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Get Elixir GenServer current state

Today I learned that we can use :sys.get_state/1 to get the current state of a GenServer.

Check this out:

iex(1)> pid = Process.whereis(MyApp.Repo)
iex(2)> :sys.get_state(pid)

{:state, {:local, MyApp.Repo}, :one_for_one,
 {[DBConnection.ConnectionPool],
  %{
    DBConnection.ConnectionPool => {:child, #PID<0.421.0>,
     DBConnection.ConnectionPool,
     {Ecto.Repo.Supervisor, :start_child,
      [
        {DBConnection.ConnectionPool, :start_link,
         [
           {Postgrex.Protocol,
            [
              types: Postgrex.DefaultTypes,
              repo: MyApp.Repo,
              telemetry_prefix: [:my_app, :repo],
              otp_app: :my_app,
              timeout: 15000,
              database: "my_app_dev",
              hostname: "localhost",
              port: 5432,
              show_sensitive_data_on_connection_error: true,
              pool_size: 10,
              pool: DBConnection.ConnectionPool
            ]}
         ]},
        MyApp.Repo,
        Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
        %{
          cache: #Reference<0.1645792067.2416050178.91334>,
          opts: [
            timeout: 15000,
            pool_size: 10,
            pool: DBConnection.ConnectionPool
          ],
          repo: MyApp.Repo,
          sql: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres.Connection,
          telemetry: {MyApp.Repo, :debug, [:my_app, :repo, :query]}
        }
      ]}, :permanent, false, 5000, :worker, [Ecto.Repo.Supervisor]}
  }}, :undefined, 0, 5, [], 0, :never, Ecto.Repo.Supervisor,
 {MyApp.Repo, MyApp.Repo, :my_app, Ecto.Adapters.Postgres, []}}
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