Phoenix at Scale: Real-Time Apps, LiveView, and Production Tactics

By AMARA HAWTHORN

Phoenix at Scale is the definitive guide to building, shipping, and operating high-performance real-time applications with Phoenix and LiveView-in production, under load, and at scale.

This book goes beyond demos and tutorials. It's written for engineers who need systems that stay fast, resilient, and observable when traffic spikes, users multiply, and failures happen at the worst possible time. You'll learn how to design real-time architectures that scale cleanly, deploy with confidence, and remain maintainable long after launch day.

Drawing from real-world production experience, Phoenix at Scale shows how to push Phoenix and LiveView to their limits-without sacrificing reliability or developer sanity.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

Design real-time systems using Phoenix Channels, PubSub, and LiveView

Scale LiveView applications without melting your servers

Manage state, concurrency, and backpressure in high-traffic environments

Build fault-tolerant systems that embrace the BEAM's strengths

Instrument, observe, and debug live systems in production

Deploy, upgrade, and operate Phoenix apps with zero downtime

Avoid common scaling traps-and fix them when you're already in trouble

Whether you're building collaborative apps, dashboards, multiplayer experiences, or live data platforms, this book gives you the tactics and mental models needed to run Phoenix in the real world.

Phoenix at Scale is the definitive guide to building, shipping, and operating high-performance real-time applications with Phoenix and LiveView-in production, under load, and at scale.

This book goes beyond demos and tutorials. It's written for engineers who need systems that stay fast, resilient, and observable when traffic spikes, users multiply, and failures happen at the worst possible time. You'll learn how to design real-time architectures that scale cleanly, deploy with confidence, and remain maintainable long after launch day.

Drawing from real-world production experience, Phoenix at Scale shows how to push Phoenix and LiveView to their limits-without sacrificing reliability or developer sanity.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

Design real-time systems using Phoenix Channels, PubSub, and LiveView

Scale LiveView applications without melting your servers

Manage state, concurrency, and backpressure in high-traffic environments

Build fault-tolerant systems that embrace the BEAM's strengths

Instrument, observe, and debug live systems in production

Deploy, upgrade, and operate Phoenix apps with zero downtime

Avoid common scaling traps-and fix them when you're already in trouble

Whether you're building collaborative apps, dashboards, multiplayer experiences, or live data platforms, this book gives you the tactics and mental models needed to run Phoenix in the real world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMP244SC
• ISBN13: 9798246976425
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"