Using Elixir & Phoenix To Build A City Software Infrastructure by Shankar Dhanasekaran | EC EU 23

Discover the fascinating journey of building the software infrastructure for Auroville, a futuristic city with a population of 50K, where Elixir and Phoenix drive every interaction. 00:00 Intro 00:19 Agenda 02:40 Who Am I? 04:24 Auroville - A big picture 05:37 Our Journey in Elixir and Lessons Learnt 36:44 Roadblocks and Connecting the Dots 42:25 Looking into Future 46:53 Introducing My Friend "Hikari" 50:14 A Pleasant Surprise 53:42 Thank you and Q&A Join Shankar Dhanasekaran as he shares invaluable insights and lessons learned from migrating the city's software tools to Elixir and Phoenix. Gain knowledge on making design choices in a complex multi-service business domain, overcoming migration pitfalls, and leveraging the advantages of this technology shift. Explore the decision-making process behind the city's architecture and learn about their innovative use of the Citadel pattern. This talk is a must-see for software engineers and architects seeking new perspectives and real-world applications of Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, and Phoenix API in powering transformative city infrastructures. About the keynote speaker: Shankar Dhanasekaran is a software engineer with more than 15 years of experience in web technologies. His experience spans over Elixir, Phoenix, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, Django, and a multitude of Javascript frameworks among other languages and frameworks he played with. In his career, Shankar has worked with several startups small and large from all over the world working directly under the C-level executives. He is the author of Phoenix Inside Out book series, Founder & CTO, Talam, Auroville and an Elixir trainer working with both community level education for young adults to corporate training for multinational companies. Follow us on social: Twitter:   / elixirconfeu   and   / codesyncglobal   LinkedIn:   / 27159258   Facebook:   / codesyncglobal   Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next Code Sync conference near you! See what's coming up at: https://codesync.global

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