Ask HN: Who is interested in a book about high performance Erlang?

77 pointsrobinson_k10y ago31 comments

I wrote an article how to learn Erlang by example [1] which got a lot of good feedback recently when it was posted on HN. Thanks for the good feedback! :)

The past weeks I am working on finding bottlenecks and try to improve the performance of Erlang Open Source projects.

Based on my findings and insights I was asking myself if you would be interested in a book about way to measure and improve Erlang performance. Like my blogpost it would use real world examples, this time from more Open Source Erlang projects.

What do you think?

Best, Robert

[1] http://robert-kowalski.de/blog/lets-learn-erlang-and-fix-a-bug-on-a-couchdb-cluster/

31 comments

houshuang10y ago

Very interested. Mostly working in Elixir, but very interested in idiomatic ways of using messages, supervisors, genservers, etc etc. Haven't yet had a chance to scale beyond a single server, but would love to learn about that as well.

nailer10y ago

I've gotten into Erlang because of Elixir. I didn't realise any other systems people cared about syntax design before. I'd love to learn anything about FP or using patterns from dist systems / telco worlds to scale web apps using Elixir / Phoenix.

Scuds10y ago

There is Erlang In Anger by Fred Hebert as a starting point http://www.erlang-in-anger.com/

brweber210y ago

I would also be interested. I'm less interested in the open source examples and more interested in the techniques and options that are available.

Huge bonus if it takes Elixir into account.

boringnoise10y ago

Robert, do you plan to find those bottlenecks and then explain how to remove them by using Erlang/OTP best practices? (i.e. approaches used by Klarna, WhatsApp, etc.).

dbasner10y ago

I'd love to read that! I'm new to errand but found your method of teaching erlang by fixing a real bug in a real project to be incredibly interesting and useful!

dudul10y ago

I would be interested. Even though I'm moving to Elixir I'm sure most of the best practices can be ported.

arca_vorago10y ago

Same here, I have been trying to get into Elixir and am skipping doing Erlang first, but I'm sure I'm going to have to go back and review Erlang principles more in depth as I progress.

wunki10y ago

Would buy it! Just picking up Erlang and loving it so far. Would love to learn more on performance as well.

josep210y ago

I'd buy it. Doing some Erlang and Elixir stuff at the moment and need as many tips as I can get.

regularfry10y ago

Definitely. The ins-and-outs of how binaries and GC interact are particularly interesting to me.

farresito10y ago

This book hasn't been released yet, but it seems quite interesting and might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/Erlang-Run-Time-System-Erik-Stenman/dp...

mendozao10y ago

I'm really interested in a Fundamentals of Erlang video course

simoncion10y ago

Do you prefer videos to well-written prose with examples? If so, why?

crimsonalucard10y ago

I think there's more interest in learning it from scratch.

weatherlight10y ago

Would this translate well to Elixir? If so, I'd buy it!

dpeck10y ago

I'd buy it. Hell I'd pre-order it.

Scramblejams10y ago

Add me to the list of willing customers.

ludwig10y ago

Where is the preorder page? :)

gnuwilliam10y ago

I'd buy it!

jake_morrison10y ago

I would buy it

joewrong10y ago

+1 would buy.

dizzy3gg10y ago

bet365.

jules10y ago

I would not write performance sensitive code in Erlang, so no. I'd be more interested in a book about distributed programming than a book about optimization.

davelnewton10y ago

I'm pretty sure the things where Erlang is a good fit would be the target, no? E.g., it's not going to be about doing your numerical computation--but it might be about using it to distribute it.

jules10y ago

Isn't that what I said? That was what I tried to convey in any case.

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Ask HN: Who is interested in a book about high performance Erlang?

77 pointsrobinson_k10y ago31 comments

I wrote an article how to learn Erlang by example [1] which got a lot of good feedback recently when it was posted on HN. Thanks for the good feedback! :)

The past weeks I am working on finding bottlenecks and try to improve the performance of Erlang Open Source projects.

What do you think?

Best, Robert

[1] http://robert-kowalski.de/blog/lets-learn-erlang-and-fix-a-bug-on-a-couchdb-cluster/

31 comments

houshuang10y ago

nailer10y ago

Scuds10y ago

There is Erlang In Anger by Fred Hebert as a starting point http://www.erlang-in-anger.com/

brweber210y ago

I would also be interested. I'm less interested in the open source examples and more interested in the techniques and options that are available.

Huge bonus if it takes Elixir into account.

boringnoise10y ago

Robert, do you plan to find those bottlenecks and then explain how to remove them by using Erlang/OTP best practices? (i.e. approaches used by Klarna, WhatsApp, etc.).

dbasner10y ago

I'd love to read that! I'm new to errand but found your method of teaching erlang by fixing a real bug in a real project to be incredibly interesting and useful!

dudul10y ago

I would be interested. Even though I'm moving to Elixir I'm sure most of the best practices can be ported.

arca_vorago10y ago

Same here, I have been trying to get into Elixir and am skipping doing Erlang first, but I'm sure I'm going to have to go back and review Erlang principles more in depth as I progress.

wunki10y ago

Would buy it! Just picking up Erlang and loving it so far. Would love to learn more on performance as well.

josep210y ago

I'd buy it. Doing some Erlang and Elixir stuff at the moment and need as many tips as I can get.

regularfry10y ago

Definitely. The ins-and-outs of how binaries and GC interact are particularly interesting to me.

farresito10y ago

This book hasn't been released yet, but it seems quite interesting and might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/Erlang-Run-Time-System-Erik-Stenman/dp...

mendozao10y ago

I'm really interested in a Fundamentals of Erlang video course

simoncion10y ago

Do you prefer videos to well-written prose with examples? If so, why?

crimsonalucard10y ago

I think there's more interest in learning it from scratch.

weatherlight10y ago

Would this translate well to Elixir? If so, I'd buy it!

dpeck10y ago

I'd buy it. Hell I'd pre-order it.

Scramblejams10y ago

Add me to the list of willing customers.

ludwig10y ago

Where is the preorder page? :)

gnuwilliam10y ago

I'd buy it!

jake_morrison10y ago

I would buy it

joewrong10y ago

+1 would buy.

dizzy3gg10y ago

bet365.

jules10y ago

I would not write performance sensitive code in Erlang, so no. I'd be more interested in a book about distributed programming than a book about optimization.

davelnewton10y ago

I'm pretty sure the things where Erlang is a good fit would be the target, no? E.g., it's not going to be about doing your numerical computation--but it might be about using it to distribute it.

jules10y ago

Isn't that what I said? That was what I tried to convey in any case.

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