And Then There Were Nil by Parker Selbert, Shannon Selbert

And Then There Were Nil

Another late-night emergency call. Same client as last week. Processing ground to a halt, but why get us involved? We’ve gone through everything before…the logs, the metrics, the config, the dashboards…there is nothing. This can’t be an unbounded query or a caching blunder, it’s bigger than that. Solving this will require a holistic approach and deeper probing, but where do we turn when nodes are picked off one by one? Join, as every device buzzes us out of slumber, and the system crumbles around us. Help us crack our most insidious mystery to date. The Oban detectives are going back to work. But first, coffee.

Parker Selbert

Parker Selbert is a developer with a passion for building things both virtual and physical. Inspired by his wife's entrepreneurial spirit, he co-founded the consultancy Soren with her in 2008. Since 2020 he has developed and supported Oban and Oban Pro, a job orchestration framework for Elixir...and now Python.

Shannon Selbert

Shannon Selbert is an aspiring polyglot, programmer, product manager, and contract law enthusiast (really!). After a stint doing technical training for the government, her entrepreneurial spirit led her to co-found Soren in 2008. She consulted for over a decade and transitioned to the development of Oban, and Oban Pro for the Elixir (and Python) ecosystems.