Hi I use it. (surprising) Actually, I started to use CB for same reasons as you: I was unhappy with PHP for some my requirements and Django, RoR and others could not solve them too. I discovered Erlang and CB to be perfect solution for my needs. Currently I have a half dozen websites running on CB. Most important part, architecture and ideas behind CB give me ability to write cool apps fast and without a pain.
The bad part, that we don't have strong community. CB is only framework and depends on huge number of libraries of different code quality and worst thing, different support level. For example, most drivers in boss_db not working for different reasons. Actually, i can be pretty sure mysql and postgres drivers are working right now, other just broken. Each time I have a bit more time, I merge PRs or write some myself, but it's pretty hard to do anything without other people being around to help or just exchange ideas or opinions. It looks like I'm not only one here, so if anybody want to help and keep CB alive, I'm here to merge PRs, join discussions and make world better. On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 1:50:20 AM UTC+2, rlander wrote: > > Hey guys, just wanted to share a story. > > Some time ago I inherited the code base for a realtime web app written in > nodejs that was old, very unstable, and leaking memory left and right. As > we decided to rewrite everything, I spent a month prototyping a few > different solutions: > > - python + pushpin + nginx > - clojure + redis + nginx > - go > - elixir + rethinkdb + postgres > > It just bothered me that I had to use so many moving parts or use worse > languages like go. > > Then it hit me: Chicago Boss is the perfect framework for this kind of > problem. To cut the story short, it only took me 1/3 of the time to write > the prototype, it uses less moving parts (I ditched all external services > like pushpin or nginx push module) and performs very well. > > So, I confess I was bearish on Chicago Boss, pmods being deprecated, Evan > leaving and all. But this little experiment made me realize that Chicago > Boss still fills a niche that others don't. Elixir/phoenix is a nice stack, > but I find Erlang much more elegant and succinct. > > So, is anybody else still using Chicago Boss? How can we make it relevant > again? > > BTW, thanks Dmitry for carrying the torch forward and, if there's anyone > still listening, let's make some noise! > > rlander > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChicagoBoss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/chicagoboss. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chicagoboss/57d213f4-5c83-405d-9e4e-5a437fbc885a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
