In today’s post, we’ll learn about Mnesia, see when you would use such a tool, and take a look at some of the pros and cons of using it. After covering the fundamentals of Mnesia, we’ll dive right into a sample application where we’ll build an Elixir application that uses Mnesia as its database. Let’s jump right in!

I’d like for you to think of your favorite app that you use almost every day. What do you use it for and why? Next, I’d like for you to think of the last time the app had a major design change that made you think, “What was the company thinking? Why would they change something that worked perfectly fine and make it so unusable? Did they not consult actual users before making this change?”

Goliath Technologies, a leader in end-user experience monitoring and troubleshooting software, announced today that it was selected by Empire Office to anticipate, monitor, and document Empire’s end-user experience across their Citrix environment.

Elasticsearch and MongoDb are the two most popular distributed datastores used to manage NoSQL data. Both of these technologies are highly scalable and have document-oriented design at the core. There are differences between the two technologies, however, and it’s important to understand these differences in order to choose the right one for your use case. This blog post will examine the differences between these two technologies in a number of critical areas.