Is Elixir good for microservices?

Yes, elixir fits perfectly for microservices.

• GitHub - commanded/commanded: Use Commanded to build Elixir CQRS/ES applications · GitHub
• GitHub - commanded/eventstore: Event store using PostgreSQL for persistence · GitHub

Why you want microservices in the first place?

There are as many opinions and recommendations as there are people. I love Elixir more than the mentioned two (that’s why I am here and not on pythonforum

One of the low hanging fruits/benefits of Elixir is the fast amount of build in functionality, the focus on the happy path and the code is easy to read.

Python is easy to write, flourishes on some specific areas but for a lot of things I think Elixir does better. Go has the benefit of a single binary to deploy and run and is faster. But in the end; Elixir is the one that combines many good things of other languages with little drawbacks.

Why not? Or what do you think about it

Tnx so much for ur answer, is it possible to use python and elixir altogether for microservices in same project?

Tnx so much:)

I think you would need to have a specific need to:

1. Mix languages
2. Use microservices

But if you want some of it you can

1. Use mix (phun intended)
2. Create a few apps in one umbrella

Don’t use things because other people say it’s cool; use them because you need them or because they are better for you / your project. Most projects can do without all the issues microservices bring to the table.

I started with Elixir because I had a few needs that Elixir solved. Not much later I loved. Elixir replaced many services in PHP+Go, had consistent performance, did not leak memory (memory usage is a flat line the last 5 years) and I could drop external dependencies (Cron, Redis, MirrorBits, Nginx, some external program to restart the apps on crash, and a few more). All those extra benefits followed the need. And now I consider the ‘all batteries included’ almost a need dor every project as it makes tons of things much easier.

Why not? Because the upside it has is largely overrated for most projects but it brings tons of complexity. The kind of costs you only should be willing to pay if your app is so complex/large that is is a problem.

Real microservices don’t share a database. Figure how you do joins, how you ensure all services have the same definition of a ‘user’, how you version interfaces, etc etc.

Ohhh…and stay away from NoSQL. As cool as they make it sound; it super fun for prototyping but once apps grow it soon becomes a burden only to become valuable again once you have enormous amounts of data (but then your schema is probably less fluid so that’s okey)

Tnx so much for ur explaining, what do you think video streaming performance in elixir, thst is why i love python, because python is well suited for video streaming app

You might stream as well with Membrane. I am using Python with Elixir mostly for AI.