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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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Make the README the default hexdocs page

josevalim merged 12 days ago

update documentation

josevalim merged 1 months ago

Do not duplicate demand in BroadcastDispatcher

josevalim merged 6 months ago

Fix FIFO ordering for queued sync_info messages

josevalim merged 6 months ago

Update CI

josevalim merged 7 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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