Can we send a Message to the Non-Existing Process? Just Give a Try — This article talks about sending messages to the nonexisting processes. We all know that each process in elixir has a mailbox to store all the incoming messages. In one of my projects, I have seen that sending messages to either living or dead process is always a success. Don’t you…

Treat all bugs equally 🐞 — The creator of the bug is the real bug in the code. In this article, I’m going to share with you one of my craziest experiences which is the inspiration to write this article. It is not a syntax error. So, definitely, it should be a runtime bug, which is…

We don’t like to talk but we like to perform — Only moment we forget the world, just thinking of it. Only moment we close eyes, to see better heart; Only moment we enjoy pain, pleasing the mind. Only moment we like to wait, finishing up not; Only moment we are cruel, showering of love. Only moment we feel hard, eventually softer…

New improvements in Kernel module Elixir 1.12 — This article is all about knowing the two newly added macros then/2 and tap/2 from Kernel module. Here, we cover some real world situations with simple examples where these functions would be useful. Actually these are macros, point to be noted. Let’s check when and where to use these functions.

Don’t fear to reply anymore. — In this article, we are talking about two scenarios on how to use reply function in GenServer module explaining with live examples. The following are the two use cases we are going to cover in this article. Multi Node Communication via server messages using multi_call Converting Asynchronous request to Synchronous What this article isn’t about ? …

IO Lists and Phoenix rendering Templates — In this article we are going to see the optimal way to develop a big string from the pieces of strings. We also look into why IO Lists are used for rendering templates in Phoenix and why this is the best approach. We start with a simple concatenation operation that…

Better try and fail than being idle. — While learning to program in Elixir, I discovered some strange things. In this post, I dive into the 5 strange approaches that you may or may not know to expose its underlying mechanisms. Talk is cheap, here is the code. 1. Compile Time Vs Run Time Struct Pattern Matching — In Different way We all know that structs can be pattern matched with…

Change is inevitable but not for Elixir — This article comprises a simple example with an anonymous function that explains the data immutability in Elixir Programming. The concept of data immutability is that the data once it is created in a memory location cannot be altered. Immutability must be preserved. Before going to actual coding, we need to know…