Erlang: Telnet Chat Server Part 1! Getting the basics out from scratch (cheating with ZX)

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Repo: https://gitlab.com/zxq9/trash_talk
ZX docs: https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp
Part 2: https://rumble.com/ve8ilt

Explanation of how to use ZX to create a simple telnet chat server (extremely easy) and then explanation of what exactly is going on inside, why applications are structured the way they are, and toward the end homes in on how the client socket handlers are receiving data from the system and how and where we would start introducing more interesting behaviors such as chat commands and chat channels.
Reference post for the "Service ⇒ Worker" pattern mentioned a few times in the video above:
https://zxq9.com/archives/1311

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