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BEAM: The Perfect Fit for Networks

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June 10, 2023
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BEAM: The Perfect Fit for Networks

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Transcript

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  3. TCP TAKING CONFERENCE PICTURES

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  5. ANDREALEOPARDI.COM @WHATYOUHIDE

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  7. @ITALIANCOMMENTS ITALIANS MAD AT FOOD

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  15. OUTLINE

  16. BEAM FIT SERVERS CLIENTS

  17. WHY IS THE BEAM SUCH A GREAT FIT?

  18. THE BEAM THE PEOPLE AND

  19. PROCESS = PERSON

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  21. CONCURRENCY

  22. MEMORY

  23. MEMORY AND THOUGHTS ARE IMMUTABLE

  24. COMMUNICATION

  25. HOW DO HUMANS SHARE INFORMATION?

  26. SPEECH!

  27. TALK = COPY INFORMATION

  28. MESSAGE PASSING

  29. SPEAKING IS ASYNC, LISTENING IS SYNC

  30. NETWORKS

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  33. SERVERS

  34. TCP

  35. SSL

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  38. :gen_tcp

  39. {:ok, listen_socket} = :gen_tcp.listen(4000, [])

  40. {:ok, listen_socket} = :gen_tcp.listen(4000, []) {:ok, socket} = :gen_tcp.accept(listen_socket)

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  45. DynamicSupervisor

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  51. CLIENTS

  52. RECONNECTIONS

  53. POOLING

  54. WHEN TO RECONNECT?

  55. BACKOFF!

  56. THUNDERING HERD

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  64. MULTIPLEXING

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  66. IDENTIFYING REQUESTS

  67. HANDLING OFFLINE

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  69. CONCLUSION

  70. LET IT CRASH? ...NO

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  73. * "IT'S ABOUT THE GUARANTEES", FRED HEBERT * "PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS

    WITH GEN_STATEM", ME * THOUSAND ISLAND LIBRARY * "COMPUTER NETWORKS", A.TANENBAUM * "PROTOHACKERS IN ELIXIR" YOUTUBE SERIES

  74. @WHATYOUHIDE THANK YOU!