mix Elixir - How to run Ecto queries from within a custom mix task Reading Time: 4 mins While writing a custom Mix task in Elixir, I ran into minor challenges for running / executing an Ecto query to update a database table column from within my mix
elixir "Lambda" Behind Functional Programming I have been writing code in Imperative programming languages for many years. Writing code in functional programming is a big shift and change in thinking. As I recently started with Elixir and when
elixir Upload files on S3 with Elixir/Phoenix using ex_aws In one of our Rails 4 app, we decided to move file and image uploads to another microservice so that the load on server is reduced when a big file is uploaded. We
ruby-on-rails Scaling Enterprise SaaS Platform with Microservices Spoiler Alert: This article is not about Microservices architecture or how microservices works. In this article, I will share what we have learned in scaling one of the large SaaS platform, our ongoing
elixir Heroku like Elixir deployment on Digital ocean. Recently building few microservices and apps in Elixir and deploying it to heroku, we realised that heroku was not very cost effective for us and also we can't get into every nuts and
elixir Understanding changesets in Ecto Note: This article requires basic knowledge of elixir. If you are not familiar with I will encourage you to check the link Ecto is a database abstraction layer for elixir. It provides a
elixir Interesting feature of Elixir: Documentation as Tests One of the coolest feature I came across in Elixir - our code documentation becomes our unit tests. I was amazed by its simplicity when I saw it in action in sample app
elixir Constant in Elixir Recently I was looking at various ways to create a constants in Elixir. I come from ruby background, where it is very easy to create and think of constant. You can create constant
elixir Real time web app - The future of web development Web app had heavily evolved from times when web app was just meant to display some data using markup languages. There was a time when every software needed to be installed in every
elixir Quick dive into Elixir, Phoenix and Erlang ecosystem Few weeks back I was reading a blog about concurrency limitations in Ruby (which we all are aware since long) and how Elixir is evolving. Thus I was extremely curious to know this