Why we chose Elixir over Go, Rust and Node for a high-performance Bluesky DataPlane - and how a small Rust NIF and in-process fan-out made it the right fit.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48549777

When we started the project, we expected it to be a Go, Rust or even Node project. Instead, we landed with Elixir. Here is why and how we made that decision.