Leave comments at: https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirconf-2023-isaac-yonemoto-state-a-necessary-evil/59687 https://2023.elixirconf.com/presenters#speaker-isaac-yonemoto-elixirconf-us-2023 I present (all?) 11 ways to store state in the BEAM VM. Each example is designed to either cultivate understanding or provoke thought and help programmers of all levels avoid potential foot guns because, as we all know, shared state in distributed and concurrent systems is dangerous!