Elixir/Erlang Resources
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Learning
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Elixir In Action (book) | My go-to recommendation for getting started with Elixir. |
| Writing A Blog Engine in Phoenix | Great first tutorial for Phoenix framework |
| Erlang In Anger | Great guide for when stuff goes bad. |
Memory / GC
For articles on GC / compilers in general see compilers section.
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Erlang Scheduler Details and Why It Matters | |
| Erlang Garbage Collection Details and Why It Matters | Simple introduction to Erlang GC concepts. Start here. |
| Erlang 19.0 Garbage Collector | |
| Erlang Efficiency Guide | |
| Erlang Binary Garbage Collection: A love/hate relationship | Some findings on the shared heap GC. |
Concurrency
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| How Erlang does scheduling | |
| Characterizing the Scalability of Erlang VM on Many-core Processors (pdf) |
Performance
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Elixir RAM And The Template Of Doom | |
| Elixir and IO Lists, Part 1: Building Output Efficiently |
Performance Tips
Don’t have processes the many other processes depend on. For example, a single-process cache that many others call to. This will be a bottleneck because you’ll always have to wait for that process’s turn from the scheduler.