Listen "7: Background Jobs with Miguel Palhas"
Episode Synopsis
We talk with Miguel Palhas about lessons learned while working with background jobs in production systems. He shares some tips he’s learned through experience. We share other mistakes made and what we learn from them. We cover background job options, choosing tech based on the team you have, IEx tips to remind yourself you’re on production, and much more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/7 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/7)
Elixir Community News
- https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry_registry/TelemetryRegistry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry_registry/TelemetryRegistry.html) – TelemetryRegistry
- https://dashbit.co/blog/homemade-analytics-with-ecto-and-elixir (https://dashbit.co/blog/homemade-analytics-with-ecto-and-elixir) – Homemade Analytics with Ecto and Elixir by Jose Valim
- https://github.com/lucaong/cubdb (https://github.com/lucaong/cubdb) – CubDB
- https://github.com/supersimple/devito (https://github.com/supersimple/devito) – Devito link shortener
- https://twitter.com/gigcityelixir/status/1285597147744874500 (https://twitter.com/gigcityelixir/status/1285597147744874500) – GigCityElixir Conference was officially cancelled
- https://2020.elixirconf.com/ (https://2020.elixirconf.com/) – ElixirConf 2020 tickets are on sale and will be held virtually on September 3-4
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://blog.appsignal.com/2020/06/24/best-practices-for-background-jobs-in-elixir.html (https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/06/24/best-practices-for-background-jobs-in-elixir.html)
- http://subvisual.com/ (http://subvisual.com/)
- https://utrust.com/ (https://utrust.com/)
- http://erlang.org/doc/man/gen_statem.html (http://erlang.org/doc/man/gen_statem.html)
- https://hex.pm/packages/gen_stage (https://hex.pm/packages/gen_stage)
- https://hex.pm/packages/broadway (https://hex.pm/packages/broadway)
- https://hex.pm/packages/quantum (https://hex.pm/packages/quantum)
- https://hex.pm/packages/exq (https://hex.pm/packages/exq)
- https://github.com/h4cc/awesome-elixir#queue (https://github.com/h4cc/awesome-elixir#queue)
- https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html#configure/1 (https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html#configure/1)
- https://twitter.com/Alchemy__Conf (https://twitter.com/Alchemy__Conf) – Subvisual’s Portugal Elixir conf Twitter account
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/naps62 (https://twitter.com/naps62) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/naps62/ (https://github.com/naps62/) – on Github
- https://naps62.com/ (https://naps62.com/) – Blog
- https://subvisual.com/blog/ (https://subvisual.com/blog/) – Subvisual blog where you can find his writing
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)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/7 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/7)
Elixir Community News
- https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry_registry/TelemetryRegistry.html (https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry_registry/TelemetryRegistry.html) – TelemetryRegistry
- https://dashbit.co/blog/homemade-analytics-with-ecto-and-elixir (https://dashbit.co/blog/homemade-analytics-with-ecto-and-elixir) – Homemade Analytics with Ecto and Elixir by Jose Valim
- https://github.com/lucaong/cubdb (https://github.com/lucaong/cubdb) – CubDB
- https://github.com/supersimple/devito (https://github.com/supersimple/devito) – Devito link shortener
- https://twitter.com/gigcityelixir/status/1285597147744874500 (https://twitter.com/gigcityelixir/status/1285597147744874500) – GigCityElixir Conference was officially cancelled
- https://2020.elixirconf.com/ (https://2020.elixirconf.com/) – ElixirConf 2020 tickets are on sale and will be held virtually on September 3-4
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://blog.appsignal.com/2020/06/24/best-practices-for-background-jobs-in-elixir.html (https://blog.appsignal.com/2020/06/24/best-practices-for-background-jobs-in-elixir.html)
- http://subvisual.com/ (http://subvisual.com/)
- https://utrust.com/ (https://utrust.com/)
- http://erlang.org/doc/man/gen_statem.html (http://erlang.org/doc/man/gen_statem.html)
- https://hex.pm/packages/gen_stage (https://hex.pm/packages/gen_stage)
- https://hex.pm/packages/broadway (https://hex.pm/packages/broadway)
- https://hex.pm/packages/quantum (https://hex.pm/packages/quantum)
- https://hex.pm/packages/exq (https://hex.pm/packages/exq)
- https://github.com/h4cc/awesome-elixir#queue (https://github.com/h4cc/awesome-elixir#queue)
- https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html#configure/1 (https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html#configure/1)
- https://twitter.com/Alchemy__Conf (https://twitter.com/Alchemy__Conf) – Subvisual’s Portugal Elixir conf Twitter account
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/naps62 (https://twitter.com/naps62) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/naps62/ (https://github.com/naps62/) – on Github
- https://naps62.com/ (https://naps62.com/) – Blog
- https://subvisual.com/blog/ (https://subvisual.com/blog/) – Subvisual blog where you can find his writing
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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