I too would love to hear a long-form answer to this. Erlang seems like a good fit for this problem, besides maybe packaging up the client in an easily usable fashion.
"this problem" is very broad and there are aspects of it that Erlang is indeed a very good fit for. There are aspects where it is less so.
I think this is a rather in-depth conversation where HN comments aren't the most productive mechanism. If either or both of you are interested in chatting more on this, my email is sean@wallaroolabs.com. Drop me an email and we can arrange a time to chat.
I think this is a rather in-depth conversation where HN comments aren't the most productive mechanism. If either or both of you are interested in chatting more on this, my email is sean@wallaroolabs.com. Drop me an email and we can arrange a time to chat.