---
title: "Naming your Daemons"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/naming-your-daemons-fsin6rv1b
source_url: https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/naming-your-daemons/
type: article
source: "Erlang Solutions"
published: 2024-05-02T13:46:22.626Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["elixir", "erlang"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Naming your Daemons

**[Erlang Solutions](https://daily.dev/sources/erlangsolutions)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to name processes in Elixir and Erlang to organize them, improve fault tolerance, and implement design patterns. Explore an alternative process registry using the `via` directive and the `gproc` and `Registry` libraries.

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Tags: [#elixir](https://daily.dev/tags/elixir), [#erlang](https://daily.dev/tags/erlang)

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