Thinking Elixir Podcast   /     193: Operational Elixir: Observing the Midsize Madness

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In this engaging third episode of our series, Dave Lucia returns to delve into the various systems that support small and medium-sized teams and companies for their Elixir systems. Dave shares insights gained from a range of situations including working at startups on up to Series C and D sized companies, with a particular focus on the critical role of observability tools. Drawing on his extensive experience, Dave discusses how these tools can greatly enhance a team's ability to monitor and troubleshoot applications, ensuring high performance and reliability. Tune in for a comprehensive look at the essential systems and tools that can make a tangible difference in the day-to-day operations of Elixir-powered organizations, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/193 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/193) Elixir Community News - https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1762921819776934146 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1762921819776934146?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Josรฉ Valim has teased a new feature for Elixir 1.17 which may include a mix test flag --breakpoints for debugging failed tests. - https://gleam.run/news/gleam-version-1/ (https://gleam.run/news/gleam-version-1/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Gleam v1.0 has been released, marking the language's stability and readiness for production with a commitment to maintain backwards compatibility. - https://github.com/underjord/entrace (https://github.com/underjord/entrace?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Lars Wikman shared his work on the Entrace tracing project, offering easier tracing support to applications. - https://github.com/underjord/entracelivedashboard (https://github.com/underjord/entrace_live_dashboard?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Entrac LiveDashboard was announced by Lars Wikman to add a tracing page to the LiveDashboard plugin. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGxJUadP1CaaU6EnTwe7Hv76RnBLIiqT6SJLIBvncHcEzGRg/viewform (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGxJUadP1CaaU6EnTwe7Hv76RnBLIiqT6SJLIBvncHcEzGRg/viewform?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ The Call for Proposals for talks at ElixirConfUS is open, including information to book hotel rooms for the event taking place from August 28-30, 2024. Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources - https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/75 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/75?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Previous interview with Dave Lucia talking about RabbitMQ and Commanded - https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/97 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/97?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Previous interview with Dave Lucia talking about Avro and Elixir - https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/129 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/129?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Previous interview with Dave Lucia talking about Time series data with Timescale DB - https://Sentry.io (https://Sentry.io?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://www.servicenow.com/products/observability.html (https://www.servicenow.com/products/observability.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Observability tool formerly knowns as LightStep - https://www.honeycomb.io/ (https://www.honeycomb.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/ (https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://github.com/open-telemetry (https://github.com/open-telemetry?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/traces/ (https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/traces/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://hex.pm/packages/opentelemetry (https://hex.pm/packages/opentelemetry?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://hex.pm/packages/opentelemetry_exporter (https://hex.pm/packages/opentelemetry_exporter?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://davelucia.com/ (https://davelucia.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Dave's personal blog - https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus (https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://grafana.com/ (https://grafana.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/send-data/promtail/ (https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/send-data/promtail/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://fly.io/docs/reference/metrics/ (https://fly.io/docs/reference/metrics/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://isburmistrov.substack.com/p/all-you-need-is-wide-events-not-metrics (https://isburmistrov.substack.com/p/all-you-need-is-wide-events-not-metrics?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://amplitude.com/ (https://amplitude.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - Custom LiveView admin pages for dashboards - https://postmarkapp.com/ (https://postmarkapp.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://sendgrid.com/en-us (https://sendgrid.com/en-us?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://milkroad.com/ (https://milkroad.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ A newsletter company that Dave Lucia worked at. - https://www.beehiiv.com/ (https://www.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Newsletters as a service company - https://ahrefs.com/ (https://ahrefs.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Tracking the back links from other sites to yours for SEO - https://search.google.com/search-console/about (https://search.google.com/search-console/about?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://github.com/dbernheisel/phoenix_seo (https://github.com/dbernheisel/phoenix_seo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://tvlabs.ai/ (https://tvlabs.ai/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Where Dave Lucia is working now. Guest Information - https://twitter.com/davydog187 (https://twitter.com/davydog187?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ on Twitter - https://github.com/davydog187/ (https://github.com/davydog187/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ on Github - https://davelucia.com (https://davelucia.com?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ Blog - https://tvlabs.ai (https://tvlabs.ai?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) โ€“ TVLabs company where he works now. Find us online - Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern) - Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward) - Cade Ward on Fediverse - @cadebward@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/cadebward)

Summary

In this engaging third episode of our series, Dave Lucia returns to delve into the various systems that support small and medium-sized teams and companies for their Elixir systems. Dave shares insights gained from a range of situations including working at startups on up to Series C and D sized companies, with a particular focus on the critical role of observability tools. Drawing on his extensive experience, Dave discusses how these tools can greatly enhance a team's ability to monitor and troubleshoot applications, ensuring high performance and reliability. Tune in for a comprehensive look at the essential systems and tools that can make a tangible difference in the day-to-day operations of Elixir-powered organizations, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/193

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Subtitle
Nearing the end of our series, Dave Lucia explores observability tools and strategies for Elixir teams in midsize settings, sharing how to boost application monitoring and reliability from startups to Series C/D companies and more!
Duration
55:00
Publishing date
2024-03-12 04:15
Link
https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/193
Contributors
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In this engaging third episode of our series, Dave Lucia returns to delve into the various systems that support small and medium-sized teams and companies for their Elixir systems. Dave shares insights gained from a range of situations including working at startups on up to Series C and D sized companies, with a particular focus on the critical role of observability tools. Drawing on his extensive experience, Dave discusses how these tools can greatly enhance a team's ability to monitor and troubleshoot applications, ensuring high performance and reliability. Tune in for a comprehensive look at the essential systems and tools that can make a tangible difference in the day-to-day operations of Elixir-powered organizations, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/193

Elixir Community News

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

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