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ElixirConf 2018 - Docker and OTP Friends or Foes - Daniel Azuma

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What it is

Daniel Azuma's ElixirConf 2018 talk on whether Docker and OTP conflict. He shows they can coexist and uses Horde and DeltaCrdt, with a live tank-game demo, to keep state alive across container kills.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended for its practical strategy for preserving state on ephemeral containers, and for the live demo.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Again, the talk is really good -- if the above sounds interesting, you'll want to check it out [3]”

    Great talk demoing Horde and DeltaCrdt surviving container kills.

    qohen, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “CRDT: Conflict-free replicated data type”

  2. “I would recommend watching Dan Azuma's fantastic video (stick around for the live demo)”

    Fantastic video on preserving state across restarts, with live demo.

    dnautics, 2020-02 · Strong recommendation · in “My favorite Erlang program (2013)”

  3. “You can use Docker + containers with OTP, they are not mutually exclusive.”

    Talk showing Docker and OTP are not mutually exclusive.

    pg_bot, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Phoenix 1.4.0 released”

  4. “this one has a strategy for robustly persisting state across ephemeral containers.”

    Strategy for persisting state across ephemeral containers with Horde and CRDTs.

    h0l0cube, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “An animated introduction to Elixir”

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Topics: elixir, otp, docker, horde, crdt, clustering

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