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by mattbaker 4y ago
Still wildly useful debugging things locally too!
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by mattbaker 4y ago
For us we have our app deployed to $N containers with a load balancer in front (pretty standard stuff I think?) In Erlang/Elixir you can actually override how instances of the BEAM find each other (instead of the standard EPMD daemon),
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by mattbaker 4y ago
It sounds like it’s pretty early, I’d give it time if you think you can hang on. I do think it’s worth recognizing that any big company used to be a tiny company, and the road to “big” was probably long and complex. The growth process from
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by mattbaker 4y ago
I loved it too. I actually don’t agree there’s a lack of story, but it’s certainly subtle. More “poem” than “novel” in a way.
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Are there any alternatives that people are fond of? I’ve been on Google domains so long I’m not sure what the playing field looks like these days.
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Yeah, I’d like to see a bit more justification on what makes it “modern.” The use of io_uring maybe?
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by mattbaker 4y ago
The appliances came with the apartment/house the author is in, they didn’t choose to buy them.
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Yep: https://jobs.jobvite.com/newrelic/job/oTbyjfwF
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Yep, it’s by no means the most common stack but it does power a few critical services. We’re actually hiring for an elixir role right now (non-senior/mid-career, prior elixir not required).
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by mattbaker 4y ago
I laughed and cried at that last sentence. 10/10
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Well if you try out the GraphQL API its API gateway is Elixir! The fields themselves provide data from a multitude of services downstream, but the gateway unifies it and sits in front. I hope you like product :)
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by mattbaker 4y ago
My thinking is Erlang’s been powering massive systems since the early 90s, I’m feeling pretty good about its longevity. Many of Elixir’s strengths are Erlang’s strengths. I wouldn’t hesitate to learn some Elixir if it’s interesting to you.
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Good news for anyone deploying to Graviton too
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by mattbaker 4y ago
Oregon will be formalizing their program to provide therapeutic access to mushrooms in controlled settings soon. I have mixed feelings and some potential fears about the execution, but it’s still going to be absolutely fascinating to watch
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by mattbaker 5y ago
I’m not qualified to provide medical advice, but I have a lot of personal experience to share which may or may not be helpful. Some things I’ve learned through the years, speaking only for myself (early onset bipolar-ii, many different doct
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by mattbaker 5y ago
From the article: > “This microbe was chosen because it is slightly less sensitive to far-UVC light than coronaviruses, providing the researchers with an appropriately conservative model” This makes me think it would be effective against
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by mattbaker 5y ago
It doesn’t get mentioned much but the kinesis “freestyle pro” was the one that finally fit my needs and it’s been a joy to use. Definitely worth consideration!
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by mattbaker 5y ago
I’m really struggling to see how “the company’s response to security breaches was inappropriate” logically leads to “staff might be stealing Bitcoin.” It’s a baseless and unfair attack and I think you should consider deleting your original
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by mattbaker 5y ago
In undergrad I was so grateful whenever a CS paper came with code. It helped me learn and comprehend so much better and I always wanted to thank the person who did it (sometimes I even did if their email was there :)). You might be doing a
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Yeahhhh but the context doesn’t negate the fact that the word is a reference to exploitation. I’m with the parent comment on this one. If it was 2005 I probably wouldn’t have blinked but ya know, the world moves on. There are just so many n
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Your writing was very good and the time you spent on it was clear to me, this was exceptional.
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Functional programming can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people so declaring something “fake functional” is difficult. If we get down to brass tacks, functional programming is just solving problems by composing functions, if we
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Makes sense. For what it’s worth we’ve been really happy with traces, no issues there, and there are definitely profiling tools. Plus you can point Erlang’s Observer tool at a production BEAM node, it’s wildly useful!
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by mattbaker 5y ago
I’m always curious to learn about things that make people cautious to run the BEAM in production. What makes it scary for you?
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Yeah, I disagreed with a decent amount, but I tried to read it as “here are the patterns and practices I feel passionate about” and that made it an interesting read for me. The sort of declarative good/bad language worries me a bit b
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by mattbaker 5y ago
I think a lot of this is subjective and context dependent so the definitive “this is good” and “this is bad” language was a bit of a turnoff. BUT, I did like seeing someone’s point of view with thoughtful explanations and examples, kind of
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by mattbaker 5y ago
Jobs at larger, more stable corporations can still take a lot out of you! Even if it pales in comparison to the insanity of startup life. For myself: the drive, and the creativity, only come back if I stop working for an extended period of
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by mattbaker 5y ago
It’s honestly been one of the smartest choices we’ve made. We’ve been running it for four or five years now. It powers high throughput systems and those systems are classified as critical (if they go down, most of the product goes down.) No
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by mattbaker 6y ago
Extremely cool post, but I think the title is a little misleading. The execution of a query is dependent on the framework, this article is specifically about the GraphQL reference implementation in JS.
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Mentoring with Scaffolds(blog.newrelic.com)
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