web02.fireside.fm Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:16:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Thinking Elixir Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Job Processing” https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/tags/job%20processing Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:15:00 -0600 The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it. We cover news and interview guests to learn more about projects and developments in the community. Whether you are already experienced with Elixir or just exploring the language, this show is created with you in mind. We discuss community news, Functional Programming, transitioning from OOP, coding conventions, and more. Guests visit the show to help challenge our assumptions, learn about new developments and grow in the process. 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Subscribe to join us on this journey! no elixir, programming, web, clustering, phoenix, liveview, news, developer ThinkingElixir.com podcast@thinkingelixir.com 163: Job Queues using Oban with Parker Selbert https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/163 03b7a335-9f72-4708-b864-e0a119e8b5b3 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:15:00 -0600 ThinkingElixir.com full ThinkingElixir.com Dive into the world of Elixir job processing with Parker Selbert, creator of Oban. Learn about the conception, architecture of Oban, its paid features in Web & Pro, and the scale companies reach (Spoiler: it's in 100s of millions of jobs!) 55:52 no If you need background jobs or scheduled tasks in your Elixir project, you've probably already heard of Oban. We talk with Parker Selbert, the creator and maintainer of Oban, to learn more about the project and the additional paid features in Oban Web and Oban Pro. Parker explains the origins, why it's architected the way it is, and how the paid extensions work. We also get some insights into companies using Oban and the kind of scale people reach. Spoiler--100's of millions of jobs is a thing. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/163 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/163) Elixir Community News - https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-supports-erlang-otp-26-and-elixir-1-15-now/57344 (https://elixirforum.com/t/nerves-supports-erlang-otp-26-and-elixir-1-15-now/57344?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Nerves updated to support OTP 26 and Elixir 1.15 - https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1686350499967123456 (https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1686350499967123456?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView 0.19 had some enhancements that German Valesco highlights in a video - https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1684418487987441665 (https://twitter.com/DNAutics/status/1684418487987441665?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zigler 0.10.1 was released - https://github.com/E-xyza/zigler/ (https://github.com/E-xyza/zigler/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://hexdocs.pm/zigler/beam.html (https://hexdocs.pm/zigler/beam.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zigler's BEAM integration docs - https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1685390898329178114 (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1685390898329178114?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Private modules in Elixir? Using @moduledoc false - https://elixirforum.com/t/proposal-private-modules-general-discussion/19374 (https://elixirforum.com/t/proposal-private-modules-general-discussion/19374?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous discussion on private modules - https://dev.to/savonarola/testing-timer-based-logic-in-elixir-with-klotho-library-2c90 (https://dev.to/savonarola/testing-timer-based-logic-in-elixir-with-klotho-library-2c90?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Klotho library may help with timer based testing logic - https://twitter.com/spawnfest/status/1683788630156877825 (https://twitter.com/spawnfest/status/1683788630156877825?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – SpawnFest will be Oct 28 - 29 - https://spawnfest.org/ (https://spawnfest.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – SpawnFest is an annual, 48 hour, online software development contest in which teams from around the world get exactly one weekend to create the best BEAM-based app they can. - https://github.com/meanderingstream/dlfoundationsinelixir/blob/main/ElixirFashionMLChallenge/fashionmnistchallenge.livemd (https://github.com/meanderingstream/dl_foundations_in_elixir/blob/main/ElixirFashionML_Challenge/fashion_mnist_challenge.livemd?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – There's an ML challenge - https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirfashionmlchallenge-general-discussion-questions/57341 (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirfashionmlchallenge-general-discussion-questions/57341?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ML challenge discussion thread Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources - https://getoban.pro/ (https://getoban.pro/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://github.com/sorentwo/oban (https://github.com/sorentwo/oban?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – OSS Oban project - https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/29 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/29?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous interview with Parker from January 2021 - https://dscout.com/ (https://dscout.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://getoban.pro/oban (https://getoban.pro/oban?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban Web demo - https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq (https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://github.com/sorentwo/kiq (https://github.com/sorentwo/kiq?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) - https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive (https://github.com/dashbitco/bytepack_archive?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) Guest Information - https://twitter.com/sorentwo (https://twitter.com/sorentwo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Twitter - https://github.com/sorentwo (https://github.com/sorentwo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Github - https://sorentwo.com/ (https://sorentwo.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog Find us online - Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern) - Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward) - Cade Ward on Fediverse - @cadebward@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/cadebward) elixir, oban, job processing, workers If you need background jobs or scheduled tasks in your Elixir project, you've probably already heard of Oban. We talk with Parker Selbert, the creator and maintainer of Oban, to learn more about the project and the additional paid features in Oban Web and Oban Pro. Parker explains the origins, why it's architected the way it is, and how the paid extensions work. We also get some insights into companies using Oban and the kind of scale people reach. Spoiler--100's of millions of jobs is a thing.

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Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/163

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