Very detailed explanation. Seems that the existing system is complex enough so i suppose you have researched enough to decide to go with Elixir. Of course, as i see in your case you need to work in smaller devices (hence nerves and Grisp).
So if i may ask and from reading your comment, do i understand correctly that you want to replace almost all the current system’s functionalities to run in the BEAM? And also, if we are talking about a low resources device, are you confident it could run cold ? (meaning from the point of view of resources).
Last but not least, since you are researching in a similar field, have you found any efforts from the Elixir community that could help someone advance faster? I mean if you have found some guidelines, system design techniques using the OTP and leveraging the BEAM? Or is this specific field a bit of uncharted for the moment being from the Ecosystem’s side ?
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