In this episode of Elixir Wizards, Owen and Dan talk to Mat Trudel, Phoenix contributor and creator of the Bandit Web Server, about the future of Phoenix, web transports, and HTTP/3. Mat explains the challenges and benefits of implementing HTTP/3 support in Phoenix.

Mat provides in-depth insights into the evolution of web protocols and encourages developers to continue pushing the boundaries of web development and to contribute to the growth of the open-source community.

Main topics discussed in this episode:

• The evolution of web protocols and how HTTP/3 is changing the landscape
• The challenges and benefits of implementing HTTP/3 support in Phoenix
• How a home AC project revealed a gap in web server testing tools and inspired Bandit
• how web transports like Cowboy and Ranch are used to build scalable web servers
• WebSock for multiplexing data over a single WebSocket connection
• Mat’s philosophy on naming projects and his passion for malapropisms
• The Bandit project and how it can help developers better understand web protocols
• Autobahn, a testing suite for WebSocket protocol specification conformance
• The importance of community involvement in open-source projects
• Encouragement for more people to use Bandit and report bugs

Links Mentioned:

SmartLogic is Hiring: https://smartlogic.io/about/jobs
PagerDuty: https://www.pagerduty.com
Phoenix Framework: https://www.phoenixframework.org/
Cowboy: https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.9/guide/introduction/
Ranch: https://github.com/ninenines/ranch
Bandit - https://hexdocs.pm/bandit/Bandit.html
Autobahn: https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-testsuite
HTTP Cats: https://http.cat/
Mat Trudel at Empex 2022 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Phoenix
Thousand Island - https://hexdocs.pm/thousand_island/ThousandIsland.html

Special Guest: Mat Trudel.