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Elixir OutlawsEpisode 133: Smart RentSean and Amos visit with Eric Oestrich from Smart Rent.
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2023-09-1445 minElixir OutlawsEpisode 124: "A friend of the show is finally on the show"The Elixir Outlaws now have a Patreon. If you’re enjoying the show then please consider throwing a few bucks our way to help us pay for the costs for the show.Special Guest: Eric Oestrich.Support Elixir Outlaws
2022-12-2221 min
Elixir WizardsTodd Resudek on the Impact of ElixirWelcome to the Season 7 finale! Today, we are joined by Todd Resudek, Staff Engineer at Jackpocket, to reflect on the past season and speak about the impact of Elixir, as well as a variety of other topics almost entirely unrelated to programming! Todd is a reformed graphic designer that got his start in web development 15 years ago. He has made a career in front-end development, PHP, Rails, and Elixir. He is also a member of the Hex core team and, in his spare time, he tinkers with hardware projects. In today’s episode of Elixir Wizards, you’ll learn more...
2022-02-0356 min
Elixir WizardsThe Impact of Elixir LaunchisodeAs we kick off our new, seventh season of the Elixir Wizards podcast, we wanted to introduce our theme of the impact of Elixir by having a simple chat between our panel and foregoing our usual guest format. As fans of podcasts ourselves, we always like to get to know some of the personalities behind the voices, so we decided to take this opportunity to do just that, with Alex, Sundi, and Eric! So to hear a little about what to expect in the coming weeks of the show, what the teams have been up to recently, both professionally...
2021-11-0458 min
Elixir OutlawsEpisode 94: Crossover Math-isodeThis week, the Elixir Wizards take over the show. Justus does his best Chris Keathley impression and desperately wants to talk about Elixir. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the group continues to shuck and or jive. The topic eventually winds its way to LiveBook and Nx, or "Neex" if your Amos. Justus makes the bold claim that Data Scientists are just smarter than the rest of us, a notion that is quickly put down by everyone else. As the show closes, some future developments are teased and Chris claims that contexts "aren't a thing".
A transcript is available for...
2021-05-061h 08
Elixir WizardsLaunchisode and Outlaws Takeover with Chris Keathley, Amos King, and Anna NeyzbergWelcome back to Elixir Wizards, season five, episode one! The theme for this season is ‘Adopting Elixir’, and for today’s show the team at Elixir Outlaws play host! Chris Keathley, Amos King, and Anna Neyzberg give the Elixir Wizards a chance to talk about what they love about Elixir, how they learned it, and some of their experiences using it at SmartLogic!
We kick off the conversation with some memories of college and the different degrees everybody did, how these experiences fit into programming and the different paths that Justus, Eric, and Sundi took into the world...
2020-12-0356 min
Elixir WizardsAnna Sherman on Change, Failure, and living in Gig CityEven with the most programming experience in the world, coding still involves a lot of trial and error. People getting started in the industry should not become bogged down by failure. Because in the end, it’s a feature and not a bug. That’s one of Zillion developer Anna Sherman’s key messages this episode. We open our discussion with Anna by talking about living in Chattanooga, AKA, Gig City. She talks about why the tech scene there is exploding before diving into her journey into programming. Having created her own personal coding boot camp, she opens up about...
2020-10-0835 min
Elixir WizardsDevon Estes on how Architecture Is a Myth and One-file DesignThere is no difference between architecture and design. It's all engineering and creating a distinction between the two is a way for someone to get paid more and have a different title. That hot take comes from Devon Estes, today’s guest, who provides a novel way of seeing design and architecture. We open the episode by diving straight into the topic of design, with Devon exploring how good design might be less important than developing the right toolset. We then talk about how language servers can help you effortlessly define functions, meaning that in some cases, it doesn’t ma...
2020-10-0148 min
Elixir WizardsLizzie Paquette on Compiling, Microliths, and MacrosImagine being hired into a rocketship startup using Elixir as its primary language. And all this, straight out of college. Today, we speak with systems software engineer, Lizzie Paquette who works at Brex, the aforementioned rocketship. We start our conversation by talking about how Lizzie got into coding relatively late in her life, partly due to an ill-fated run-in with Java. She shares details about her role at Brex and how the company has evolved. With a love of compilers, Lizzie dives into what beginners can do to get into compiling before chatting about her top underrated Elixir resources...
2020-09-2448 min
Elixir WizardsEric Steen on Neuroevolution in AIBuilding a sophisticated AI that can evolve to fit our vast and diverse needs is a Herculean challenge. Today we speak with senior engineer Eric Steen about Automata, his experimental Elixir project that uses neuroevolution and cutting edge theory to create a multi-agent behavior tree — or really good AI in the common tongue. But before we tap into that rich topic, we talk with Eric about tech burnout, his background, and why Elixir is an excellent language for writing modern software. He then unpacks AI concepts like the need to develop backpropagation in your system, and the value of “neur...
2020-09-1749 min
Elixir WizardsMiki Rezentes on how it's APIs All the Way DownAccording to an ancient myth, the world rests on the back of a turtle. And what does that turtle stand on? Another turtle. It turns out that it’s turtles all the way down. Miki Rezentes, today’s guest, believes that all software rests on the back of APIs. Similar to the myth, it’s APIs all the way down. We open our conversation by discussing how homeschooling her children did more to prepare Miki for a software career than anything else she’s encountered. Miki shares highlights from her talk, ‘APIs All the Way Down’. This set up this episode...
2020-09-0142 min
Elixir WizardsElixirConf 2020 PreviewWith ElixirConf 2020 just around the corner, today’s episode is a sneak peek where we talk with six of this year’s speakers. Each speaker gives listeners an elevator pitch of their talk while throwing in extra details about who their talk is aimed at, what they learned through the process, and which talks they’re excited about attending.
Our first guest is Quinn Wilton, a developer at Tinfoil Security, whose talk is titled ‘Type-Safe LiveView with Gleam’. Quinn explains how she’s created a symbiosis between Elixir and Gleam that helps her create more consistent code while offset...
2020-08-271h 17
Elixir WizardsMark Windholtz on Domain-Driven Design (DDD)Domain-driven design and extreme programming can help bridge the gap between development and business, and today we invite Mark Windholtz from Agile DNA to talk about how! Mark starts out by telling us about his early work in extreme programming before agile was a term and how he switched from Rails to Elixir after realizing its power for implementing domain-driven design. We take a deep dive with him into what these concepts mean, hearing him weigh in on how DDD can help architecture accommodate both development and business oriented complexities. For Mark, development and business teams must get a...
2020-08-2058 min
Elixir WizardsElixir Wizards Dojo: Nerves Part 2 with Connor Rigby and Todd ResudekWelcome to the second part of our special Elixir Wizards Dojo. A mashup made in partnership with ElixirConf Japan. In today’s episode, we talk to Nerves core team members Todd Resudek and Connor Rigby about all things Nerves. But first, Todd leads us into a delightful digression about his enjoyment of heavy metal music. From metal back to Nerves, Todd chats about how he uses Nerves to monitor his internet connection and to automatically restart his router when certain conditions are met. After talking about using Flutter and Dart to build GUIs, we ask Todd to share another of...
2020-08-1342 min
Elixir WizardsElixir Wizards Dojo: Nerves Part 1 with Frank Hunleth and Justin SchneckWelcome to the first part of our extra special Elixir Wizards Dojo. A mashup made in partnership with ElixirConf Japan, in today’s episode, we pose questions asked by the Japanese Nerves community to Nerves core team members, Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck. After introducing our guests, we talk about which companies make use of Nerve and explore its use cases by looking at FarmBot, an open source robotic farming tool. Justin and Frank take turns explaining the differences between soft and hard real-time — a springboard to show how Nerve excels within its ‘middle-ground of complexity’, production-orientated niche. From Hallowee...
2020-08-1154 min
Elixir WizardsGreg Mefford on Nerves, Poncho vs Umbrella Apps, and Pre-Code PlanningIn today’s episode, we chat about system architecture, Ruby, Elixir, and everything in between with Greg Mefford, the senior back-end engineer for the Bleacher Report. We open the conversation by asking Greg about his start in coding, leading to a story about how Greg was that bored kid pressuring a math teacher to teach him QBasic. He shares how he fell in love with Ruby before discovering Elixir and Nerves. Having faced some challenges when learning Nerves, Greg talks about how he began documenting his pain points and writing documents to help onboard newcomers. We discuss Greg’s work...
2020-08-0641 min
Elixir MixEMx 100: Celebrating a MilestoneThe Elixir Mix podcast celebrates its 100th episode, with the introduction of new panelists and the recognition of the indelible contribution made by Mark Eirkson, who recently said goodbye to us. We dive into what brought each panelist to the Elixir community and what continues to excite them about the Elixir ecosystem. Panelists Sophie DeBenedetto Josh Adams Bruce Tate Lars Wikman Steven Nunez Alex Koutmos Mika Kalathil Charles Max Wood Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy ScoutCacheFly Links EMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James GrayEMx 019...
2020-07-2802 min
Elixir WizardsJohanna Larsson on Hex Diff, Domain Driven Design, Umbrella apps, and moreJohanna Larsson is a community-minded software engineer whose project, Hex Diff, generates highlighted git diffs, right in your browser. In this episode, we talk to Johanna about how Hex Diff can benefit Elixir users, the differences between code architecture and code design, and the debatably under-appreciated role of Elixir umbrella apps. We start the conversation by chatting with Johanna about her recent move to London and her work for Duffel; a startup helping travel agencies book trips. After talking about how she got into software development, we dive into Hex Diff versus GitHub, with Joanna detailing how Hex Diff...
2020-07-2749 min
Elixir WizardsLau Taarnskov on the Trouble with Time ZonesHandling date and time is a challenge in any language, but Lau Taarnskov is determined to solve that problem in Elixir. Lau is today’s guest on Elixir Wizards, and this episode is all about his contributions to Elixir. Lau has been involved with web development and e-commerce for decades. He started contributing to Elixir open source in 2014 and created the Calendar and tzdata libraries. Calendar is a datetime library for Elixir, that provides explicit types for datetimes, dates, and times, and full time zone support is provided via its sister package, tzdata. When it comes to the subject of...
2020-07-2337 min
Elixir WizardsCouncil of Wizards Part 2 with Chris Bell, Desmond Bowe, Emily Maxie, Dan Lindeman, and Alan VossFor part 2 of our Council of Wizards panel discussion, we are joined by Chris Bell, Desmond Bowe, Emily Maxie, Dan Lindeman, and Alan Voss! Chris and Desmond run the ElixirTalk Podcast and we get in-depth on the intersection of the language and talking about it. They share the lessons they have learned in the podcasting space, making some pit stops to chat about aliens, Elixir beef, and marble flooring! We discuss the community during the pandemic and what the Elixir world might look like for the next year or two. Emily and Dan then step in to give us...
2020-07-1655 min
Elixir WizardsCouncil of Wizards Part 1 with Andrea Leopardi and René FöhringThe Elixir community continues to flourish and evolve in these uncertain times and in honor of this we have put together a live show with a number of special guests! In part one today, we are joined by Andrea Leopardi and René Föhring, who we are so happy to welcome back. We get the lowdown from each of them in turn, discussing personal preferences, tips and tricks, and recommendations for Elixir and beyond. Andrea gets into some of his pet peeves and comments on the trend of slow interfaces. We then look at future possibilities for Elixir including th...
2020-07-1439 min
Elixir WizardsChris McCord with a Deep Dive on PhoenixAlthough it’s taken him four seasons to make an appearance, we are so glad to finally welcome Chris McCord, creator of the Phoenix framework, onto the show. While this season’s focus is on system and application architecture, today’s discussion deviates to focus on Phoenix. We get started by hearing more about Chris’s programming journey, all the way from TI-Basic to where he is now. After this, we dive into LiveView, the project Chris is currently focusing most of his energy on. We get into some of the incredible changes that have been made including live navigati...
2020-07-0943 min
Elixir WizardsAmos King on MUDs, Architecture, Domain-driven design, and Military BasesToday’s guest is Amos King, Principal CEO at Binary Noggin, and host on the Elixir Outlaws and This Agile Life podcasts. This episode is centered around a casual conversation about everything from programming, the military, sarcasm, and puns to systems and application architecture, domain-driven design, and bitmasks. Amos shares with us how he got into programming, after wanting to be a doctor or an engineer first, and tells us how he met Famous Amos. We talk about spectrum analyzers, Elixir resources, and MUDs, as well as type-first design and Haskell. Amos gives us his takes on domain-driven design, AP...
2020-07-0255 min
Elixir WizardsSundi Myint on The Visual Side of Elixir, the History of Emojis, and Test- and Domain-Driven ArchitectureWelcome to another episode of Elixir Wizards as we continue our journey into system and application architecture! Our featured guest today is Sundi Myint and she is here to share her journey with Elixir and her non-traditional path to programming. We hear about Sundi's interest in gaming, her role at Cava and a bit of the inspiration behind her amazing Instagram account! We discuss her first internship and how she found herself in the role quite suddenly before diving into the motivation behind her blog post on the history of emojis. Sundi did some serious research into this interesting...
2020-06-2545 min
Elixir WizardsDave Thomas on Learning How Things WorkDave Thomas is recognized internationally as an expert who develops high-quality software–accurate and highly flexible systems. He helped write the now-famous Agile Manifesto, and regularly gives inspiring and controversial speeches on new ways of producing software. He is the author of six books, including the best selling The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master and Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmer's Guide. In this episode, we discuss everything from learning computer science in an academic setting, test-driven development, and state to architecture, libraries, and what Dave loves about what he does. Dave talks about his students, both those who ar...
2020-06-181h 09
Elixir WizardsBen Marx on the Launch and Architecture of SubSpaceJoining us on the show for this episode is Ben Marx, author of Adopting Elixir and Principal Control Plane Engineer at the recently launched SubSpace! We continue our Season 4 journey into system and application architecture with Ben and he unpacks what he can about the somewhat still under wraps work at the new company. Ben is all about plain-spoken and easy to understand conversations on these topics, preferring to avoid highfalutin and confusing terms with multiple interpretations. He really drills down on his understanding of the fundamentals of his work and we also get to hear about his previous...
2020-06-1138 min
Elixir WizardsSteve Bussey on Real-Time ApplicationsReal-time applications come with real challenges—persistent connections, multi-server deployment, and strict performance requirements are just a few. Our guest today is Steve Bussey, a software architect at SalesLoft and author of the new book, Real-Time Phoenix: Build Highly Scalable Systems with Channels. In this episode, Steve shares with us what he has written on real-time Elixir applications and how he has led development in the field. We discuss how Steve found Elixir, what system and application architecture means to him, and what he considers the differences between architecting and designing a system. Steve gives us his opinions on do...
2020-05-2849 min
Elixir WizardsMohd Maqbool Alam on System and Application ArchitectureToday’s guest is Mohd Maqbool Alam, a software developer and Elixir fan from Delhi. He enjoys learning about programming language theory, distributed systems, Cloud Native technologies, and open source. As he is working towards building an Elixir community in Delhi, we caught up with him to find out how he came to be part of the Elixir world, and what drew him to programming in the first place. We also discuss Maqbool’s favorite Elixir resources and how Elixir has changed the way he thinks about architecture applications, as well as his opinions on microservices, APIs, and static typi...
2020-05-2143 min
Elixir WizardsSeason Four LaunchisodeAs our first trilogy comes to a close, and we embark on the next one, we’re doing what all great trilogies do: Upending everything that made the initial one great and starting afresh. We have taken on board some excellent listener feedback to keep this the highest quality Elixir related podcast. So, for this launchisode, rather than doing a trailer, we are diving in headfirst with a full episode on system and application architecture, this season’s theme, with Justus Eapen, Dan Ivovich, and Eric Oestrich.
We kick off the show by getting to know Dan and...
2020-05-141h 09
Elixir WizardsBetweenisode Part 2! Featuring Amos King, Chris Keathley, Anna Neyzberg, Paul Schoenfelder, Sophie DeBenedetto, Meryl Dakin, and Dave ThomasWelcome back to part two of our betweenisode! Everybody is working remotely now including ourselves, so today we continue the catch ups we were having with a number of longstanding buddies and chat about life after social distancing! The show is a back-to-back of four different conversations, the first being with Amos King, Chris Keathley, and Anna Neyzberg from Elixir Outlaws. After that we talk to Paul Schoenfelder, before getting on the line with Sophie DeBenedetto and Meryl Dakin. Last but not least we catch up with Dave Thomas. Our four conversations cover the same broad themes, and we...
2020-04-2353 min
Elixir WizardsBetweenisode Part 1: Saša Jurić, Bruce and Maggie Tate, James Edward Gray II, Jim and Chris Freeze, and Frank HunlethThe world has changed so much since the end of season 3, that we thought we’d put together a special Betweenisode to tide you over until Season 4 launches. In this episode, we talk to several friends and respected members of the Elixir community, about how they’re coping and tips they have for retaining some normalcy in your life if you’re suddenly having to work from home. Our first guest, Saša Jurić, of Very Big Things, and author of the unrivaled Elixir in Action, has had the privilege of working from home for several years. He shares the impo...
2020-04-2153 min
Elixir WizardsSeason Three Wrap and Remote Work TipsIn this episode, we take a look into the current contexts and home lives many of us find ourselves in today, offering top tips for working remotely from home during these challenging times. The lockdowns have caused many of us to reflect. To reflect on our lives, our work, what we’re grateful for, and in this case, our epic last season of Elixir Wizards! Here, we take you through the highlights, the lowlights, our biggest lessons, our juiciest debates, and what you can expect for Season 4 – in sickness and in health. Stay safe, listen, and enjoy!
Key...
2020-04-0250 min
Elixir WizardsSaša Jurić on TrainingSaša Jurić is a household name in the Elixir and Erlang space and we are so glad to finally welcome him on to the show today! Author of Elixir in Action, Saša is here to discuss training and his thoughts on getting a team up to speed with regards to testing and beyond. We hear from our guest about his discovery of Elixir, his uncharacteristic early adoption of the language, and why he chose it. From there, Saša talks a bit about his book, the opportunity that arose for him to write it after Manning approached him...
2020-03-1951 minElixir MixEMx 090: Data pipelines through Broadway with Alex KoutmosIn this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Alex Koutmos about data processing pipelines in Elixir using Broadway. His multi-part blog posts go beyond “making it work” to monitoring and visualizing the flow. We discuss using RabbitMQ to process, Grafana to visualize, and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Sophie DeBenedetto Mark Ericksen Guest Alex koutmos Sponsors CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Bridge ConnectorRabbitMQGitHub dashbitco/broadwayGitHub elixir-lang/gen_stageBroadway, RabbitMQ, and the Rise of Elixir Part 1Broadway, RabbitMQ, and the Rise...
2020-03-1736 min
Elixir WizardsBonus Episode: Outlaws and WizardsElixir Outlaws invited us to join them for a special crossover episode, recorded live at Lonestar Elixir 2020. Join us for a conversation around fun and learning in development, highlights from day one of the conference, remembering Joe Armstrong, and more.
Guests / Hosts
Justus Eapen @justuseapen
Anna Neyzberg @ANeyzb
Amos King @adkron
Bruce Tate @redrapids
Susumu Yamazaki @zacky1972
Melvin Cedeno @TheCraftedGem
Tim Mecklem @tim_mecklem
Elixir Outlaws https://elixiroutlaws.com/
Lonestar Elixir https://lonestarelixir.com/Special Guests: Amos King, Anna Neyzberg, Bruce Tate, Chris Keathley, Melvin...
2020-03-1346 min
Elixir WizardsDevon Estes from Sketch on Benchee, Performance and TrainingOur guest today, Devon Estes, approached us about the possible opportunity for Elixir to optimize and build out the pandas data analysis and manipulation tool, sharing why he thinks it would be a valuable addition to the Elixir open source ecosystem. But Devon joins us to contribute to our ongoing discussion about performance and training in the Elixir world, sharing about his current work on the beta for Sketch Cloud, his previous Erlang consultancy role at one of the largest banks in Europe, and the massive responsibility he carried while working on the bottom line application. He continues to...
2020-03-1248 min
Elixir WizardsSecond Annual Lonestar LunchisodeWelcome back to the show for this special edition Lunchisode, coming to you live from the Lonestar Elixir 2020 Conference! We have a revolving door of speakers at this informal roundtable and a few friends and associates stop by to introduce themselves, share their thoughts on the conference so far and subjects that they care about. We follow up on some of the ideas raised in the Lonestar preview episode as well as hear about new and interesting ways that Elixir is being used at a variety of companies, including SalesLoft, ActiveProspect, SmartRent and more! We also consider the place...
2020-03-0553 minElixir MixEMx 089: Elixir Talks to Kubernetes with Bonny from Cory O’DanielIn this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Cory O’Daniel about Kubernetes Operators, what they can do, his library Bonny and how our Elixir applications can talk to Kubernetes too! Cory also shares some great tips for running Elixir in Kubernetes, his CodeBeam presentation, CoreOS, and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Mark Ericksen Guest Cory O'Daniel Sponsors CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links GitHub coryodaniel/bonnyGitHub coryodaniel/k8sThe Big Elixir 2019 - Commandeering Kubernetes With Elixir - Cory O'DanielKubernetes Co...
2020-03-0339 min
Elixir WizardsBonus Toddcast & Lonestar PreviewThis week we're delighted to share a special format bonus episode!
We are joined by guest co-host Todd Resudek as well as a number of guests who each share a little bit about what they're working on and in many cases their upcoming presentations at Lonestar Elixir.
Special episode guests:
Angel Jose, Senior Platform Engineer at Cars.com
Dave Lucia, VP of Engineering at SimpleBet
Greg Mefford, Senior Back-End Engineer at Bleacher Report
Melvin Cedeno, Elixir Developer at SplitGyms
Zach Thomas, API Developer at Blinker
Most of our guests weigh in about their...
2020-02-271h 10
Elixir WizardsAlex Garibay and Mike Binns from DockYard on Hiring and TrainingToday on the show, we’re joined by Mike Binns and Alex Garibay of DockYard. In this episode, Mike and Alex share their journeys of how they came to work at DockYard and give us a view into DockYard’s hiring and training processes, systems, and philosophies. Here they share what they enjoy most about working at DockYard and their emphasis on being supported in your continual growth as an employee and human being.
Key Points from This Episode:
Find out how Mike and Alex both got their jobs at DockYard in 2016.
Working for a fully remo...
2020-02-2026 minElixir MixEMx 088: Adopting Elixir and RabbitMQ with Steven NunezIn this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Steven Nunez about how Flatiron School adopted Elixir and is using RabbitMQ. He shares how he decides to “rails new” or “mix phx.new” for a project. How adopting Elixir in a team goes better when the team “falls in love” with what it gives them. Steven shares how their RabbitMQ queues are setup, how the messages are designed, how to spread the patterns throughout the teams and projects, and much more! Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Sophie DeBenedetto Eric Oestrich Guest Steven Nunez Sponsors CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Develo...
2020-02-1845 min
Elixir WizardsSean Lewis from Divvy on Performance, Hiring and TrainingToday on Elixir Wizards we are delighted to be joined by Sean Lewis, a senior backend architect at Divvy. One of the many impressive facts about Sean is that he is entirely self-taught, from dabbling in Python and coding to eventually writing a bunch of Ruby tests and working his way up in the product development sphere. In his free time, he likes to play around with electronics and work on other tech-related projects such as developing custom smart home devices. In this episode, Sean discusses his recent Meetup talk on the implementation of Broadway and explains Divvy’s te...
2020-02-1334 min
Elixir WizardsPaul Schoenfelder and Hans Elias Josephsen on Lumen and PerformanceIn line with our current working-with-Elixir theme, today we’re talking about performance with Paul Schoenfelder and Hans Elias Josephsen from DockYard. The two have been working on Lumen, and in this episode, they discuss how this project is incorporated with WebAssembly, a binary instruction format that ultimately allows Elixir to be run in the browser and preserve the semantics of the language. Paul and Hans talk about the specific aspects of Lumen they are working on; the data flow and process of writing Elixir; and the compiler, interpreter and run-time functions involved. Joining in this conversation, you will al...
2020-02-0651 minElixir MixEMx 087: Zip Generation with Packmatic with Evadne WuIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Evadne Wu about the Packmatic Library. The show begins with recent announcements specifically the acquisition of Plataformatec. Evadne works at Faria Education Group as Head of Exam Sytems developing apps using Elixir. Evadne works with a small team and he talks about the pros and cons of working in a small team. Evadne then talks about what the Packmatic Library is, why it was created, and how it works. Finally, Evadne talks about writing, promoting and maintaining an open source library. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Evadne Wu...
2020-02-0446 min
Elixir WizardsSophie DeBenedetto and Meryl Dakin on Training and Building Elixir Projects Under ConstraintsToday on the show we are joined by Sophie DeBenedetto from GitHub and Meryl Dakin from Frame.io to talk about the processes involved in training others and building Elixir projects. They share about studying and working together at the Flatiron School and what they do now in their respective new roles at Github and Frame.io. During their time at Flatiron, they worked on various projects, often collaborating with engineering teams from other companies and having to train these team members in Elixir. They talk about how they managed to develop new features while simultaneously onboarding new people...
2020-01-3045 min
Podcast proConf#46 The Big Elixir 2019 - Что это такое и с чем его готовят?Таймкода:
02:48 - Леша пытается рассказать что такое Elixir
12:52 - Keynote: Adoption - Brian Cardarella (https://youtu.be/ghpIiQKRfQ4)
24:30 - Beyond Liveview: Real Time Features With Liveview - Sophie DeBenedetto (https://youtu.be/yo8Y1SUGW1w)
39:20 - Mix And Hex The Power Couple Of The Elixir Community - Todd Resudek (https://youtu.be/Fh0w2yL7vhU)
43:20 - Rebuilding Espec: Foundations In Metaprogramming, - Bruce Park (https://youtu.be/sQ8S4xnwCCQ)
46:20 - Medical Messaging: An Elixir For Healthcare - Scott Southworth (https://youtu.be/JGF4LzM6ytE)
57:16 - Keynote: All Aboard The Stateful Train - Eric Oestrich (https://youtu.be/YbTzKiZIrv4)
01:00:30 - Building A Smarter Sprinkler With Scenic And Nerves- Powe...
2020-01-271h 25
Elixir WizardsBrooklyn Zelenka on Functional ProgrammingIn today’s episode we have one of our favorite recurring guests, Brooklyn Zelenka, joining us once again! Brooklyn has been on the show in both the first and second seasons to speak about Elixir and functional programming. In those conversations, it came up that this topic is far from exhausted, and since Season 3's theme is working with Elixir, we thought it would be great to have Brooklyn on for a third time. Today, Brooklyn does not speak to Elixir specifically though, but on functional programming more broadly. Fission, her company which is working on developing next-generation hostless ap...
2020-01-2339 min
Elixir WizardsBruce and Maggie Tate from Groxio on TrainingGroxio is a great platform that allows programmers to learn new languages easily and broaden their horizons. Our guests today are the team behind Groxio, Bruce and Maggie Tate! In our discussion, we cover the basics and the not so basics of what they do, from how they got into the Elixir world and founded Groxio to the conferences they run and the books they have published. We also talk about the benefits of learning multiple languages and Bruce makes a strong argument for the influence that smaller coding languages have had on his Elixir skills. Maggie and Bruce...
2020-01-1638 min
Elixir WizardsDan Ivovich from SmartLogic on Hiring and TrainingOn today's show, we are joined by Dan Ivovich from our team here at SmartLogic! Dan is the Director of Development Operations and has already been a guest and cohost a few times on the show. Today we are talking about hiring and training and his experience with these tasks at the company and especially concerning Elixir. We discuss the challenges Dan has faced in recruiting and the ways in which SmartLogic has lined up resumes and possible candidates through events and meetups. Dan explains some of the difficulties that are common for programmers transitioning into Elixir and how...
2020-01-0922 min
Elixir WizardsEric Meadows Jönsson on Hex and Working with ElixirWe are happy to be joined in this episode by Eric Meadows Jönsson, creator of the hexpm package manager, and an amazing resource who works tirelessly to build the Elixir community. Eric presently works at Brex and was part of the core team at Forza previously. In keeping with our current topic of all things working with Elixir, Eric takes a deep dive into the work he is doing to optimize various interfaces at Brex. He gives us the rundown on the static compile-time checking project he is working on, talking about his aims to build in different w...
2020-01-0237 minElixir MixEMx 083: Are Monorepos Worth It?In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel discusses monorepos. They start by defining monorepos and sharing examples of what this looks like. The panelists share the pros and cons of working in a monorepo. They discuss the different projects they worked on using a monorepo and what their experience was like. Monorepos allow for rapid development. Any developer can pull it down and work on it. They work better for teams who are new with a new project and they are still trying to figure out where everything goes. In situations like these, quality is not a large concern but...
2019-12-2432 min
Elixir WizardsChris Keathley on Performance and Functional ProgrammingOur guest on the show today is blogger, software cowboy, and podcast host Chris Keathley. Chris is a senior engineer at Bleacher Report, co-host of Elixir Outlaws, and writer of an assemblage of open-source software. He joins us today to speak about his new projects, his journey with functional programming, and what it is like to run Bleacher Report’s infrastructure on Elixir. Chris gives us the lowdown on Norm, a data validating interface he recently completed, weighing in on how it is different from Dialyzer and what it can offer as far as scalability. We hear more about ho...
2019-12-1935 minElixir MixEMx 082: Beam Extreme! with Miriam PenaIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Miriam Pena, founder of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. Miriam shares a little about her background and how she got into Erlang and Elixir. Miriam gave a talk at Elixir Conf about the OTP 22 release and she shares some of the exciting new features in this release. Persistent terms are the first feature Miriam shares with the panel. After explaining what it is Miriam shares examples of the best use cases for this tool. The panel discusses the benefits of this module and how it is faster than ets tables. Next, the d...
2019-12-1736 min
Elixir WizardsJustin Schneck & Frank Hunleth on Nerves and Performance – Working with ElixirOn today’s show, we welcome Justin Schneck and Frank Hunleth, luminaries from the Nerves team! We take a dive into the world of Nerves with them, covering themes of performance, problem-solving, transitioning to hardware, and breakthroughs in the field. We begin with a conversation on how Elixir handles performance issues on the range of devices they support and Frank gets into how the team solved an early boot time discrepancy between a PC and a Raspberry Pi board. Other big themes for today are ironing out the kinks in the system registry model and merging Erlang and into ha...
2019-12-1238 minElixir MixEMx 081: Discussing DeploymentIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel has a conversation about a few things they have been thinking about. First, they shout out to anyone who would love to chat about config change callbacks. Then they dive into deployment discussing the updates that have happened this year. They share their experiences with the changes and compare the Elixir release to Distillery. There are many options for deployment and they discuss some of the ones they have used. They consider services and do it yourself options. The panel shares lessons learned through their deployment experiences and give pro-tips for beginners a...
2019-12-1051 min
Elixir WizardsBrad Traylor of Podium on Training & Hiring – Working with ElixirOur theme this season is working with Elixir, and joining in the conversation today is Brad Traylor from Podium. Brad shares his expertise in hiring and training for Podium, a position he is passionate about since it gives him the opportunity to work on the people and tech side of things. We begin by hearing a bit of Brad’s background, when and how he was first introduced to Elixir and the standout qualities that attracted him to Podium. He discusses the hiring process, including what he looks for in an engineer, why they don’t recruit much but rath...
2019-12-0527 minElixir MixEMx 080: The Big Elixir FavoritesIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel syncs up by discussing The Big Elixir Conference, their favorite talks and what they are working on. The first talk they discuss is Scott Southworth’s talk about medical messaging and the impressive work he does with the HL7 parser. Next, they discuss Ben Church’s talk about business logic where he talks about leex and yecc. The panel discusses leex, yeccs and their own work with parsers. Cory O’Daniel’s talk on Kubereneters the panel found particularly funny and interesting. Elixir Mix’s very own Eric Oestrich was the keynote speaker at...
2019-12-0331 minElixir MixEMx 079: Oban with Parker SelbertIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Parker Selbert. Parker lives in Chicago and runs a consultancy with his wife. He joins the panel to discuss a library that he wrote, Oban. Parker starts by explaining what Oban is and why he wrote it. Oban is a way to run reliable background jobs by persisting them in the database. Oban is akin to Sidekick, Parker explains, he wanted something similar to Sidekick for Elixir. He made a few improvements including moving it to Postgres from Redis. He shares the common problems found using Redis and how easy Postgres...
2019-11-2642 min
Elixir WizardsJosé Valim, Creator of ElixirToday on Elixir Wizards we are joined by none other than José Valim, the inventor of Elixir! Coming from the Ruby on Rails world, José found his way to functional programming and we hear all about the evolution of his philosophy and thought process around the time of the creation of the language. He gives us some great insight into why functional programming is so appealing to him and the problems he wanted to solve by creating Elixir. We chat about other languages and his use of Erlang, Elixir's three biggest influences and some important characters in the story. Jo...
2019-11-2643 min
Elixir WizardsDr Jim Freeze on Hiring, Training, and Functional Programming – Working with ElixirWelcome to Elixir Wizards, today we are joined by Dr. Jim Freeze to talk about his passion for and history in Elixir and functional programming. Dr. Freeze is one of the organizers of one of our favorite things in the world, Elixir Conf! He shares his story of coming to functional programming and his early days with Elixir, what he sees as the most important aspects of the conference before diving into what is on offer for those that attend. We talk about how employers can get Elixir newcomers up to speed on the language and the most effective...
2019-11-2125 minElixir WizardsSeason 3 TrailerWelcome back to Season 3! Our theme this time around is Working with Elixir. Listen for more on our theme, upcoming guests, and our new name.
2019-11-1901 minElixir MixEMx 076: MUD Development and GrapevineOn this episode of Elixir Mix the panelists interview Eric Oestrich, one of the regular panelists for the show. Eric is a developer at SmartLogic where he works with Elixir and recently has been working with deployments. He has a project called Grapevine which is similar to steam but for text games. Mark opens up the discussion by asking Eric to talk about his game ExVenture which is a MUD game. MUD stands for multi user dungeon and ExVenture is a multi user version of a text adventure game from 1978 called Dungeon. He shares more details of the game and...
2019-11-0536 minElixir MixEMx 075: Live View Implementation With Jeff KreeftmeijerJeff Kreeftmeijer works at Appsignal where they create a tool for application monitoring that works in Ruby and Elixir. He works specifically with integrations focusing in Elixir and also writes articles for their Elixir and Ruby newsletters. Jeff started as a Ruby programmer but had an interest in functional programming which lead him to gain an interest in Elixir. When he started at Appsignal they were already considering an Elixir integration and that made it a perfect fit. Jeff then shares more details about his involvement in Appsignal’s two newsletters called Ruby magic and Elixir alchemy, both of which are...
2019-10-2934 minElixir MixEMx 073: Application Monitoring Using Telemetry With Arkadiusz GilThis episode of Elixir Mix features Arkadiusz Gil. Arkadiusz is a software engineer at Erlang Solutions. He is also a member of the observability working group of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. The purpose of this working group is to nurture different areas of the community to maintain libraries, improve tooling, and create documentation. He became a member of this group because of his work on Telemetry. The panelists discuss the background of Telemetry and Arkadiusz explains how it was originally written in Elixir and why they decided to switch over to Erlang. Arkadiusz explains how he became involved in Elixir...
2019-10-1540 minElixir MixEMx 072: People-Centered Solutions with Travis ElnickyIn this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Travis Elnicky, software architect at Podium. Podium is Utah based company that has been using Elixir for three years. Travis explains Podium’s history and its experience adopting Elixir. When Travis started at Podium they were a small startup with, he was their 16th employee. They were using Ruby on Rails and focusing on collecting reviews for local businesses. When they saw a need for a messenger application, they tried a few solutions choosing Elixir because of the familiarity they felt coming from a Rails background. After switching to Elixi...
2019-10-0848 minElixir WizardsSeason Two WrapWelcome to the last episode of Season 2 of the podcast! We are taking this opportunity to recap what we covered in the season and talk about what we liked and what we didn't like so much. We do not have a guest for today's show so it is just Eric and Justus doing some reflection. We do want to take this opportunity to thank all of our guests that have appeared on this season and shared their expertise with us, we definitely feel we learned a lot during this time! In Season 3 we will be focussing on functional programming...
2019-10-0311 minElixir MixEMx 071: The Problem with Dialyzer with Chris KeathleyIn this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Chris Keathley about Norm and his recent talk at ElixirConf. Chris is currently working at Bleacher Report, working mostly on backend systems. The panel starts by complimenting his presentation skills and asking him about his dislike for dialyzer. Chris share the many problems he has with dialyzer. Dialyzer takes a lot of time and has crappy ergonomics. While it tells you a lot about an Erlang system that benefit doesn’t extend to Elixir systems. Neither doesn’t understand protocols. Mostly he feels that most type algebras don’t allow for...
2019-10-0147 min
Elixir WizardsDave Lucia on Rustler – Elixir InternalsOur guest today on the show is Dave Lucia, who is currently the Vice President of Engineering at SimpleBet. He is here as part of Elixir Internals series, to talk to us and all our listeners about Rustler and the contribution he made to the library! According to our guest, Rustler acts as a bridge between Rust and Elixir and allows users to employ the power of Rust within Elixir and a great example of this can be found in Dave's work at SimpleBet. He explains some of this application and the functionality and improvement it offers and the...
2019-09-2632 minElixir MixEMx 070: Home Automation Using Radio Frequencies with Jon CarstensIn this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jon Carstens about his work with Nerves. Michael Ries gives a little background on Jon, as they have worked together and Jon helps run the remote nerves meet up that Michael attends. Jon recently started working with Frank Hunleth at Smart Rent. Jon tells the panel what an adventure it is working at Smart Rent. The panel asks Jon about the parts of the Nerves ecosystem he has been working in. He explains how he has been working with NervesHub to manage collections or groups of devices. He has also been wo...
2019-09-2438 min
Elixir WizardsEric Oestrich on ExVenture – Elixir InternalsThis season on Smart Software Season 2, we are focused on the inner workings of Elixir and the inner workings of popular Elixir libraries, or Elixir internals. Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing my colleague, Eric Oestrich who's responsible for the wildly successful Elixir MUD framework ExVenture.
ExVenture - https://exventure.org/
MUDs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
Ecto - https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto
Eric's Going Multi-Node presentation at ElixirConf - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCUKQnkjajo
The Big Elixir - https://www.thebigelixir.com/
Eric's Prometheus presentation...
2019-09-1929 min
Elixir WizardsSophie DeBenedetto on Excrypt and Railway – Elixir InternalsWelcome to another episode of the podcast everybody! As we continue our journey into Elixir internals in Season 2, we welcome Sophie DeBenedetto to tell us about the two libraries she and the Flatiron School created! We talk about Encrypt and Railway and a bunch of other great stuff from the world of Elixir and open source and Sophie shares so much about why she is particularly excited about things at the moment. She talks about the maturation of the Elixir community and her first and most important open-source experiences before diving into her hopes for the future of these...
2019-09-1230 minElixir MixEMx 067: What's New with Nerves with Frank HunlethSponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan GitLab | Get 30% off tickets with the promo code: DEVCHATCOMMIT My Ruby StoryCacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Joined by Special Guest: Frank Hunleth Summary Frank Hunleth, co-author of Nerves, shares where Nerves came from and how it got started. The panel discusses the Nerves 1.5 release and the improvements in it. Frank introduces Nerves Hub and Michael Ries gives a little marketing spin to it, explaining what you can do with Nerves Hub and why you would want to use it. The panel di...
2019-09-031h 17
Elixir WizardsMichał Muskała on Ecto and jason – Elixir InternalsToday on the show we are joined by Michal Muskala, who is currently a freelance software engineer and he is here to talk to us about his work on the Ecto and jason libraries. With Ecto we continue our journey into Elixir and Michal explain how he became involved in the project and the work he did on it. He explains a little of its inner workings, issues and what excited him about it initially. We then turn to jason, a widely popular library that Michal created for parsing JSON. Michal unpacks its particulars, differentiating for us between the...
2019-08-2927 min
Elixir WizardsTodd Resudek on Hex – Elixir InternalsToday on the show we get stuck into the inner workings of Hex 1.0 and are happy to be joined by returning guest, Todd Resudek. As you might already know, Todd is the Senior Software Engineer at Weedmaps, a regular speaker on the conference scene, and one of the three core team members at Hex. With the total downloads sitting at 641 million, the Hex community is growing rapidly and shows no signs of slowing down. In this episode, we discover what makes the Hex packages some of the most popular packages out there today, as well as the new and...
2019-08-2234 min
Elixir WizardsChris Keathley on Wallaby and Raft – Elixir InternalsIn this episode of the podcast we are joined by Chris Keathley to continue our exploration of Elixir internals as he tells us about two very popular libraries that he developed, Wallaby and Raft. We start off with some background and his initial experiences with Elixir and open source projects before diving into Wallaby and some of the biggest lessons that Chris learned during and after his work on the library.
Chris does a great job of explaining concurrent tests and the Sandbox and some of the reasons he has pretty much stopped working on the front...
2019-08-1526 min
Elixir WizardsRené Föhring on Credo – Elixir InternalsWelcome back to the SmartLogic Podcast where we talk about the latest developments and best practices in the web and mobile software industry. In continuing with our theme of Elixir Internals, we’re having a conversation about the inner workings of one of the most popular Elixir libraries, Credo, and we are joined by the author René Föhring.
René shares the story of how he was introduced to Elixir while doing his PhD and looking for a new programming language and then shares the philosophy and inspiration Credo was developed on. Wanting Credo to be a less...
2019-08-0829 minElixir MixEMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James GraySponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guests: Bruce Tate and James Gray Summary Bruce Tate and James Gray join the panel to discuss their new book, “Designing Elixir Systems With OTP”. Bruce and James share the story of how they decided to write this book together. The panel discusses the books target audience, Bruce and James explain that this is not for programmers who know nothing about Elixir. Resources and books for beginners to read are recommen...
2019-08-061h 23
Elixir WizardsMeryl Dakin on Token Alchemist – Elixir InternalsToday on the show we continue our series on the inner workings of several different Elixir libraries and are happy to be joined by Meryl Dakin, Software Engineer at the Flatiron School and author of Token Alchemist. In this episode, we discover how Meryl got started with Elixir and what the process was like for her transitioning from Ruby to Elixir. We learn more about the internal functions of Token Alchemist within the school context and discuss the unique opportunities Meryl has discovered in Elixir, as well as the trickier language features that programmers are likely to experience in...
2019-08-0127 minElixir MixEMx 062: Elixir v1.9 and Hex.pm with Wojtek MachSponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Joined by Special Guest: Wojtek Mach Summary Wojtek Mach shares his experiences at Plataformatec; what his team is like and what types of projects they work on. The panel asks Wojtek about the announcement for hex.pm and how it works. Wojtek shares his language background and how he got into Elixir. The panel discusses Wojtek’s experience moving from a distillery release to a mixed based release. My SQL library for Ecto is considered and the pa...
2019-07-301h 04
Elixir WizardsPaul Schoenfelder on Distillery – Elixir InternalsWelcome back to show everyone and today in our exploration of Elixir libraries we are talking to Paul Schoenfelder! He is here to unpack Distillery, his own creation from the world of Elixir and tell us about how it works. We also discuss how Paul made the transition from bigger corporations into the startup world, his early experiences of different coding languages and the initial steps he took in writing Distillery. Paul is very honest about the unclear future of the library and he shares his hopes for it for the short term as well as clarifying its key...
2019-07-2529 minElixir MixEMx 061: Mutation Testing in Elixir with Daniel SerranoSponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Joined by Special Guest: Daniel Serrano Summary Daniel Serrano explains what mutation testing is and how it works. The panel discusses the purpose and benefits of mutation testing. Daniel shares how mutation testing can fit into your process. The panel considers Daniel’s exunit deep dive and how this helped building exavier, his library. Daniel shares how he came up with the name exavier. The panel asks Daniel about his experience load testing broadway. Daniel explains what broadway is and the bene...
2019-07-2354 min
Elixir WizardsBryan Joseph on ElixirScript – Elixir InternalsToday on the show we continue our series on the inner workings and various libraries of Elixir and are very happy to welcome Bryan Joseph of Revelry to talk about his very own ElixirScript. ElixirScript is essentially an Elixir to JavaScript compiler, allowing users to run Elixir online more easily. We ask Bryan what inspired this project and about some of the major challenges that have faced it. We also talk about the role of his company, Revelry in his career and work in open source. Bryan tells us about his very own conference, The Big Elixir and why...
2019-07-1823 minElixir MixEMx 060: Property-Based Testing, Dialyzer, & Inaka with Brujo BenavidesSponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Michael Ries Joined by Special Guest: Brujo Benavides Summary Brujo Benavides shares what he is working on right now and how his team feels about working in both Elixir and Erlang. He shares what his team has gotten out of using Elixir and what he thinks his team will get out of Elixir in the future. The panel discusses property-based testing and Fred Hebert’s book on property-based testing. Brujo shares use cases that would benefit from property-based testing and those...
2019-07-161h 08
Elixir WizardsBrooklyn Zelenka on Witchcraft - Elixir InternalsHey everybody and welcome back to Season 2 of the podcast! This season we will be talking about Elixir internals, libraries and the inner workings of the language. In our first episode we are very happy to be joined by Brooklyn Zelenka to start off our journey on the subject with an exploration of her very own Witchcraft.
In this episode we talk to Brooklyn about her history with Elixir, how she got started and what attracts her to it. Brooklyn explains the influence that open source philosophy has had on her career in developing and from there...
2019-07-1130 minElixir WizardsSeason 2 TrailerWe’re excited to announce our season two topic, Elixir Internals. In this season we talk with developers behind some of the most popular Elixir libraries, including Witchcraft, ElixirScript, Distillery, Ecto, and more!
2019-07-0901 minElixir MixEMx 059: Using Rust to Scale Elixir for 11 Million Concurrent Users with Matt NowackSponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Eric Oestrich Joined by Special Guests: Matt Nowack Summary Matt Nowack, a developer at Discord, gives an intro to Discord and shares its origin story. The panel discusses the problems that Discord was having because of its 11 million concurrent users. Matt talks about when they knew there was a problem, how they used a runtime VM to find the problem, the tools they tried to fix the problem and how they landed on NIFs to fix the problem. The pane...
2019-07-0954 minElixir MixEMx 057: The Elixir Community with Adolfo NetoSponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Eric Oestrich Joined by Special Guest: Adolfo Neto Summary Adolfo Neto shares the background behind his Elixir Brazil 2019 talk. The panel discusses other talks of Elixir Brazil 2019, the organizing of the conference, and the diversity initiative. Adolfo shares his experience in the U.S., attending meetups for other programming languages, comparing them to Elixir. The panel considers the Elixir code formatter and gives protips for using it. The best way to teach Elixir and func...
2019-06-251h 00Elixir WizardsElixir in Production RecapWith this season over, we bring Dan Ivovich back to talk about what we learned.
Dan Ivovich - Director of Development Operations @ SmartLogic
00:43 - Why are you using Elixir in production?
01:20 - Advantages / disadvantages of Elixir
02:38 - How do you deploy?
03:48 - Zero downtime deploys
05:40 - Clustering
06:56 - Elixir App performance
09:00 - Background task processing
10:36 - Common Libraries
14:40 - 3rd Party Services
16:16 - Do you have a story where Elixir saved the day in production?
17:56 - OTP features
18:31 - Tip to developers
...
2019-04-1820 min
Elixir WizardsJeffrey Matthias from Community - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Jeffrey Matthias from Community about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Jeffrey Matthias - Community
Find Jeffrey elsewhere online:
http://github.com/idlehands
https://twitter.com/idlehands
0:47 - Give us a quick overview of the Elixir projects you have in production.
3:29 - Why are you using Elixir in production?
6:04 - What are some of the high level advantages / disadvantages of Elixir, from your perspective?
10:14 - What do you use to host your Elixir app?
Linode, AWS...
2019-04-1143 min
Elixir WizardsJay Ashe from Cava - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Jay Ashe from Cava about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Jay Ashe - Cava
Find Jay elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/jgashe
0:40 - Give us a quick overview of the Elixir projects you have in production.
CAVA is a fast-casual mediterranean restaurant chain with 75 stores across the US. Elixir and phoenix power CAVA’s online ordering platform (order.cava.com and the CAVA app). We’ve got a REST (and websockets) api sitting behind react and our mobile apps, and we use...
2019-04-0417 min
Elixir WizardsFrank Hunleth - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Frank Hunleth from the Nerves core team about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Frank Hunleth - Nerves
Find Frank elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/fhunleth
https://github.com/fhunleth
0:53 Frank intro
2:02 Give us a quick overview of the Elixir projects you have in production.
4:25 Why are you using Elixir in production?
8:00 What are some of the high level advantages / disadvantages of Elixir, from your perspective?
9:25 What hardware do you deploy to?
12:05 How do you get code to...
2019-03-2828 min
Elixir WizardsMark Ericksen - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Mark Ericksen from Elixir Mix about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Mark Ericksen - Elixir Mix
Find Mark elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/brainlid
https://brainlid.org/
00:32 Intro
0:58 Mark intro
Developing a long time. C#, then Rails. Webforms were terrible. Rails is “Wow, this is how web development should be… I moved across the country to work with this technology”
The Rails Community is strong. Dave Thomas got Mark into Elixir
2:48 What Elixir projects do you have in pro...
2019-03-2136 min
Elixir WizardsBrooklyn Zelenka from SPADE Co. - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Brooklyn Zelenka from SPADE Co. about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Brooklyn Zelenka - SPADE Co.
Find Brooklyn elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/expede
https://github.com/expede
1:08 - Brooklyn’s Background
Brooklyn's background and experience with Elixir is deep. Huge open source contributor.
Got started in Elixir just after Phoenix got to 1.0.
1:53 - Worked on several Elixir projects in production.
2:43 - Why she got into Elixir.
Real Time
More performant than Rails.
Great do...
2019-03-1427 minElixir MixEMx 042: Updates on ExVenture with Eric OestrichSponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 creditTriplebyteCacheFly Panel Josh AdamsMark Ericksen Guest: Eric Oestrich Episode Summary In this episode of Elixir Mix, Mark Ericksen and Josh Adams chat with guest, Eric Oestrich, a developer at SmartLogic and creator of ExVenture and Grapevine, two open source Elixir applications centered around text based games. Eric gives updates on ExVenture and Grapevine. Mark and Josh both have referenced ExVenture before, for using different ideas. They mention Prometheus and Grafana, two monitoring platforms that work well with Elixir applications. Eric also describes how Grapevine and ExVenture interact to help gamers get profiled with their...
2019-03-1242 min
Elixir WizardsTodd Resudek from Weedmaps - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Todd Resudek from Weedmaps about their current Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Todd Resudek - Weedmaps
Find Todd elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/sprsmpl
https://github.com/supersimple
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Tom introduces himself
02:54 - What is Weedmaps?
04:33 - Overview of the Elixir projects you have in production.
06:25 - Why are you using Elixir in production?
07:21 - Advantages / disadvantages of Elixir
10:37 - What do you use to host your Elixir app?
10:50 - How do you deploy your application?
11:22...
2019-03-0726 min
Elixir WizardsLonestar ElixirConf 2019 LunchisodeWe sat down with numerous developers, including José Valim and Chris McCord, during the Saturday lunch at Lonestar ElixirConf 2019. Hear what they had to say about the state of Elixir!
Guests:
José Valim - Creator of Elixir
Chris McCord - Creator of Phoenix
Paul Schoenfelder - Creator of Distillery, Timex, Libcluster, and many others
Chris Keathley - Host of Elixir Outlaws, developer at Bleacher Report
Amos King - Host of Elixir Outlaws
Jim Freeze - Organizer of ElixirConf, ElixirConf EU, and others
Susumu Yamazaki - Creator of Hastega
Brian Ca...
2019-03-0649 min
Elixir WizardsRyan Billingsley from ClusterTruck - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with Ryan Billingsley from ClusterTruck about their current Elixir projects and how they are deployed.
Ryan Billingsley - ClusterTruck
Find Ryan elsewhere online:
https://twitter.com/ryanbillingsley
https://horriblenight.com/
00:00 - Fade In
00:50 - Ryan introduces us to ClusterTruck.
02:00 - How did Ryan get into Elixir?
03:12 - Where does the name ClusterTruck come from?
04:17 - Tell us about the projects you have in production.
05:50 - Why are you using Elixir in these projects.
08:11 - Disadvantages of using Elixir
09:22 - Comparing Elixir with...
2019-02-2832 min
Elixir WizardsDan Ivovich from SmartLogic - Elixir in ProductionWe talk with developers from the team here at SmartLogic about our current practices on deploying Elixir and Phoenix in production.
Dan Ivovich - Director of Development Operations @ SmartLogic
Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir.
00:00 - Fade In
00:30 - Introductions to Eric, Dan and SmartLogic
Dan Ivovich - Director of Development Operations @ SmartLogic
Eric Oestrich - Developer, Elixir Lead @ SmartLogic
Justus Eapen - Full stack developer @ SmartLogic
Introduced to Elixir by an old colleague.
1:20 - What Elixir projects...
2019-02-2828 minElixir WizardsSmart Software Season 1 TrailerWelcome to the first season of Smart Software with SmartLogic. We'll be interviewing several companies about how they use Elixir in Production this season. In this preview episode, we introduce ourselves and some of the topics we’ll be covering.
Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir.
2019-02-2501 minElixir MixEMx 027: ExVenture with Eric OestrichPanel: Mark EricksenJosh AdamsNate HopkinsCharles Max Wood Special Guest: Eric Oestrich In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Eric Oestrich who is a web developer who resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and the panel talk about ExVenture, Gossip, Cowboy, Raisin, Grapevine, and much more! Listen to today’s episode to hear all about it! Finally, check out Eric’s ElixirConf talk and his blog, too! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 0:51 – Charles introduces the panel. 1:14 – Nate talks about his background. 1:27 – Chuck: My first programming job I worked with Nate. Nate also works now with Eric Berry. We have a spe...
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