January 5, 2026 - onemoredev.io

Database Battles: PostgreSQL vs MongoDB vs Elixir’s Secret Weapons

Why external databases are yesterday’s problem when you have Mnesia and ETS We’ve all been there. You’re building a real-time app and suddenly you’re drowning in database decisions: While you’re busy setting up Docker containers, configuring connection pools, and debugging network timeouts, Elixir developers are already shipping features. Here’s why. The Traditional Database Nightmare Let’s […]

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Stop Reaching for Redis: The Native Elixir Advantage

Elixir / Yatender Singh

If you come from the worlds of Python, Ruby, or Node, you likely have a distinct muscle memory when starting a new project. You spin up the app server, you set up the database, and — almost automatically — you spin up a Redis instance. It’s the default answer to “Where do I put my

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Scaling Real-Time Apps: Elixir libcluster PubSub vs Node.js

Elixir / Yatender Singh

When building distributed, real-time applications, choosing the right tools for communication and scaling is crucial. Elixir, with its powerful concurrency model and libraries like libcluster and Phoenix PubSub, excels at handling thousands of concurrent connections and distributed messaging. In contrast, Node.js, while capable, faces challenges in scaling real-time features across multiple nodes. Today we dive

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