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We used Elixir to implement a columnar database and Phoenix for the web front end, which was about 20% of the code. It’s very convenient having all the tests r

We used Elixir to implement a columnar database and Phoenix for the web front end, which was about 20% of the code. It’s very convenient having all the tests run together, including end to end integration tests. Elixir (with NIFs) has the necessary performance for the database layer, and Phoenix has the necessary productivity for the web layer, and we don’t have to switch languages to work on both.

jfim 6y ago
Pretty curious about this, are there more details that are publicly available? The only thing I can find about this is some meetup from 2018 with a speaker from Pinterest.
- dnautics 6y ago
  I, too, want to hear about this mythical columnar database in Elixir (or databases!!, if there are two!).
  - jfim 6y ago
    If not we'll have to write our own by duct taping multiple instances of DuckDB. :)