In episode 51 of Thinking Elixir, Alex Loukissas talks about using Phoenix sockets to build a live auction system. We talk about the situation of flash-mob-like users coming to a system and needing to handle high traffic volumes for shorter durations. We talk about how the Horde library helps solve fun distributed clustering problems, we cover observability tools, how and why companies should support open source development through sponsorships and more!

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