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Leveraging Elixir's hot code loading capabilities to modularize a monolithic app


How hot code loading solves client-specific engineering problems in my startup Alzo

I guess I really wore into Elixir and the BEAM with time and feel the desire to talk about it, showcase interesting parts of it… This syndrom seems widespread in our community. The dynamic apps serve specific business purposes, so they behavior only change if a client’s team requests adjustments or upgrades. After reading Erlang Programming and Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP I became convinced that this was just another tool in the VM’s toolbelt and that it looked suspiciously fitting for my use-case.

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