Elixir for the Long Haul
summary
Toyota Connected builds a global Mobility Services Platform that targets car-share, ride-hail and future autonomy and runs production services on Elixir + Phoenix backend. A first customer app ships in about 3 weeks to get started with weekly releases, and a Hawaii pilot reaches unlocking cars in 6 weeks using Ember frontends, GraphQL APIs, Kafka + GenStage for messaging and observer tooling for rapid PDCA cycles; success metrics center on signup‑to‑ride and usability.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 6:50Toyota Car Share
- 9:30Just in Time
- 15:08Human Touch
- 15:54Technology
- 17:00The Human Touch
- 18:52People and Teamwork
- 21:52Perspective
- 25:13Hiring
- 25:49Why Elixir
- 26:53Software Security
- 28:09Problems with Elixir
- 29:17Platform vs App
- 30:36Metrics
- 32:08Self Assessment
- 34:26Deployment
- 35:36Culture
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