February 2026

Erlang: The Movie (1990)

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YouTube / Ericsson · 1990

  • Ericsson’s original promotional video for Erlang, demonstrating live telephony system upgrades without dropping calls
  • Shows hot code swapping in action — a running telecom switch is updated mid-call, seamlessly transferring to new modules
  • A time capsule of the problems that shaped BEAM’s design: five-nines uptime, concurrent call handling, and zero-downtime deployments