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Thinking Elixir Podcast

181: FLAME with Chris McCord

Dec 19, 2023
Developer Chris McCord introduces FLAME, a serverless approach with Phoenix framework, revolutionizing elastic compute. They delve into its unique scaling, Kubernetes option, and cross-language compatibility. The podcast also explores Elixir's evolution, LiveView Native beta, and machine learning in Elixir apps.
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Quick takeaways

  • Flame simplifies scaling app functions elastically on ephemeral infrastructure without durability concerns.
  • Flame offers granular elasticity for specific app functions, simplifying concurrency and job queues.

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Efficiently Scaling Ephemeral Tasks with Flame

Flame revolutionizes the idea of elastically scaling app functions by running the whole app on ephemeral infrastructure. This allows tasks like generating thumbnails from videos to be processed only when needed, without the need for durability or tracking the transient artifacts generated. Tasks that are crucial only in the user's presence, like live video broadcasts or real-time video processing, become seamless and efficient with Flame, eliminating the need for unnecessary persistence and scalability concerns beyond the user interaction.

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