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RailsConf 2016 - Rails to Phoenix by Brian Cardarella

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What it is

Brian Cardarella's RailsConf 2016 talk on why and how teams can move from Rails to Elixir and Phoenix. It covers performance gains without losing productivity and how to introduce Phoenix in an organization.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points Rails developers to it as a real-world case for migrating to Phoenix, backed by numbers.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “A really great presentation, including numbers and real world backup data, plus conceptual overviews.”

    Great presentation with numbers, real-world data and conceptual overviews.

    anonyfox, 2016-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more”

  2. “that may be a good start to empower you to make a decision”

    Talk on switching from Rails to Phoenix.

    alexgaribay, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Fed up with Ruby/Rails; what language should I learn?”

  3. “you should check out my RailsConf talk on that exact subject”

    Author's talk on reasons to migrate from Rails to Elixir/Phoenix.

    bcardarella, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “Elixir v1.3 released”

  4. “Good talk in general.”

    Covers whether learning Elixir is worth the time.

    tim333, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “Elixir vs. Erlang, is Elixir safe bet for my time investment?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: elixir, phoenix, rails, performance, migration

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