101: Replicating SQLite using Litestream with Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson explains his project Litestream.io, an OpenSource tool that replicates SQLite databases to remote servers and to backup locations like S3 for durability. We talk about how moving data out to the user creates true edge applications. We discuss what types of problems this helps solve, the architectures that become possible, and how a globally distributed Phoenix application could use this. He shares how Fly.io acquired the project and brought him on full-time to continue his work on it. Fascinating discussion that challenges many of the assumptions about how we've been building “web” systems for years. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/101 Elixir Community News https://www.erlang.org/blog/my-otp-25-highlights/ – OTP 25 was officially released https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0049 – EEP document discussing the “maybe” expression https://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/expressions.html#maybe – Official docs for “maybe” feature https://www.erlang.org/blog/faster-rand/ – A new fast Pseudo Random Generator https://jobs.ericsson.com/job/Stockholm-Open-SourceErlang-Developer-Stoc/746811902/ – Ericsson, the company behind Erlang, is hiring for an OpenSource developer to join the Erlang team. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61562651 – Klarna layoffs https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/main/PartitionSupervisor.html – PartitionManager feature coming in Elixir v1.14 has docs online so you can learn about it early. https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1528434291872505856 – Isaac Yonemoto made the JavaScript engine in Zig accessible through Zigler and therefore Elixir https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/98 – Follow-up from episode 98 with Dominic Letz about writing an Elixir application that runs on mobile devices and can be installed from the iOS AppStore. https://ionicframework.com/ https://twitter.com/ElixirConf/status/1526654041626923008 – ElixirConf 2022 in Colorado - CFP is open https://2022.elixirconf.com/speaker-cfp – Where to submit your talk proposal https://www.elixirconf.eu/ – ElixirConf EU in London on June 9-10 https://elixirconf.com/events – ElixirConf US in Colorado on August 30-Sep2 Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected] Discussion Resources https://litestream.io/ https://fly.io/blog/all-in-on-sqlite-litestream/ https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream – Project on Github https://sqlite.org/index.html https://sqlite.org/whentouse.html – SQLite guide on "when to use" it https://github.com/elixir-sqlite/ecto_sqlite3 https://github.com/boltdb/bolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-ahead_logging https://raft.github.io/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_type https://litestream.io/tips/ – Page covers tips https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fuse.html – Understanding what a FUSE filesystem is Guest Information https://twitter.com/benbjohnson – on Twitter https://github.com/benbjohnson/ – on Github https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream – Project on Github Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Email the show - [email protected] Mark Ericksen - @brainlid David Bernheisel - @bernheisel Cade Ward - @cadebward Sponsored By:Fly.io: Fly.io is a great place to deploy your next Phoenix application! Check them out!