Why Expert360 Chose an Elixir Umbrella

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1. Why Expert360 Chose an Elixir Umbrella Dan Draper VP Engineering
11. We ended up with: • PHP • Angular • Python • Go • Go • Ruby • React • Elixir Legacy Stack New Stack(s) 7 different languages!
12. “The stack can be a key mechanism for alignment”
13. We picked Elixir • Yeah, it’s fast • …but more importantly reliable • And deals with concurrency well • It has a Ruby-like syntax • Good (and growing support)
15. New Feature • New Sign-up form • Confirmation email (to company admin, needs new template) • Confirmation action • Add to search index • Sync to salesforce • New start page (post-signup) As a new user, I can sign-up to an existing company
17. –Josh Price “You should use a modular monolith!”
18. Am I paying this guy?
21. Some challenges: • 17 of us had to learn Elixir (actually not that hard) • Dependencies need to be pinned • Domain boundaries? • Databases and shared repos?
24. Why? • Simple services - can run on their own • Deployable as a single unit • Concurrent, scalable etc • 1 language across the board (+JS) • Can grow with our business
25. %{name: “Dan Draper”} |> Role.set(“VP Engineering”) |> Company.url(“https://expert360.com/jobs”, title: “We’re Hiring!”) |> Twitter.add_handle(“@danieldraper”)