-you-heard-the-good-news-about-elixir/ (https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/01/have-you-heard-the-good-news-about-elixir/)
- https://appsignal.com/ (https://appsignal.com/)
- https://github.com/X-Plane/elixir-raknet (https://github.com/X-Plane/elixir-raknet)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung (https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/s3cur3 (https://github.com/s3cur3) – on Github
- https://www.x-plane.com (https://www.x-plane.com) – X-Plane Github
- https://tylerayoung.com (https://tylerayoung.com) – Personal Blog
- https://developer.x-plane.com/blog/ (https://developer.x-plane.com/blog/) – Developer Blog
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
I loved hearing how Tyler found working with Elixir to be super productive. He took on a major new feature that he expected to take over a year but was able to deliver it in less than half the time. He did all the Elixir work himself and was new to it!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/35 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/35)
Elixir Community News
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/02/03/social-messaging-with-elixir/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/02/03/social-messaging-with-elixir/) – New Elixir Case study covers Community.com
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/3022 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/3022) – Update to OTP master means 5x faster Phoenix template compilation
- https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1357690618621919232 (https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1357690618621919232) – Bamboo update decouples it from Phoenix
- https://pragprog.com/titles/sgdpelixir/concurrent-data-processing-in-elixir/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/sgdpelixir/concurrent-data-processing-in-elixir/) – New beta book "Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir" from PragProg
- https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1357857784205869056 (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1357857784205869056) – Proof of Concept - Erlang docs in ExDocs
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1349423099410833409 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1349423099410833409) – RakNet implemented in Elixir
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1351578137231056898 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1351578137231056898)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE) – The Soul of Erlang and Elixir - Saša Jurić
- https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/01/have-you-heard-the-good-news-about-elixir/ (https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/01/have-you-heard-the-good-news-about-elixir/)
- https://appsignal.com/ (https://appsignal.com/)
- https://github.com/X-Plane/elixir-raknet (https://github.com/X-Plane/elixir-raknet)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung (https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/s3cur3 (https://github.com/s3cur3) – on Github
- https://www.x-plane.com (https://www.x-plane.com) – X-Plane Github
- https://tylerayoung.com (https://tylerayoung.com) – Personal Blog
- https://developer.x-plane.com/blog/ (https://developer.x-plane.com/blog/) – Developer Blog
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
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