Erlang Programming Tutorials & Engineering Articles

The article discusses Strobelight, Meta's profiling orchestrator that integrates multiple open-source technologies to enhance efficiency and resource utilization across its server fleet.

The article discusses Glean, Meta's open-source code indexing system designed to efficiently collect and manage information about source code.

The article discusses the integration of Livebook, FLAME, and the Nx stack to create AI GPU clusters that can be operated from a laptop.

The article details how Meta developed the infrastructure for Threads, which achieved over 100 million sign-ups in its first five days.

The article discusses the FLAME pattern, a new approach to serverless computing that allows developers to elastically scale applications without the complexities of traditional Function as a Servic...

The article discusses five interesting facts about Buck2, Meta's recently open-sourced build system that serves as a successor to Buck.

The article discusses the developer tools used at Meta to manage large-scale software development, emphasizing open-source solutions.

The article discusses Meta's careful approach to endorsing programming languages for server-side use, highlighting Rust as the latest addition to its supported languages.

The article discusses the evolution of LiveView, a feature of the Phoenix framework for Elixir, which simplifies the development of real-time web applications by eliminating the need for JavaScript...

The article discusses how Elixir developers can enhance their business intelligence capabilities using Livebook, a tool that allows for interactive data analysis and visualization directly from Eli...

This article discusses how to monitor Elixir applications deployed on Fly. io using Prometheus and the PromEx library.

The article discusses how to use Observer, a graphical interface for monitoring Elixir applications, in a production environment.

The article discusses the adoption of Elixir at Ramp, highlighting its advantages for fintech applications, particularly in terms of concurrency, reliability, and developer experience.

The article discusses the strategic approach Slack employs to differentiate between technological fads and revolutions, detailing the phases of technology adoption within the company.

The article discusses Uber's open-source tool, Denial By DNS, designed to prevent resource exhaustion caused by DNS outages.

The article discusses Slack's decision to use PHP for server-side application logic, addressing common misconceptions about the language's reputation.

The article recounts Veronica Ray's experience speaking at the Swift Summit, highlighting her journey into public speaking and iOS development.

The article introduces new open-source tools for the Elixir community, highlighting the advantages of Elixir and Erlang in handling concurrency and errors.

The article discusses the development and application of RapidCheck, a C++ framework for property-based testing, which automates the generation of test cases to improve software reliability.

DConf 2013, hosted by Facebook, brought together over 60 engineers and thinkers to explore the D Programming Language.

The article discusses HipHop for PHP, a project developed by Facebook to enhance PHP performance by transforming PHP code into optimized C++.

The article discusses the importance of benchmarking web application performance to accurately forecast compute capacity and financial costs.

The article discusses the significant milestone of Facebook Chat reaching 1 billion messages sent per day, highlighting the steady growth since its launch.

The article discusses Facebook's approach to adapting open source software to meet its specific needs, highlighting the importance of customization and optimization.

The article discusses the engineering challenges and solutions involved in scaling Facebook Chat, which was launched to 70 million users and grew to over 175 million.

The article discusses the evolution of Thrift, an open-source software framework released by Facebook for enabling communication between different programming languages.

The article discusses the engineering challenges faced in developing Facebook Chat, focusing on scalability, real-time messaging, fault tolerance, and the integration of various programming languag...