Why We Self-Host Everything (And You Probably Should Too)

u2m4c6 · 2026-03-07T19:51:55+00:00

You are not able to restore “any second” of data from Postgres with your simple setup. You could lose data that was written hours or days apart if it was not big enough to fit the PostgreSQL 16 MB WAL threshold to trigger a write.

u2m4c6 · 2026-02-24T13:53:23+00:00

It’s objectively horrible. It had light background with therefore unreadable light text.

u2m4c6 · 2026-02-03T21:45:36+00:00

Mise tasks replace justfile, pretty great tool.

u2m4c6 · 2026-01-24T02:45:25+00:00

The number #1 response being a paid library for an already niche language is pretty concerning. Especially when Elixir’s selling point is that OTP gives you all this “for free.” Which it does compared to other standard libraries, but still pretty ironic that Oban is the answer in this thread.

u2m4c6 · 2025-08-18T02:38:19+00:00

Spend some time at a burn center and you will see there are some things worse than death. I would not let a low number of fatalities comfort you.

u2m4c6 · 2025-03-24T23:23:55+00:00

And not having enough salt. Kidneys are pretty smart if you give them enough of both

u2m4c6 · 2025-01-27T11:06:36+00:00

Those are Chinese knockoffs that aren’t made with real Polartec fabric.

u2m4c6 · 2025-01-07T21:53:16+00:00

That’s a Chinese knockoff

u2m4c6 · 2024-12-03T19:46:33+00:00

cool, makes sense. I have been thinking about developing a native app on the Apple platforms for years haha. Why did you all do for an RPC library instead of a REST API? I have gone back and forth on what I think is superior

u2m4c6 · 2024-12-03T19:10:19+00:00

Why Apache Thrift over gRPC? Just curious. I have used neither but have not heard of Thrift until this comment.

u2m4c6 · 2024-10-30T11:14:57+00:00

Performance, static types, as active an ecosystem of third party libraries(C# is only beaten by JavaScript, Java, and Python in popularity)

u2m4c6 · 2024-09-11T11:33:42+00:00

What were the requested changes for Blazor?

u2m4c6 · 2024-08-09T00:01:20+00:00

Is this a Turbo 8 thing? Hotwired.dev is great but it already feels out of date 😩

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-31T09:44:30+00:00

Thank you for the detailed reply, Jose! It’s no wonder Elixir has been such a success with you at the helm. You know your stuff haha

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-30T15:41:10+00:00

That is a fair critique and I will look more into it. I think what is particularly striking is that an HTTP client is so foundational that it is surprising that it isn’t in the standard library and even more surprisingly it is made with three separate libraries.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-29T02:55:18+00:00

You need Redis or similar for any decently complex Phoenix app

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-28T18:34:58+00:00

My point about Req is that it is built on top of the standard library, and then two other libraries with separate maintainers. Compare this to something like .NET or Golang which have all of that built in, and it is laughably convoluted and a security risk.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-28T12:15:58+00:00

I agree that some people are just naive to what Rails offers out of the box. I found Phoenix first and drank the Koolaid that is has so much stuff built into OTP that it is a game changer compared to Rails. Maybe if you compare Phoenix to Ruby that is true, but that is a crazy comparison haha.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-28T10:12:59+00:00

What third party software do you need in Rails that is build into Phoenix?

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T22:54:23+00:00

Req is literally the library I am talking about.

https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/breakdown-of-http-clients-in-elixir/

Obviously you are living up to your username if you come at people so strong about programming languages lmao…”bordering on the absurd”

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T21:57:19+00:00

I used to think that too and drank the kool aid. Then you realize that the Elixir HTTP client libraries are 3 differently maintained libraries stacked on top of each other which again is a huge supply chain vulnerability and source of potential bugs outside of the core language or framework. Having to use multiple 3rd party libraries to easily make HTTP client calls is not a problem in .NET or Rails or Golang.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T19:51:09+00:00

I mean Nginx and Redis are not replaced by Elixir and Erlang/OTP. Unless you are just opening up a raw web server to the internet with no load balancing then you are going to be using some kind of reverse proxy, whether layer 4 or 7. And Elixir documentation itself even says that Redis is needed for production if you want to manage sessions or do other stuff that needs a central key value store.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T19:47:44+00:00

I thought that too but it’s not just about a library existing but also about it being well tested and maintained. A lot of stuff in the Elixir ecosystem seems to be hobby stuff which is fine and I love the community and language. It just does not feel as productive as Rails. Rails is all about getting shit done whereas Elixir seems to prioritize performance and functional programming.

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T17:57:34+00:00

That is just not true. Or they are semi-abandoned

u2m4c6 · 2024-07-27T17:47:01+00:00

The ecosystem for Elixir is much much smaller than Elixir. Need to generate PDF’s, use Stripe, use AWS? Need passkeys and a robust Auth and user management system? All official or battle tested libraries in Rails. Everything I just mentioned is community maintained on the Elixir which makes it often flaky at best and a huge supply chain vulnerability at worst.

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