Open Riak how we gained from leaning on the BEAM -Martin Sumner | Code BEAM America 2025

CodeSync · July 22, 2025, 1:00pm

This talk was recorded at Code BEAM America in March 2025. If you’re curious about our upcoming event, check https://codebebeameurope.com
The first release of Riak KV under the newly formed OpenRiak community is an important milestone for the project. The aim of the talk is to show some of the non-functional characteristics of the Riak solution, to explain why it remains a potentially interesting technology.

We will also look under-the-hood at the improvements being made in Riak; and demonstrated the advantages that have gained by embracing BEAM technology further. Examining how improvements have been drawn from migrating NIFs to Erlang, making better use of OTP improvements, embracing the Erlang efficiency guide, as well as use of tools such as eprof and eqwaliser and the community support of the Erlef.

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