Error handling in Elixir
With so many ways to signal about something going wrong, an Elixir developer might sometimes feel lost. Read this article to learn when to use which signal and what are the best practices for the different kinds.
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Deep dive into the Elixir Logger module
Logging is not only putting strings into the console. With formatters, backends, filterers, and translators, you can bend your logs to different shapes—and send them to multiple places. Learn how to leverage the power of the Elixir Logger module.
Elixir background jobs: choosing the right tool for the job
Elixir's rich ecosystem offers multiple solutions for background processing, from the standard library's Task module to database-backed systems like Oban. This comprehensive guide explores the landscape of background job libraries, their tradeoffs, and helps developers understand the evolution of background processing in Elixir.
Out-of-the-box Elixir telemetry with Phoenix
Phoenix gives you a great headstart by leveraging the built-in telemetry of the BEAM, your OS and your Elixir code out of the box - learn how it saves you time and gets you up and running fast.
How Elixir Lays Out Your Data in Memory
Elixir makes it easy to work with sophisticated data structures. We've come a long way C, where you had to manage every detail of your data's representation in memory. Even so, the way Elixir lays out your data in memory can have real implications on your app's performance. In this article, Sasha Fonseca gives us a tour through Elixir's internal data structures and shows us how they can affect application performance.
Understanding Elixir's Strange Module Names
While brushing up on Elixir for our company hackathon, I discovered that it's way of resolving modules is a little strange. In this post I dive into the strangeness to reveal the underlying mechanisms.
Major Client Update For Elixir
This month we released a new version of our hex package, which includes a major refactor of the internal client logic as well as some new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
What seasoned developers should know about learning Elixir
Sometimes it pays to learn new tools to solve problems. Here are three ElixirConf 2016 talks you should check out if you're a seasoned developer, but new to Elixir.
How Honeybadger uses Elixir to monitor Heroku
In this post we discuss at length how we use Elixir to monitor application logs for our Heroku customers so that we can report additional types of errors.
Introducing Honeybadger for Elixir
Good news Elixir fans! Honeybadger now supports exception monitoring for Elixir. Let's take a look and see how easy it is to get started.