In this series, we take a look at the different ways to organize, structure and execute a good “flow” in our Elixir programs.
The latest entry deals with Advanced Techniques demonstrated by frameworks like Plug and Ecto:
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Love the Plug.Conn style token approach.
Could you define a protocol allowing a Plug.Builder style DSL to be used with many token struct types?
We used this approach in another stack before starting with Elixir, it’s a solid way to contain complexity. While researching the options, Plug (and by extension Elixir) felt familiar right away because of that 
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It seems like a good idea, doesn’t it? But maybe this is a case where we should not create a general framework … I think there are lots of different sides to this problem that are worth exploring and I plan to explore that in an upcoming article! 
Newest article in the series! This time, we explore Metaprogramming, how to use it and when to avoid it!
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@rrrene thank you for this excellent series. I mentioned you in my talk today at ElixirConf EU. The talk was about building data processing pipelines with Elixir Flow. I think the Token approach you mention in your article works really well for this kind of stuff.
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Just published a new article on “Architecting Flow in Elixir” showing the PROs and CONs of using the Token approach:
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Newest post on Designing Token APIs:
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