genserver

on elixir, genserver, elixir school

From Elixir School: TIL GenServer's `handle_continue/2`

This post was originally published on the Elixir School blog [https://elixirschool.com/blog]. Elixir School is an open source Elixir curriculum and we're looking for contributors! You can write a short TIL blog post, a longer blog post, add a lesson, help with translation and more. Check out our…

on elixir, phoenix, umbrella app, genserver, supervisor, dynamic supervisor, fault tolerant

How We Used Elixir's GenServers + Dynamic Supervisors to Build Concurrent, Fault Tolerant Workflows

"Concurrent" and "fault tolerant" are Elixir buzzwords that I heard again and again without actually seeing these features in action. Even after writing a fair amount of Elixir code, I still hadn't had an opportunity to meaningfully use them. So how can we leverage native Elixir features to build programs…