The joy of building your startup with Phoenix LiveView
summary
Builder rewrites IndiePaper multiple times (Next.js, Rails) then ships a Phoenix LiveView production app with 12,000 commits and 200+ authors signed up; LiveView keeps server-side rendering but opens a persistent websocket, sends DOM diffs and gives SPA-like interactivity while using Oban for jobs, tiptap editor via JS hooks, and Fly.io for multi-region hosting. Measured response times often drop below 1 ms for simple routes and LiveView tests run about 10x faster and far less flaky than full-headless-browser suites.
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chapters (7)
- 0:0003:38 - Intro
- 3:3906:37 - Advantages & Disadvantages of an SPA
- 6:3809:02 - Backend Heavy
- 9:0311:57 - Ruby on Rails
- 11:5815:57 - Elixir Phoenix
- 15:5837:35 - Tests
- 37:3645:46 - What about Testing & QnA
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