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This submission is probably the first example of usage Phoenix Framework in big company that I know. I remember how many there were Elixir vs Go "battles" on HN in last three years but what I have noticed the Phoenix have worse traction and new adopters evangelizing it. That's sad, because I think Elixir and Phoenix Framework definitely is worth some attention.

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I have heard pagerduty deploys their elixir microservices using a (very cut down) version of Phoenix. Somewhere they have a private "miniPhoenix" template that autogenerates everything for them.

There are some big non-tech companies that you probably know that use elixir-phoenix, off the top of my head, PepsiCo, MBTA, BBC, PRX (of NPR/public radio fame).

You can roll out your own mini Phoenix with flags passed to mix phi.new

We use it at Pepsi eConmerce for multiple teams. In fact all of our newer backend projects use it.

Silly question... what is Pepsi e-commerce all about? I’ve been contacted multiple times over the years by recruiters about Pepsi, but I never interviewed there.

We do a mix of things ranging from marketing and ads automation to supply chain fulfillment. We also work with no product innovation. It’s a surprisingly great place to work.

Thanks.

> We also work with no product innovation.

What does this mean?

It was a typo. I meant to type “new product innovation”. Basically marketing, manufacturing, and the research people come up with a new idea and make a small run. Then on the tech side we help with getting it in front of customers online and then figuring out who buys it.

There are plenty of big companies using Elixir/Phoenix. Bleacher Report, Cars.com, Pinterest and many more.

Discord uses Elixir too, I think?

They use Elixir but not Phoenix.

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