Live Like a Hippy
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Uses Elixir Agents instead of a DB to hold password‑reset tokens, removes external key‑value services, and wires that Agent under its own supervisor so a crash only restarts the small process. Claims default restart is 3 retries and boosting to 9 retries gives more fault tolerance. Adds a terminate callback to snapshot state to disk and replicates to Amnesia/other nodes for failover. Reports about 50% faster responses and that the system survives a database outage without dropping resets.
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