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Elixir Mix

Charles M Woodtopenddevs.com
Join our weekly discussion of the popular functional language built on top of the Erlang virtual machine. Each week, we discuss the world of Elxiir, Phoenix, OTP, and then BEAM.

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Episodes

EMx 030: Writing Great Unit Tests with Devon Estes

Panel: - Josh Adams - Charles Max Wood - Mark Ericksen Special Guest: Devon Estes In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with https://twitter.com/devoncestes?lang=en who is a software developer who uses Elixir. He currently resides in Berlin, Germany and has been working there for the past four years. The panelists and the guest talk about https://elixir-lang.org , testing, and much more! Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – https://devchat.tv/get-a-coder-job / 0:49 – Chuck: I am starting a...

Dec 04, 201843 min

EMx 029: JWT Auth in Phoenix with Joken with Sophie DeBenedetto

Panel: - Mark Ericksen - Nathan (Nate) Hopkins - Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Sophie DeBenedetto In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with https://twitter.com/sm_debenedetto?lang=en who is a teacher at the Flatiron School, a software engineer, and creator of Break In. The panelists and Sophie talk about her blog, the Flatiron School, and her background. Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – https://devchat.tv/get-a-coder-job / 0:50 – Chuck: Welcome! Our panel is Mark, Nate, and myself. ...

Nov 27, 201844 min

EMx 028: Elixir, Node, and Bitcoin with Pete Corey

Panel: - Mark Ericksen - Josh Adams Special Guest: https://twitter.com/petecorey In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with https://twitter.com/petecorey who is a software developer who resides in Denver, CO (USA). He uses Node, React, and Elixir and currently is working on two big projects. Listen to today’s episode to hear the panelists and Pete talk about Elixir, Node, Bitcoin, and Gen_TCP. Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – https://devchat.tv/get-a-coder-job / 0:50 – Mark: Welcome! O...

Nov 20, 201846 min

EMx 027: ExVenture with Eric Oestrich

Panel: Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Nate Hopkins Charles 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 p...

Nov 13, 201855 min

EMx 026: Higher Level Functions GenState Deployments with Bill Peregoy

Panel: Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Bill Peregoy In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Bill Peregoy who is a software engineer who uses Elixir and loves Graph QL. The panel talks with Bill about his Elixir background, in addition to past and current projects. Check out today’s episode to hear the panel talk about Elixir, Graph QL, code reviews, and much more! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 1:07 – Chuck: Tell us who you are and why yo...

Nov 06, 201854 min

EMx 025: Rethinking App Env and more with Saša Jurić

Panel: - Mark Ericksen - Josh Adams - Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Sasa Juric In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Sasa Juric who is the author of Elixir in Action (2nd edition) and uses Elixir, Erlang, and OTP. He is from Zagreb, Croatia and you can check out his blog https://www.theerlangelist.com ! The panel talks about his https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition past and current projects, in addition to configurations, and Elixir. Show Topics: 0:00 – h...

Oct 30, 20181 hr 5 min

EMx 024: “Sagas” with Andrew Dryga from Hammer Corporation

Panel: Mark Ericksen Eric Berry Josh Adams Nathan Hopkins Special Guest: Andrew Dryga In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Andrew Dryga who is a software engineer (full-stack), entrepreneur, blockchain architect, and consultant. He currently works for Hammer and previous employers include Contractbook, Nebo #15, BEST Money Transfers among others. He studied at the National Technical University of Ukraine. Check out today’s episode where the panel and guest talk about Sagas and Sag...

Oct 23, 201854 min

EMx 023: “Bubblescript – Beyond the DSL” with Arjan Scherpenisse

Panel: - https://github.com/brainlid - Eric Berry Special Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scherpenisse In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with https://www.linkedin.com/in/scherpenisse who is the technical co-founder at https://www.botsquad.com Arjan lives in the Amsterdam area of the Netherlands. Also, he is currently working with Miracle Things. Check out today’s episode where the panel and Arjan talk about his https://www.botsquad.com/2018/04/14/beyond-the-dsl/ and his latest pr...

Oct 16, 201848 min

EMx 022: “Adopting Elixir at Flatiron School and Pattern Matching” with Kate Travers

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest: Kate Travers In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kate Travers who was a student/apprentice with the Flatiron School and now is on staff as a software engineer. The panel and Kate talk about adopting Elixir at the Flatiron School and Pattern Matching. Watch Kate’s talks about the topic; links to these talks can be found below. Show Topics: 1:08– Hi from Kate Travers. 1:16 – Chuck: Background? 2:20 – Kate gives her backg...

Oct 09, 201851 min

EMx 021: “Dialyzer Pretty Printing” with Andrew Summers

Panel: - Charles Max Wood - Mark Eriksen - Eric Berry Special Guest: https://twitter.com/chris_mccord?lang=en In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Andrew Summers who lives in Chicago, currently. Working on Elixir development, and here to talk about how he wrote the dialyzer pretty printer. He is a software engineer for Albert.io, makes cool stuff every day, loves punk music, and Philadelphia sports. The panel talks about the Dialyzer pretty printing, Elixir, code writing, and more! ...

Oct 02, 201854 min

EMx 020: Phoenix and LiveView with Chris McCord

Panel: - Charles Max Wood - Mark Ericksen - Josh Adams - Eric Berry Special Guest: https://twitter.com/chris_mccord?lang=en In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to https://twitter.com/chris_mccord?lang=en who created Phoenix and is an author, also. Chris McCord is a monumental developer within the community, and it’s exciting to see how LiveView is a great add-on to Phoenix, which is his baby. Finally, the panel talks about topics, such as Phoenix, LiveView, Elm, and Fire Nest. Show To...

Sep 25, 201857 min

EMx 019: Brooklyn Zelenka: Elixir I assume Witchcraft, Exceptional, and so on?

Panel: - Charles Max Wood - Mark Ericksen - Josh Adams - Eric Berry Special Guest: https://github.com/expede In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to https://github.com/expede who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Listen to the panel and the guest talk about various topics, such as: different Elixir libraries, Quark, Witchcraft, Exceptional, ConsenSys, Meetup, among others. Show Topics: 1:33 – Let’s talk about Exceptional for that library? 1:40 – https://github.com/expede Sure, it helps with ...

Sep 18, 201815 min

EMx 018: Devon Estes: “All In On Elixir”

Panel: - Charles Max Wood - Mark Ericksen - Josh Adams - Eric Berry Special Guest: Devon Estes In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Devon Estes. He is an American programmer located in Berlin, Germany. Devon is coaching on https://elixir-lang.org/ , and his background is on Ruby Rails. Check-out today’s episode to hear how passionate Devon is about the Elixir program, and what he loves about it. Show Topics: 3:58 – Devon finds that the process of writing helps him find “bugs”. He tr...

Sep 11, 201855 min

EMx 017: Daniel Spofford: "Thoughtful Logging in Elixir: A Phoenix Story"

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guest: Daniel Spofford In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Daniel Spofford who is a Senior Software Engineer through Very where he uses Elixir constantly. Daniel and the panel discuss the benefits of working from home, and they talk about different programs, such as Heroku. Check out today’s episode to get more information about Daniel, Very’s team, Elixir , Phoenix, and many other topics! Show Topics: 1:45 – Depen...

Sep 04, 201812 min

EMx 016: Hubert Lepicki: "When to use Elixir language?"

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guests: Hubert Lepicki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Hubert Lepicki about his blog post "When to use Elixir language?" . Hubert works at AmberBit where they traditionally created Ruby on Rails apps for their customers, and more recently, they switched to using Elixir to build custom apps for their customers. They talk about why they decided to switch to Elixir, his thoughts on Ruby now, and the difference betw...

Aug 28, 201854 min

EMx 015: Elixir with David Magalhães

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Eric Berry Special Guests: David Magalhães In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to David Magalhães about his experience with Elixir. David is a Java and PHP developer and learning Elixir was very easy and straightforward for him to pick up. They talk about how his Java background has affected how he learned Elixir, the first thing he noticed when he moved over to Elixir, and his article Phoenix with image upload to S3 in an API: Implementation and t...

Aug 21, 201850 min

EMx 014: Choosing Elixir with Bobby Juncosa

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Eric Berry Special Guests: Bobby Juncosa In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Bobby Juncosa about his article “Choosing Elixir.” Bobby is the CTO and co-founder of Edgewise , which is a new construction marketplace where builders can sell directly to buyers without the need of agents. They talk about how he got into using Nuxt.js , Elixir , and GraphQL , why Nuxt resonated so much with him, and how everything connects in his app. They also touch ...

Aug 14, 201858 min

EMx 013: Elixir Panel with Steve Bussey

Panel: Mark Erikson Eric Berry Josh Adams Special Guests: Steve Bussey In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Steve Bussey about Elixir Panel. Steve is a software architect at SalesLoft , which is a company that does sales enablement software to help teams grow and become sales organizations. They talk about how his company was introduced to Elixir , why Rubyists are leaving for Elixir, and sharing sessions. They also touch on how developers have reacted to new changes within the comp...

Aug 07, 201853 min

EMx 012: Why Elixir matters with Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki

Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Josh Adams Special Guests: Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki. Osa is a software engineer at a company called MailChimp , is originally from Nigeria, and has been writing Elixir for a couple years now. They talk about his talk, Why Elixir Matters , how he came about writing this talk, and lambda calculus. They also touch on how Elixir compares to other functional programming languages, the i...

Aug 01, 201849 min

EMx 011: Process and OTP pitfalls with Claudio Ortolina

Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Josh Adams Mark Erikson Special Guests: Claudio Ortolina In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Claudio Ortolina about Process and OTP pitfalls. Claudio works for Erlang Solutions where he is a developer consultant, working with customers on long projects, and he has been working full-time with Elixir for the past 3 years. They talk about OTP, the importance of reading the sources when working with Elixir, and if beginners should dive right away into...

Jul 24, 20181 hr 8 min

EMx 010: Docker with Julian Fahrer

Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Mark Erikson Special Guests: Julian Fahrer In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Julian Fahrer about Docker. Docker is a container platform, which you can imagine as a set of tools, services, and practices that help you to develop, ship, and run your applications using software container technology. They talk about the applicability for developers for using Docker, the two different ways people use Docker, and how he usually uses Docker. They also t...

Jul 17, 20181 hr 1 min

EMx 009: Jarno Lindqvist - GDPR

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Jarno Lindqvist In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Jarno Lindqvist about GDPR. Jarno is works for SAS institutes in the Finland office working mostly on data management, technical architecture, and GDPR regulation. They talk about what GDPR is, what developers need to understand about it, and the type of data that must comply with GDPR regulations. They also touch on data security and protection, the right to be forgotten, and more! In parti...

Jul 10, 201837 min

EMx 008: Nerves! with Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck

Panel: Eric Berry Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck about Nerves! Frank is a software developer who, in his day job, focuses on C and C++ and now works for Smartrent using Nerves . Justin is currently working for Le Tote where he applies Nerves to the production there. They talk about what Nerves is, the two worlds you work within Nerves, the disadvantages to using Nerves, an...

Jun 18, 201847 min

EMx 007: Deployments, Distillery, and Open Source with Paul Schoenfelde

Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Paul Schoenfelde In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Paul Schoenfelde about deployments, distillery, and open source. Paul is an architectural engineer at Dockyard and was previously a .net developer for about 10 years. Since coming to Elixir , he has been dedicating most of his open source time and free time to the language and projects associated with it. They talk about how he got to where he is today, Di...

Jun 12, 20181 hr 22 min

EMx 006: Elixir and Property-based testing with Vitaly Tatarintsev

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Vitaly Tatarintsev In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Vitaly Tatarintsev about Elixir and property-based testing. Vitaly is a back-end developer and who is currently still working predominantly with Ruby while he continues learns Elixir . He is fairly new to Elixir and likes to write articles about learning Elixir on his blog What did I Learn . They talk about what property-based testing is, where a person can get sta...

Jun 05, 201832 min

EMx 005: Asynchronicity in Elixir - Best Effort vs. Guaranteed Execution with Sam Davies

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guests: Sam Davies In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Sam Davies about asynchronicity in Elixir. Sam has been programming for about six years and got into Elixir about a year ago. Before working with Elixir, he was a Ruby programmer and he currently works for a company called Nested and introduced them to Elixir there. They talk about asynchronous programming, different Elixir libraries, and his creation Rihanna . ...

May 29, 201859 min

EMx 004: Blockchain in Elixir with Kamil Lelonek

Panel: Mark Erikson Eric Berry Justin Bean Special Guests: Kamil Lelonek In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kamil Lelonek about Blockchain in Elixir. Kamil is a software engineer from Poland who does full stack development with Elixir and JavaScript . He is also an educated dietician and is interested in topics such as biohacking, Bitcoin , and Blockchain . They talk about how he got into Elixir, how he decided to start implementing Blockchain in Elixir, and Bitcoin. In particular...

May 22, 201845 min

EMx 003: Chris Keathley

Panel: Eric Berry Josh Adams Justin Bean Special Guests: Chris Keathley In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Chris Keathley. Chris has been in the Elixir community for a number of years and has been trying to contribute more to the community recently. He created libraries such as Wallaby and has been working on distributed systems tooling more recently. They talk about his various projects that he is working on, such as Raft , Toniq , and Maestro , and much more! In particular, we d...

May 16, 201858 min

EMx 002: ElixirScript with Bryan Joseph

Panel: Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Justin Bean Special Guests: Bryan Joseph In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel discusses ElixirScript with Bryan Joseph. Bryan works for Revelry Labs , has been a programmer for about 10 years, and has worked with Elixir since about 2013. They talk about what ElixirScript is, why you would want to use it, and why he came about wanting to create it. They also touch on different open source libraries that he has created and the importance of usability. In part...

May 08, 201835 min

EMx 001: Welcome to Elixir Mix

EMx 001: Welcome to Elixir Mix Panel: Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Justin Bean Mark Erikson Special Guests: None In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel discusses Elixir and themselves. They talk about how the show got started, what each of the panelists are wanting to get out of the show, and how each of them got into Elixir themselves. They stress the fact that they want this show to make a difference in the Elixir community, give Elixir a bigger audience, and allow people to see what big and ...

May 01, 201840 min
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