In this episode of the Mix the panelists talk about Seniority. They lay out their own personal journeys towards getting a senior title and how they define seniority for themselves - especially how it goes beyond the ability to write code well. Among other things they discuss: how to become fluent in reading and writing code how side projects are useful but not required to become a great developer how senior developers tend to approach problem solving and how to get better at that how interperson...
Aug 24, 2022•54 min
In today’s all-panelist episode, we take a shot at demystify domain-driven design. We discuss several books and some concepts that stand out in those texts. How easy or hard do Elixir and Phoenix make it to apply DDD principles? We give our experience with taking these concepts and putting them into practice, and give some tips and resources for getting started. Some of the topics covered: Tactical vs. strategic domain-driven design Event Storming Bounded Contexts Accidental vs Intentional compl...
Aug 17, 2022•54 min
Today Adi, one of our hosts and the hiring manager at Elixir, talks about the intricacies of applying for a job, and what companies to search out. We talk about the expectations for the applicant, and how to prepare. We also talk about what you can look for the employer to provide before spending too much of your time in the interview process. Walking through various interview processes, we learn what things can help you land the job you want. Companies that are hiring Elixir positions (google o...
Aug 10, 2022•43 min
In this episode the panel talks to Danny Hawkins - CTO at Quiqup - and his team's journey at Quiqup with Elixir. Danny explains how some of the first things Quiqup built were using Elixir and how they then left Elixir behind in favor of TypeScript, only to come back to Elixir. The panel considers how these choices rarely are purely driven by technological qualities but instead have to factor in cultural- and knowledge-aspects of a team, and how a top-down dictated technology decision - even if t...
Jul 27, 2022•59 min
Today we talk with Abul Asar Sayyad, a software engineer from Mumbai, India. Working for ID Plans, a commercial property management solution. We discuss his blog article about combining GraphQL with LiveView for rendering on the front end. We also dive into GraphQL libraries, working with LiveView, and testing. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Abul Asar's Blog LinkedIn: AbulAsar Sayyad Fetching data from external Graphql API service in Phoenix LiveView Hashnode - Blogging comm...
Jul 20, 2022•44 min
In this episode Adi and Sascha dig deeper into what it means to consume and build APIs in Elixir and how a RESTful approach compares to choosing GraphQL as your weapon of choice. Along the way they discuss common pitfalls when building APIs (spoiler: one is caching), how to test all of this, and what their personal preferences and experiences are in creating APIs in Elixir. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Finch - Finch v0.12.0 HTTPoison - HTTPoison v1.8.1 GitHub - elixir-plug...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Bad documentation wastes time, costs real money, and makes developers unproductive. Documentation might be bad because it is flat-out wrong (typos, references to an older version, etc.), but more often documentation is bad when it fails to tell us what we need to know. Don’t let all your hard work go to waste because you failed to communicate what your software is or how to use it. Today on the show, Everett Griffiths shares his insights on how to approach documentation simply and effectively. I...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min
In this week’s all-panelist episode, Sascha and Allen tackle the topic of concurrency on The Beam. They discuss parallelism, some things to do and some not to do, and some of the questions and issues that arise. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Stuff Goes Bad Erlang in Anger Picks Allen- Handling Overload Sascha- Kinetic Games Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www...
Jun 29, 2022•43 min
David van Leeuwen joins the show to share his perspective about error handling with Phoenix’ LiveView form and keeping implementations that are used to render an input as simple as possible. He also discusses his career progressions with Elixir and other various languages, plus why and how he built his latest project, Mave.io . Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links mave - plug-and-play video embeds Animating error tags in Phoenix LiveView David van Leeuwen Twitter: @davidvanleeuwen...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this episode Simon Zelazny joins the mix to talk about his experience in scaling an Elixir and Phython based service to meet a once-in-a-blue-moon demand scenario. The panel and him discuss the challenges in finding the relevant bottlenecks in non-trivial software systems - and BEAM applications in particular - and what options there are to fix those. They also discuss pragmatism in the context of software development, and how we as software developers are not paid to write pretty code but to...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
In this episode the panel talks to Robert Ellen and his experience with using macros in Elixir to get rid of some repetitive boilerplate code. They discuss common pitfalls when first diving into macros and resources which help to avoid these mistakes. Robert shares some of the finer details of the challenges they encountered when trying to build these macros and the panel gives their own personal verdict on the age old elixir question: to macro or not to macro. Finally the group briefly touches ...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Today we have special guest Qiu Hua join us. Currently located in Canada, he is a back-end software developer for e-commerce company Zubale, which focusses on retail applications for countries in Central and South America. We discuss his presentation titled Managing Business Rules In Elixir Applications, and his work to extract business rules out of code and easily enable changes to those rules. We also discuss the his Formular server and its upcoming features. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | T...
Jun 01, 2022•44 min
Teo Diaz spent the first half of his career as a paratrooper and security agent for the Spanish army, until he made a career pivot to become a software engineer. Teo shares his story from the bootcamp beginnings to JavaScript and Elixir, and then landing his first job in the industry. Teo also shares how he uses Elixir on a daily basis as an engineer within Cabify, the international ridesharing company based in Madrid, Spain. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links From paratrooper t...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this all-panelist episode we discuss the promises of the BEAM, and how these hold up in reality. Is the BEAM truly resilient? Allen, Sascha and Adi discuss their experiences using the BEAM, how it compares to other options, and discuss why Elixir isn’t a more prominent technology. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Tailwind CSS - Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML Tailwind UI Picks Adi- Masamune-kun no Revenge Allen- Tailwind UI Sascha- Metaprogrammi...
May 18, 2022•54 min
Nato Boram joins the show to share how to publish static GitHub pages of your documentation using GitHub actions. Allen and Nathan also discuss Elixir compared to other languages, functional ways of programming, and the “let it crash” philosophy. Finally, they end the show with ideas on how Elixir can become a better language. In this episode… Nato’s journey from Flutter to Elixir Pros and cons of Elixir and Phoenix How to publish static GitHub pages using GitHub actions Elixir compared to other...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Tobi Pfeiffer, creator of Benchee, joins the show to share his perspective on benchmarking and Elixir integrations. The hosts start by bantering with Tobi about the Elixir community, deeming it less inviting compared to other language communities. Tobi then shares his career progression, how he landed in the Elixir ecosystem, and why he created Benchee. Finally, the panel debates the future for Elixir and share their wish list features for Elixir 2.0. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Dev...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 22 min
In this Episode we talk with Chase Granberry of Supabase discussing the role of Elixir and other languages at the company. Upcoming developments and potential directions that the company may take. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Demo Site GitHub: Supabase / realtime-js stressgrid.com Logflare Supabase Picks Allen - Phoenix LiveView on The Pragmatic Studio Chase - Stressgrid Blog Chase - ElixirConf 2021 Mark Ericksen - Globally Distributed Elixir Apps on Fly.io Special Guest: ...
Apr 27, 2022•49 min
Eric Sullivan joins the mix to discuss Project Severus. He started out with greeting carts and it grew into a way of sharing and keeping up on contact information. He dives into how it works and then into the technical details of how he build it. This is an interesting discussion about the architecture and design of the system. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Severus Severus - Initial MVP Demo Using Ecto.Multi and Phoenix.PubSub to update Phoenix Liveview Picks Adi- Creative ...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 4 min
In this episode the panel chats with Cory o’Daniel which is one of the founders of massdriver.cloud where they try to give teams the tools to deploy production-ready, best-practice, and secure cloud infrastructure. The panel talks about the the various options for running software in the cloud - from SAAS providers, like Heroku, to full-fledged cloud providers like AWS - and the tradeoffs these options introduce for the average developer. They go over Cory’s history and how he experienced the pa...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min
In this episode Koen van Gilst joins the mix to share his experience learning Elixir and LiveView as a mainly frontend developer. The panel then discusses the evolution of LiveView since it’s announcement and how it’s incorporating ideas from the frontend world to simplify building complex UIs, such as components. The episode closes with the panel’s perspective on how we specialize as software developers and that we can learn a lot from other by moving closer together. Sponsors Top End Devs Coac...
Mar 16, 2022•54 min
In this episode the panel talks to Thomas Kunnumpurath about how to build event-driven systems in Elixir and what tradeoffs different approaches have. The panel probes Thomas - who is a relative newcomer to Elixir but well versed in building event-based systems - on his experience with various event brokers and compares how using an event broker differs from using the BEAMs built-in distribution mechanisms. Additionally the panel provides some insight into the BEAM’s history and for which contex...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr
In this episode the panel talks with Adolfo Neto who went out to learn Erlang during last year’s “Advent of Code”. He talks about his experience with the format, compares it against using a platform such as exercism.org - where mentors can give feedback - and how this shaped his perception of the onboarding experience of Erlang. The panel also discusses Adolfo’s involvement in the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation’s education working group and what they think Erlang - and Elixir - could do better to a...
Mar 02, 2022•56 min
In this episode the panel talks with Mika Kalathil about how to write Ecto code which makes it straight-forward to reuse and compose. In addition they discuss the advantages of having a streamlined and consistent error handling strategy and how all of that flows together in big, monolithic applications. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Creating Reusable Ecto Code in Elixir GitHub - MikaAK/ecto_shorts: Shortcuts for ecto GitHub - MikaAK/elixir_error_message blitz.gg learn-elixi...
Feb 23, 2022•43 min
Today, the gang discusses the best code-quality tools that you NEED in your Elixir tool-belt, plus what to look out for in the Elixir world this year. It's gonna be a good one! Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links GitHub - rrrene/credo GitHub - christopheradams/elixir_style_guide Twitter: @josevalim - using mix format on .heex files GitHub - elixir-wallaby/wallaby GitHub - jeremyjh/dialyxir GitHub - nccgroup/sobelow GitHub - dnlserrano/exavier GitHub - devonestes/muzak GitHub - tm...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min
In this episode the panel is picking up an often discussed topic in the Elixir community: umbrella projects and possible alternatives. They go over what an umbrella project actually is and their experiences with them. Based on this they go over the trade-offs you better know about, restrictions which might come back to bite you and how possible alternatives - like a monolithic app, “poncho” projects, or separate services - fare up against umbrella projects. In the end they also reflect on what h...
Feb 09, 2022•45 min
In this episode Adi, Allen, and Sascha talk with Rasheed Atanda about his library Elasticlunr which brings the power of full-text search to the BEAM without any external dependencies. They discuss where the library is standing right now, how indexing works in detail, and the benefits and drawbacks of having an external dependencies - such as Elasticsearch - compared to running it inside the same BEAM instance as your application. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Introduction t...
Feb 02, 2022•45 min
In this episode Allen and Sascha talk about OTP and what people usually mean, when they say that it’s more of an intermediate topic. They discuss how work gets fairly scheduled on the BEAM, the start and shutdown behavior of BEAM applications, what supervision trees actually are, and why you probably shouldn’t start a process unsupervised. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić • GOTO 2019 (Talk) DynamicSupervisor (Elixir Docs) PartitionSup...
Jan 26, 2022•44 min
In this episode, Allen, Sascha, and Adi discuss the type of apps where Elixir is a no-go, the weak spots you NEED to know to avoid headaches, and what alternatives the panelists recommend for very complex workflows. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Adi- Real World Haskell Adi- Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! Allen- Testing LiveView Sascha- Blades in the Dark Sascha- Band of Blades Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs : Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance?...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr
Excited about Elixir but not sure how to get the most out of it? We’ve got you covered. In this episode, the Elixir Mix roundtable sits down with Alex Burlacu, a software developer whose specialities include Elixir, machine learning, and blowing his own mind. They talk about this ONE Elixir feature that surprised Alex, the do’s and don’ts of pattern matching and guards, and why Elixir is making Java shake in its boots. _“It was really nice seeing how my students were reacting to what’s possible ...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Want to see Elixir/Phoenix out in the wild? In this episode, Allen sits down with Erik Guzmán, a developer whose proficiency in Elixir/Phoenix enabled him to created instant closed captions for both Twitch and Zoom audiences. The two discuss why Elixir is so seamless in its scaling capabilities, how Elixir’s ability to reveal errors sooner saved Erik’s behind once or twice, and the biggest lessons Erik learned from burn out. _“Because of how scalable and efficient things are, every client on Twi...
Jan 05, 2022•52 min
