Microservices with Elixir

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Shows a concrete Elixir path between monolith and microservices using umbrella applications for code/config/state separation, the Erlang distribution protocol to call remote nodes, and libraries like libcluster/swarm/partisan for clustering and work stealing. Describes OTP releases for easy deploys and optional hot code upgrades, using ports to run C/Rust when needed. Reports experiments running multi-node Phoenix features (Presence, pub/sub) across a cluster and finds replication and process handoff work smoothly, reducing friction for incremental scale.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Rodrigo
2. 1:04The case against microservices
3. 2:19Elixir basics for developers
4. 4:31Umbrella application structure
5. 6:28Autonomy and deployment in OTP
6. 8:37Clustering and network scaling
7. 11:22Elixir as a middle ground

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