Ash Framework: The Power of Declarative Design
summary
Ash Framework claims to turn application intent into data: resource-oriented declarative design that drives schema, migrations and runtime behavior. It uses Elixir and commands like mix ash.gen to produce migrations and action definitions that auto-generate GraphQL, JSON:API, OpenAPI and an admin UI. Examples include automatic policy diagrams, calculable fields that run in DB or memory, and real-world cost wins cited for Elixir ($2M/year savings; a rewrite dropping $16,000/month to ~$150 on three nodes handling ~12M requests/hour).
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to ash
- 1:43Why choose elixir
- 4:05Balancing data and logic
- 6:41The case for declarative design
- 10:38Modeling resources in ash
- 14:13Data management and computation
- 17:34Defining actions and interfaces
- 21:00Deriving tools and insights
- 24:34Conclusion and resources
