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Mostly Peaceful LatinasTrump attacks DeSantis/ Sam Smith's degenerate video/ Mr. Beast cures the blind and libs are madShaney Rich and Justus Eapen join us this week to discuss the civil war between Donald Trump and Governor DeSantis. Is it time to move on from Trump or is the republican establishment trying to go back to the Bush-era politics? We discuss Sam Smith's newest degenerate music video, blasphemy laws in Russia, and why liberal livestreamers like Hasan Piker are attacking Mr. Beast for curing 1,000 blind people. Our sponsor: https://www.sentryh2o.com- Get 10% off with promo code "MPL10"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SHOP THE MERCH: http://www.wakeupwithlinda.comFOLLOW US...
2023-02-061h 40
Elixir WizardsFrom Developer to Director of Engineering with Estelle DeBloisToday we are joined by the Director of Engineering at DockYard, Estelle DeBlois! Estelle speaks to us about the transition she made from an engineer into her current management role, her introduction to Elixir and the BEAM, her background in computer science and so much more. The bulk of this enlightening conversation is spent thinking about what it takes to make the sort of jump that Estelle did, and the skills and infrastructure that can aid team members in successful changes. Estelle speaks on what it was like to give up hands-on coding, the resources that helped her learn about...
2021-06-1052 min
Elixir WizardsScaling and The Growth Curve with Francesco CesariniJoining us for this episode of Elixir Wizards is the vastly experienced and well-traveled Francesco Cesarini! Francesco is the founder of Erlang Solutions and we are so lucky to have him here on the show to talk about his personal and professional journey, and take this great season of shows on the magic of the BEAM even further. Francesco takes us through his early interactions with computers and coding and the events that led to his decision to study computer science, before diving into his move to Sweden, and subsequently the UK, and how this all resulted in the...
2021-06-0346 min
Elixir WizardsBringing the Magic of Math into Programming with Chris MillerToday we have some extra BEAM magic for all of you! Joining us on the show is Chris Miller, who currently works as an Associate Software Engineer at Corvus Insurance. We get into a great conversation with Chris about his history with programming, his long-held interest in mathematics, and how he is trying to bring these two worlds closer together through his work. Chris weighs in with some very important expert perspectives on a range of subjects, from monads and monoids to Vim and Emacs, before we get into the different avenues of Chris' work. Along with an old...
2021-05-2754 min
Elixir WizardsThe Controlled Magic of Oban with Parker and Shannon SelbertWhile there is magic to be found in many frameworks, having too much going on under the hood without you being able to control it is not for everybody. Today we invite Parker and Shannon Selbert to speak about their dynamic partnership and the ‘controlled magic’ of their tool Oban. Together Parker and Shannon founded Soren, where they help clients with established web apps stabilize, scale, and ‘add schmancy features’. Their tool Oban is a persistent background job processor written in Elixir whose differentiating feature revolves around keeping jobs after they're processed. We dive right in with Parker and Shannon...
2021-05-2050 min
Elixir WizardsThe Right Amount of Magic with Erik PersonToday we are joined by the Vice President of Engineering at Corvus Insurance, Erik Person! Erik continues our journey into the magic of the BEAM, our season-long theme for the Elixir Wizards Podcast, and we get to hear all about Erik's path in programming, his relationship with Elixir, and his utilization of the BEAM. Growing up in a family involved in computer science, and an early affinity for technology made the choice of what to study at college a straightforward one for Erik. He tells us about his life during and after those school years, touching on his first...
2021-05-131h 00
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".
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2021-05-061h 08
Elixir WizardsRobert Virding on the Roots of ErlangWelcome to a brand-spanking-new season of Elixir Wizards! This time around we will be focussing on the magic of the BEAM, so get ready for an exciting journey into new territories filled with mystery and power! To kick things off in this inaugural episode we are joined by a true legend in the space of Erlang, Elixir, and the BEAM. Robert Virding is one of the three founding members of Erlang, and his unrivaled intimacy with the language and its related subjects is truly inspiring and informative. We feel like we could fill many more episodes just hearing Robert...
2021-05-0649 min
Elixir WizardsAdopting Elixir Finale with Sean Lewis, Anna Neyzberg, and René FöhringSeason 5 ends with a bang as we welcome back Sean Lewis, Anna Neyzber, and René Föhring onto the show to share their journey on getting their companies and teams to adopt Elixir. We open our conversation with each guest sharing their first experiences with Elixir. After chatting about the changes that they’ve seen in the Elixir ecosystem, we explore Elixir’s benefits and how they’ve persuaded companies to make the Elixir leap. From zero downtime deployment to arguing for Elixir’s ability to solve immediate problems, we touch on the most convincing reasons for stakeholders to adopt Elix...
2021-03-251h 01
Elixir WizardsJenn Gamble on Data Science, Machine Learning, and ElixirThe fields of data science and machine learning are moving ever faster. Jenn Gamble has her finger on the pulse and has become an industry expert with a wealth of experience to her name. As today’s guest, she dives into these rich and often complex topics, and she helps us boil them down into palatable nuggets of knowledge. We start off by asking Jenn about her current role at Very, and she tells us about the nature of her team and the things they’re able to achieve. She touches on what the language markups look like for a da...
2021-03-1847 min
Elixir WizardsJohn Mertens on Adopting Elixir at Change.orgMany organizations take an incremental approach when adopting Elixir, preferring to pick up its nuances by using it to work on non-essential projects. But not Change.org. Today we speak with Change.org Director of Engineering John Mertens about how his company adopted Elixir to create a business-critical app that handles over a billion emails per month. From building webpages on GeoCities to working as an IT intern at an Iowan prison, we open our conversation by exploring John’s coding background. After chatting about his first Elixir project, we dive into Change.org’s process in adopting Elixir. As J...
2021-03-1143 min
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 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 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 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!
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2020-04-0250 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 OutlawsEpisode 67: Wizards and OutlawsLive from Lonestar Elixir with Elixir Wizards.
Congratulations to Eric on the birth of his first child.
Video recording of this episode available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eM5ceRmFig&t=848s
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 Guests: Bruce Tate, Justus Eapen, Susumu Yamazaki, Tim Mecklem, and Melvin Cedeno.Support Elixir Outlaws
2020-03-1346 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 min
Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMB“Optimizing the Human Experience with Chris Schelzi from AppSumo” is locked Optimizing the Human Experience with Chris Schelzi from AppSumo Listen to this episode on iTunes today! “When asking for help, appeal to self interest over mercy or gratitude” I met Chris Schelzi in early 2015. He was working at Black Rock at the time. Then we poached him to work with us on a startup. Chris helped that startup raise more than a quarter of a million dollars in a crowdfunding campaign. Now, he's working at AppSumo, bringing you great deals on cool tools for your company. In our conversation, Chris and I dive deep into: Coff...
2017-03-291h 18Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBMatt Javitch on Networking in Boston and the Mathematics of Real Estate Investing You know those people that everybody seems to like? They have charisma. They're affable. Like Jeff Daniels on the Newsroom. That's Matt Javitch. Matt has been taking a barbell-approach to investing in Boston real estate and startups. He's my go-to resource for investment advice because, unlike some advisors who try to sell me their advice, he makes a living off his investment thesis. Also, he's never tried to sell me a thing. I invited Matt on the show to give me a deep dive into real estate investing fundamentals, quitting corporate...
2017-03-281h 03Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBJohnny Boursiquot on building a software agency from scratch, learning Go for Rubyists, and server-less software architectures. Sometimes you start a conversation with one intention, and digress into something completely different. This happened to me recently, in a conversation with an old friend and mentor, Johnny Boursiquot. Johnny and I were supposed to do a deep dive into Go Lang and Ruby in this hour long conversation. Instead we spent half an hour talking about Johnny's experience building a technology agency from scratch. Then we got around to talking tech XD. Johnny is well-known as one of the pillars of BostonRB. He also helped to organize t...
2017-03-271h 25Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBCaricature Artist Julia Kelly on Art, Business, and BookkeepingDo you know somebody who loves to argue? I'm one of those people. So is Julia Kelly. We're great together. Julia is the most renowned caricature artist west of the Mississippi. She built her business from scratch and is currently starting business #2. I guess I caught her at a good time. When I asked her to do an interview with me. She made an interesting request: "Let's wing it!" She's been on some pretty awesome podcasts including: Entrepreneur on Fire, Double your Freelancing, and Afford Anything. She sa...
2017-03-241h 13Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBIndustrial Design, Manufacturing Barbells, and B2B Sales with Chris MichaudBuilding products from scratch is hard. Building a business is at least as difficult. A lot of young founders and entrepreneurs lose their minds trying to grapple with the interwoven complexities of these disciplines. Chris Michaud has figured them both out. Chris is a rising phenom in the world of industrial design and manufacturing. In 2015 he left a full-time gig and started First Summit Design, a product consulting group with a focus on industrial design for cool products. He's since become involved with a number of other design-focused companies that we discuss in some depth.
2017-03-231h 13Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBPeter Dunbar: B2B Sales and the Art of Conversation Peter Dunbar is a master conversationalist. I’ve seen him strike up engaging discussions with everyone from valets to Fortune 500 CEOs. That alone would make him impressive, but our guest today is also a hard-core hacker. I first knew him as the head of hardware at a start-up we both worked at. He graduated high school at 16 to pursue a life of engineering and entrepreneurship. His hacking experience is extremely diverse. Links: known.creative Core dna Reach out to Peter: Email: peter@knowncreative.co Cell: +1 (207) 649-5...
2017-03-2257 minHacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBNaphtali Visser - Kindness, The Art of No Thought, and PhotographyNaf Visser is the CEO of Humans Working, an executive coaching firm that I worked with last year when I was managing the innovation department at Boston’s fastest growing tech agency and trying to get a nut butter company off the ground at the same time. He helped me manage that non-trivial workload through a mindfulness practice that I call the Art of No Thought. He’s also the founder of the Holocaust Kindness Project which we’ll talk about. I’m so glad to welcome one of my closest friends to the show: Naphtali Visser, but we call him...
2017-03-211h 41Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBLife at the Bleeding Edge of Technology (AI) and Education (MIT + Nuvu) with David WangDavid Wang is a genius-level engineer and computer scientist. He got a PhD at MIT focusing on planning for autonomous systems. He also holds degrees in techniques for improving software reliability, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Electrical Engineering, & Computer Science from MIT. His work experience includes time at JPL, Draper Labs, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, Boeing, and DARPA. At MIT, he helped teach a variety of courses including one in Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making. . Since graduating, he’s helped found a school in Boston that has no courses, no subjects, no classes, and no gr...
2017-03-201h 57Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBDiana Yuan, COO of Indico: Founding a High Tech Startup, Raising Money, and Courting Technical PartnersDiana Yuan is helping to lead the AI revolution. She is the COO of Boston’s scrappiest Machine Learning startup. Her, and her team of Olin Engineering dropouts, are democratizing machine learning tools for hackers all round the world. Startup founders have an earned reputation for nonsensical over-confidence. Often, they're impossible to spend time with socially due to a complete lack of self-awareness and social graces. Diana is not one of those people. As far as early-stage executives go, Diana has more self-awareness than most entrepreneurs twice her age. She's bright and cheerful an...
2017-03-191h 26Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBAndrew Dodson: How to build a Nuclear Power Plant in your Backyard (Make America Nuclear Again)Andrew Dodson is one of the smartest hackers I know. Our conversations typically happen over coffee and Go (the ancient board game). We talk about physics and simulation theory. In fact, he once loaned me Simulation by Jean Baudrillard and I never returned it (sorry!). In episode 5 of Hacker Practice, I get the real scoop from Andrew. I am deeply interested in sustainable technology. At the moment of writing I live on a small organic farm. My hands are literally dirty from playing in the greenhouse. No lie. That's why I spent most of...
2017-03-1854 minHacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBNari Savanorke-Joyce: Zen and the Art of Data ScienceI met Nari Savanorke-Joyce while living with 20 other people in a double-wide row home in Boston's most elite neighborhood. She had just graduated from Wellesley College (Hilary Clinton's Alma Mater) and was getting started in entry-level corporate America. Within a year she had become one of her company's most valuable data scientists. Nari and I used to go sailing on the Charles River. We'd talk about economics, education, and the future of technology. Those conversations were fascinating to be a part of, so I thought: "Why not bring the genius of Nari on the show?"...
2017-03-171h 14Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBHow to Get Shredded, Break World Records, and Write Killer Copy with Stan Dutton (ep. 003) Stan Dutton overseeing a small group class at his old gym in Chinatown, Boston, MA. Stan Dutton is the co-owner of UpLifted Inc. in Boston. He was one of the top 20 165-pound powerlifters in the United States in 2014. He completed 300 hours of hands-on training at the American Academy of Personal Training and earned his Training for Warriors Level 2 certification. He is a second degree black belt in Taekwondo. I met Stan Dutton while recording my boss doing squats at his gym. We immediately hit it off. Two young college dropouts trying to make it as entrepreneurs in...
2017-03-161h 25Hacker Practice: GROWTH, SYSTEMS, and RISK for Startups and SMBJesse Anderson: Mr. Big Data on Data Engineering, Creativity, and Nontraditional education.If you’ve ever heard the words “Big Data” and wondered what exactly that means, this is the episode for you. Jesse Anderson is the person Fortune 100’s go to when they realize they are ill-equipped to handle the challenges of big data. He is a totally self-taught genius who is currently defining a new field of computer science call Data Engineering. His insights into the future of information technology and data were fascinating to explore. We also discuss his approach to learning and parenting and teaching creativity. Here are the notes from my talk...
2017-03-151h 43