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gen_stage

Producer and consumer actors with back-pressure for Elixir

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elixir-lang/gen_stage

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Fix permanent event batching for infinite buffers

josevalim merged 1 months ago

Update Elixir/OTP versions in CI and require Elixir 1.16+

josevalim merged 2 months ago

Make the README the default hexdocs page

josevalim merged 8 months ago

update documentation

josevalim merged 8 months ago

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Version 1.3.2

Published Jul 2025 •

Elixir Version Requirement ~> 1.11

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Community

Article
Elixir Alchemy: Understanding GenStages

Back-pressure explained with a real example and producer/consumer code.

Article
Backpressure with GenStage

Intro to GenStage/Flow with diagrams and sample pipelines.

Article
Multiple Producers, One Consumer with GenStage

Coordinating many producers safely using demand and buffering.

Article
A few things about GenStage I wish I knew some time ago

A practical overview of Elixir’s GenStage with real-world tips on demand handling, event pushing, backpressure, dynamic consumers, and dispatcher choices.

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