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Elixir Mix

English, Technology, 1 season, 287 episodes, 2 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes
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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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Nerves Powered Mechanical Keyboards with Chris Dosé - EMx 258

In this episode of Elixir Mix, Chris Dosé joins us to talk about some of the open source work that he has done at Peek. He also talks to us about his exciting Nerves projects Xebow and AFK.LinksiCalendarGitHub Chris DoséGitHub ElixirSeattle/xebowPicksSteven - The Art of Agile James ShoreSteven - US History YouTubeLars - Hurry SlowlyLars - Peter van Roy - KEYTNOTE Why time is evil indistributed systems l Code BEAM STO 19Chris - ElixirConf 2018 - Picking Properties to Test in Property Based Testing - Michael Stalker Sophie - Anybody have any easy baking recipes?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
10/16/202451 minutes, 33 seconds
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What it means to be a Senior - EMx 257

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 codehow side projects are useful but not required to become a great developerhow senior developers tend to approach problem solving and how to get better at thathow interpersonal skills play at least an equal role as technical knowledgehow specific tech know-how becomes less and less important the further developers climb the ladder - at least the managerial ladderhow organizational structures cannot be ignored when building solutionsThey close with some picks which they deem valuable for anybody who'd like to dig deeper into some of these ideas.LinksAre We Really Engineers? * Hillel WayneSeven Languages in Seven WeeksConway's law - WikipediaTeam TopologiesThe Little Elixir & OTP GuidebookPicksAdi- The Little Elixir & OTP GuidebookAdi- Seven Languages in Seven WeeksAdi- God of War Ragnarök - PS5 Games | PlayStationSascha- Specification by ExampleSascha- ExercismSascha- You Know Nothing ... or do you? - Sascha WolfBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
10/9/202451 minutes, 29 seconds
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Milestones in Elixir's Evolution - EMx 256

The Elixir Mix Panel discusses the history of Elixir and the high points and big changes in the language and ecosystem. They go into the big changes that brought about growth in the ecosystem, ease of use in the language, better features, and much more.LinksElixirConf 2021Debugging With Tracing in ElixirCall for Proposals for ElixirConf EU 2021PicksAdi- Simplebet - Software EngineerAdi- Career Opportunities | AnnkissamAllen- Just-in-Time Mode - Tailwind CSSCharles- Premium Podcast Feeds | Devchat.tvCharles- Who Not HowCharles- The Miracle MorningCharles- Psycho-CyberneticsCharles- As a man ThinkethCharles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv Sascha- Bypass - bypass v2.1.0Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
10/2/202439 minutes, 10 seconds
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Learning and Loving Elixir with Randall Thomas - EMx 255

We discuss how to learn and love Elixir and other functional languages, the importance of people and community in learning, the perfect autumnal cocktail and so much more with Randall Thomas—drinker, hacker and bon vivant!LinksLet Over Lambda—50 Years of LispHaskell Programming from First PrinciplesWHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN LEARNING HASKELLProgramming ElixirPicksBruce - https://grox.ioAlex - Erlang in AngerAlex - https://github.com/happi/theBeamBookSteven - 49 inch ultra wide monitorRandall - https://haskellbook.com/, https://keminglabs.com/findaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
9/25/202448 minutes, 56 seconds
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Embracing Open Source and WebAssembly - EMx 254

In today's episode, Allen talks to Philipp Tessenow also known as "Tessi", an accomplished developer with a rich background in Ruby on Rails, Elixir Phoenix, and the groundbreaking technology of WebAssembly (WASM). Tessi shares his journey from creating massive PDF files for a client to pioneering the WASM X project, a robust system that integrates WebAssembly with Elixir, enhancing cross-platform capabilities and performance.In this episode, they explore the challenges and triumphs of generating PDFs using JavaScript and WebAssembly, the rise of async operations with Rust and Tokyo, and the thriving open-source community supporting these endeavors. They also discuss the practical benefits of Elixir, the importance of having the right developer for the job, and the sometimes political nature of technology adoption in companies. Stay tuned as they unpack the key features and benefits of WebAssembly, Tessi's contributions to the Remote.com global HR platform, and the interplay between WASM, Elixir, and Rust.Dive in and discover how Tessi balances her groundbreaking work with family life, the continual evolution of the WebAssembly ecosystem, and the vibrant, collaborative spirit of open-source development. LinksGitHub: tessi/wasmexSocialsGitHub: Philipp TessenowBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
9/18/202444 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Future of Data Transformation: Inside the Development of Babel - EMx 253

 In this episode, we dive deep into the realm of data transformation and developer tools with our special guest, Alex Wolf. They explore the intricacies of Alex's innovative library, Babel, designed for expressive and flexible data transformations, and discuss its real-world applications and advantages over traditional tools like Ecto.Join them as they uncover Alex's design philosophy behind Babel, the challenges faced during its development, and the thoughtful optimizations implemented to enhance error reporting and user experience. They also delve into some interesting off-topic conversations, including neurodiversity and its impact on daily routines, eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, and the latest in gaming recommendations.Prepare for a journey through cutting-edge programming concepts, practical tips, and personal insights as we bring you a captivating episode filled with valuable information and thought-provoking discussions. So, whether you're a seasoned developer or just keen on the latest tech trends, this episode is packed with insights you won't want to miss. Let's get started!LinksBabelSocialsLinkedIn: Alex WolfGitHub: alexocode Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
8/15/202446 minutes
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Exercism’s Tools and Features: A Deep Dive into Concept Exercises and Learning Tracks - EMx 252

In today's episode, Allen and Adi delve deep into the world of Exercism and the dynamics of open-source coding. Join them as they explore how enthusiastic contributors shape the platform by building and suggesting new exercises, the collaborative atmosphere in track maintenance, and the pivotal role of mentoring. Our special guest, Erik Schierboom, head of open source at Exercism, shares his journey into functional programming and his evolution as a track maintainer. They also discuss exciting new features such as concept exercises, improvements in mentoring with the latest V3 release, and future ambitions, including cross-referencing knowledge through AI and chat GPT for code evaluation. Tune in for an in-depth look at how Exercism fosters learning, community engagement, and innovation in coding education.LinksExercismSocialsLinkedIn: Erik SchierboomBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
7/17/202447 minutes, 39 seconds
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Success in Tech: Language Choices, Career Moves, and Functional Programming - EMx 251

Mark Sebald is a Senior Software Engineer. They explore the fascinating career journeys and diverse experiences of our panel and guest. They also advocate for practical language choices driven by business needs and discuss the challenges of hiring for niche languages and the impact of personal biases in programming.Mark shares his transition from programming to management and back, highlighting his love for learning and his deep dive into Elixir and Erlang. He reflects on his varied work experiences, including at BlockFi and in-home health care software, and his plans post-retirement.Join them as they discuss the balancing act between management and technical roles, and the appeal of functional programming, and look forward to future projects. SocialsLinkedIn: Mark SebaldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
6/19/202457 minutes, 49 seconds
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Embracing Elixir: From Language Understanding to Framework Mastery - EMx 250

Nicolas Boisvert is a Software developer. They delve deep into the world of coding, languages, and frameworks. In this episode, they discuss everything from the intricacies of maintaining English translations in Git text to the nuances of learning Elixir and Phoenix in a multicultural setting. Join them as they share insights on the challenges and triumphs of incorporating translations, the evolution of Phoenix, and the fascinating journey of learning a new programming language. From performance testing to language barriers, get ready for a deep dive into the world of development on the Top End Devs podcast.SocialsLinkedIn: Nicolas BoisvertGitHub: nicklaybBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
6/5/20241 hour, 12 minutes, 11 seconds
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Phoenix Phrenzy with Nathan Long - EMx 249

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews  Nathan Long about Pheonix Phrenzy. Nathan explains what Pheonix Phrenzy is and what the contest is all about. The panel explains how exciting it is for everyone to see what Live View can really do. With all the submissions open-sourced, the consider what a great resource the submissions are for those learning to use Live View. Nathan explains his motivations behind Pheonix Phrenzy. He explains what they learned from this contest and what they may do in future contests. Nathan shares how wonderful it was to work with everyone at Dockyard on Pheonix Phrenzy. He explains how the competition worked, the role of the VIP judges and how the site was designed to make the contest as fair as possible. The top three submissions are shared, the panel is impressed by how different each of the projects are. Nathan shares all the amazing things developers get when they use Live View. The panel considers when to use Live View. The episode finishes as Nathan shares what he would like to see in the future versions of Live View.Linkshttps://phoenixphrenzy.com/resultshttps://twitter.com/sleeplessgeekhttp://nathanmlong.com/blog/Ranking Programming Languages by GitHub Users  GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić https://twitter.com/ScenicFramework/status/1189646397147992064 https://hexdocs.pm/scenic/Scenic.Components.html https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mixPicksMark - https://alicevision.org/ Mark - https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom Josh - Jesus is King by Kanye West Michael  - Scenic ComponentsNathan  - https://apps.ankiweb.net/Nathan - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/SameSiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
5/22/202439 minutes, 56 seconds
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Real-Time Phoenix, Tenant Data, and User Auth with Steve Bussey - EMx 248

We talk with Steve Bussey about his book Real-Time Phoenix, his library ecto_tenancy_enforcer, and we delve into user auth. We cover how TDD works for us, approaches to partitioning user data, recent auth developments in the community and much more!LinksSalesLoftThe Pragmatic BookshelfGitHub sb8244/ecto_tenancy-enforcercitusdataCitus CommunityPowDashbitKeycloakdeviseGibson Research CorporationElixir ForumPicksJosh  - BitwardenJosh  - Baby Chickens. 'Nuff saidMark - FREE Pattern Matching CourseMark  - SeinfeldSteve - ZwiftSteve - Follow on Twitter: @yoooodaaaaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
5/8/202445 minutes, 38 seconds
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Discussing Deployment - EMx 247

In 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 and those new to Elixir. The next topic they discuss is hot code reload. Michael shares his fascination with this practice and explains what it is. The panel discusses the possibilities and use-cases for hot code reload. Hot code upgrade is also discussed. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksgrapevine Deploying with Docker https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/heroku.html https://www.heroku.com/ https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/ https://www.ansible.com/ https://gigalixir.com/ deploy.sh Running migrations release_tasks.ex Configuration and releases mix release observer_cli Erlang: The Movie Using Erlang Distribution to test hardware The Athens Affair ElixirConf 2018 - Docker and OTP Friends or Foes - Daniel Azuma Richard Carlsson - The art of the live upgrade - 10 yrs of evolving a live system | Code BEAM SF 19 https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mixPicksMark - Hot Rod  Mark - Install Elixir using asdf Michael - https://twitter.com/fhunleth/status/1195524113617637376 Michael - scenic sensor Eric - Elixir Wizards Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
5/1/202448 minutes, 45 seconds
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Elixir, LiveBook, and NX: Innovations in Machine Learning Training and GPU Integration - EMx 246

Jonatan Kłosko is an open-source developer. They delve into the world of machine learning, numerical computation, and innovative tools shaking up the landscape. They understand the intricacies of training in machine learning and the challenges of running GPU operations on macOS. They also share their experiments with different tools for their machine learning and cloud services project, touching on the topics of reproducibility in notebooks, LiveBook features, and the use of NX for numerical calculations in Elixir. Join them as they navigate the complexities of machine learning, explore the possibilities of innovative technologies, and unearth valuable resources for beginners in artificial intelligence and machine learning.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBumbleebeeSocialsGitHub: jonatankloskoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
4/24/202451 minutes, 3 seconds
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Navigating Testing Complexities and Technology Transitions - EMx 245

Moxley Stratton is the Principal Owner at Moxley Data Inc. and the creator of GroupFlow.app. They delve into the world of software development and technology. They explore the experiences and insights of our speakers as they navigate the complexities of building and testing software. From discussions about the power and flexibility of the filtering feature in a project to the importance of testing at the API level, they share their expertise and thoughts on best development practices. Join them as they deep dive into topics such as type systems, object field renaming, and the use of functional programming in Elixir. Stay tuned for an engaging conversation about the challenges and advantages of using frameworks like ASH, along with an exciting lineup of upcoming events and guests. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsLinkedIn: Moxley StrattonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
4/17/202453 minutes, 52 seconds
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The Power of CLDR with Kip Cole - EMx 244

Kip Cole is the creator of CLDR. They delve deep into the complexities of language preferences and settings related to territory, script, currency, calendar, time zone, date time formats, and number formats. They explore the frustration of dealing with default language settings, the use of the Accept-Language header for predicting individual preferences, and the shift towards relying more on language preference settings. They share their insights, experiences, and frustrations in the world of internationalization, localization, and the use of CLDR libraries. From discussing the challenges of software internationalization to the importance of sustainable open-source libraries, this episode is packed with valuable information and passionate discussions that resonate with developers everywhere. Tune in as they share their personal experiences, recommendations for resources, and their commitment to continuously learning and improving the developer community. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsGitHub: Kip ColeLinksCLDRPicksAllen - Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKip - Professor TBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
4/3/20241 hour, 4 minutes, 34 seconds
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Exploring Elixir's Frontier with Anton Mishchuk - EMx 243

Anton Mishchuk is a Software Engineer.  They dive into a fascinating conversation about software development, frameworks, books on programming languages, and a community event in Berlin. They touch on a wide range of topics, including the transition from Ruby to Elixir, the development and eventual discontinuation of a testing framework, and the potential use cases and benefits of flow-based programming as an application layer framework. They explore the challenges, inspirations, and ambitions of projects such as ALF, Octopus, and Kraken. From the academic value of testing frameworks to the philosophical principles behind structured programming, this episode offers a deep dive into the world of software development. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsLinkedIn: Anton Mishchuk Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.
3/27/20241 hour, 4 minutes, 56 seconds
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Uncovering Elixir Patterns, PromX Libraries, and JavaScript Sandbox Integration - EMx 242

Alex Koutmos is the Co-Founder at EagleMMS LLC. They explore the upcoming release of a book on Elixir patterns and share their frustrations with the college textbook market. The conversation also delves into using Rust and Zig in Elixir projects, the development of open-source libraries, and the potential impact of a native JSON module on Elixir and Phoenix. They also discuss email formatting challenges, secure JavaScript execution within Elixir applications, and the functionalities of the PromX library with Grafana and Prometheus integration. Tune in for an engaging and insightful discussion on a wide range of tech-related topics!SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsLinkedIn: Alex KoutmosAlex KoutmosPicksAdi - Shadow of the Tomb RaiderAllen - Bluetooth Headphones & Wireless Headphones | BoseAlex - Bugatti Chiron 42083 | Technic - LEGOAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/13/202442 minutes, 49 seconds
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Exploring Svelte: Power, Simplicity, and Reactivity with Live View in Elixir - EMx 241

Wout De Puysseleir is a freelance software developer. They engage in a detailed exploration of the intricate parallels between Svelte and Live View, examining fundamental concepts and practical applications. From the development of the innovative Live Svelte framework to the challenges and rewards of Elixir adoption, they delve into the technical and professional aspects of the industry. Join them as they dissect the complexities of server-side rendering, client-side reactivity, and the influential role of Live View in the evolution of Elixir development.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinkslive_svelteSocialsGitHub: Wout De PuysseleirLinkedIn: Wout De PuysseleirAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/21/202435 minutes, 33 seconds
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Real-Time Product Maintenance: Elixir and Phoenix at Supabase - EMx 240

Filipe Cabaço is a software engineer. Allen Wyma and Adi Iyengar host a compelling discussion with Filipe Cabaço from Supabase, diving into the technical intricacies of their real-time product built with Elixir and Phoenix channels. The episode features in-depth insights into load testing, scalability, and the impact of Postgres changes, offering valuable lessons for developers and tech enthusiasts. Join them as they explore the importance of thorough testing, the benefits of Elixir in problem-solving, and the tools utilized for load testing, providing a comprehensive look at real-time project developmentSponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksrealtimeSocialsLinkedIn: Filipe CabaçoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/14/20241 hour, 1 minute, 51 seconds
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Unlocking Elixir Opportunities - EMx 239

Hayden Evans is the founder of Beam It and an Erlang/Elixir recruitment specialist. They delve into the world of Elixir and niche programming languages. They explore the passion and challenges surrounding the adoption and recruitment of Elixir talent, particularly within startups and production environments. The discussion revolves around the tight-knit Elixir community, the importance of networking, and practical tips for job applications and interviews within this specialized market. Join them as they uncover the unique dynamics and opportunities within the Elixir and Beam ecosystems.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBeamrec.comSocialsLinkedIn: Hayden EvansTwitter: @BeamItRecAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/31/202458 minutes, 48 seconds
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Credo Evolutions with René Föhring - EMx 238

René Föhring is the Head of Product at 5Minds, an open-source maintainer, and a conference speaker. They delve into a dynamic discussion centered around the intricacies of using Credo, a powerful static analysis tool for the Elixir programming language. Join them as they explore the balance between implementing rules and making informed decisions to suit a team's unique needs. The conversation also touches on configuring checks, the efficiency of Credo checks, recent updates and changes, the impact of community expectations on Credo's evolution, the value of metrics like cyclomatic complexity, and the significance of documentation in a project.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksCredoSocialsLinkedIn: René FöhringGitHub: René FöhringrrrenePicksAdi - SpawnFestRené - SourcererAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/24/202437 minutes, 6 seconds
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Exploring the Evolution of Kaffy - EMx 237

Abdullah Esmail is an Elixir developer and the creator of Kaffy. They delve into the world of database management tools and the importance of consistency in running currency rate update jobs. They also explore the nuances of two different admin interfaces and the exciting updates and challenges faced by the developers behind these projects. Join them as they discuss upcoming features and the timeline for the next version of Kaffy, along with interesting insights into the development, usability, and future directions of the Kaffy admin interface. From database challenges to future feature requests, this episode promises an insightful and engaging look into the world of software development.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsGitHub: aesmailTwitter: @aaesmailLinkskaffyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/17/202432 minutes, 20 seconds
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Streamlining Development with Ash Framework - EMx 236

Zach Daniel is the author of the Ash Framework. They dive into the world of software development, with a focus on the Ash framework. They explore the intricacies and benefits of this revolutionary tool. They discuss the ease of using resources, the new extensions and packages available, and the upcoming release of Ash 3.0. With in-depth conversations about authorization, conditional access, and the philosophy behind Ash, this episode offers valuable insights into the future of application development. Tune in as the team navigates the complexities, challenges, and potential of this extensive project, and learn how Ash is reshaping the developer experience.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksAsh FrameworkSocialsZach Danielzachdaniel.devPicksAdi - Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraAllen - SuperbroZach - Children of TimeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/10/202445 minutes, 12 seconds
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Caching Complexity: The Evolution of Nebulex in Elixir Applications - EMx 235

Carlos Andres Bolaños is the Chief Architect at SafeBoda. Allen and Carlos delve into the complexities of caching in Elixir applications. They cover topics such as caching algorithms, eviction policies, and the evolution of a caching library, offering insights into the importance of caching for optimization and the challenges involved in refining caching functionality based on feedback and project traction. Join them as they explore the intricacies of caching in the world of Elixir development.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksNebulexSocialsGitHub: Carlos Andres Bolaños R.A.LinkedIn: Carlos Andrés Bolaños Realpe APicksAllen - Valley of ZekeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/3/202459 minutes, 46 seconds
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Marketing Success and Technical Challenges - EMx 234

Derek Kraan is an Elixir specialist. They delve into crucial aspects of software development and marketing. They engage in a thorough exploration of topics such as marketing strategies, software package development, and the challenges of product maintenance and launch. They take a deep dive into the complexities of subscription models, pricing strategies, and the sustainability of open-source libraries. The episode also features in-depth conversations about the development of Horde and Swarm packages, shedding light on the intricate details of their features and functionalities.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialsLinkedIn: Derek KraanGitHub: Derek KraanPicksAdi - ElixirConf EUAdi - HordeDerek - How to Sharpen a Knife on a WhetstoneAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/27/202350 minutes, 43 seconds
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Evolving Elixir with Saša Jurić - EMx 233

Saša Jurić is an Elixir mentor. They engage in insightful discussions on the practical applications of Credo for style enforcement, managing website traffic bursts with Elixir, and simplifying system architecture. Our esteemed guests share valuable insights on testing with Elixir, the expected release of "Elixir in Action," and the importance of defining boundaries in Elixir projects. Tune in to gain valuable knowledge and stay updated on the latest developments in technology and development.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksElixir in ActionSocialsLinkedin: Saša JurićPicksAdi - Code BEAM AmericaAllen - RoboCop: Rogue City on SteamSaša - Postmodern Jukebox – Todays Hits YesterdayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/13/202356 minutes, 10 seconds
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Navigating Niche Hiring, Remote Teams, and Tech Transitions - EMx 232

Daniel Kulesza is a software engineer. They delve into the intricate world of Elixir development and the challenges faced by companies in hiring talent for niche skills like Elixir and maintaining specialized projects such as Alexa. They explore the difficulties of managing remote teams and hiring consultants from different time zones and engage in a deep dive into programming languages, tools, and technologies, including the latest advancements in memory control for parallel processing in Elixir. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinkstheScore.com: Sports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & moreSocialsLinkedIn: Daniel KuleszaPicksAdi - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special EditionDaniel - ESPN BET on the App StoreDaniel - FINAL FANTASY XVI | SQUARE ENIX.Daniel - Demon's SoulsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/6/202351 minutes, 57 seconds
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How To Recession Proof Your Job - BONUS

Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" DealCoupon Code: "THRIVE" for a GIANT discountAre you looking at all the layoffs and uncertainty going on and wondering if your company is the next to cut back? Or, maybe you're a freelancer or entrepreneur who is trying to figure out how to deliver more value to gain or retain customers?Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the one thing that both of them use to more than double their productivity on a daily basis.Mani has read 1,000's of productivity books over the last several years and has formulated a methodology for getting more done, but found that he lacked the discipline to follow through on his plans.The he found the one thing that kept him on track and made him so productive that he is now getting all of his work done and was able to live the life he wants.Chuck also weighs in on how Mani's technique has worked for him and allows him to spend more time with his wife and kids, run a podcast network, and a nearly full time contract.Join the episode to learn how Chuck and Mani get into a regular flow state with their work and consistently deliver at work.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/21/20231 hour, 12 minutes, 24 seconds
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Engaging with the Elixir Community - EMx 230

Adi and Allen join this week's panelist episode. They dive into the vibrant Elixir community and explore the importance of open communication and feedback. From the struggles of casual conversation to the excitement of discussing technology, they uncover some interesting stories.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - SpawnFest 2023Allen - Yubico | YubiKey Strong Two Factor AuthenticationAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/11/202339 minutes, 57 seconds
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Caching, Telemetry, and Beyond: Navigating Software Solutions for Efficient Development - EMx 229

Allen, Adi and Sascha join this week's panelist episode. They talk about the importance of a historical record, logging, and error handling, time operations in Elixir, and code linting with Credo. Moreover, they dive into helpful app development tools, caching with etech plug, telemetry, and open telemetry solutions.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - ueberauth/ueberauthAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/27/202354 minutes, 27 seconds
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Observability in the Beam: An In-Depth Exploration of Tools and Solutions - EMx 228

Adi, Allen, and Sascha join this week's panelist episode. They dive deep into the world of observability, tracing, and monitoring. They talk about the advantages of using open telemetry directly and how it can be translated into different formats. They also explore the benefits of using tools for understanding and improving code performance during development. Additionally, they take a look at different levels of observability, from Phoenix Live View and Live Dashboard to telemetry and tracing operations in large pipelines. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialAdi - Trace_pattern function in ErlangAllen - GigCityElixir 2023 - Amos KingSascha - EverWorld on SteamAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/13/202348 minutes, 13 seconds
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Building Applications with Flexibility and Scalability in Mind - EMx 227

Adi, Allena, and Sascha join this week's panelist episode. They dive into the world of engineering approaches for startups and delve into the ongoing debate of whether software engineering is really engineering. They discuss a unique structure for building a big elixir application, where separate bound contexts are responsible for their own supervision trees. They share their insights on the benefits and challenges of this approach, exploring the balance between pragmatism and forward-thinking. From discussing microservices to exploring new programming languages and patterns, there is plenty of valuable information for developers of all levels. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - Revel - Go Web FrameworkAdi - Rise of the RoninAdi - Ghost of TsushimaAllen - Elixir MergeAllen - Ferrous SystemsSascha - Are We Really Engineers?Sascha - VINLAND SAGAAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/6/202350 minutes, 4 seconds
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Choosing Elixir as your Language - EMx 226

Bruce Tate is the founder of grox.io. He begins by introducing himself and talking about the services his company provides. They also discuss choosing Elixir as your first language for beginners, its pros and cons, and each of the panel's perspectives regarding it. Moreover, they dive into all things Elixir and many more!SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksgrox.ioSeven Languages in Seven WeeksThe book is on sale this week at the pragprog.com - Code: CODING2023 (There are other books on sale as well.)SocialsLinkedIn: Bruce TatePicksAdi - Seven More Languages in Seven WeeksAdi - SpawnFest 2023Allen - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga CollectionBruce - Home | Currently The BoatAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/16/20231 hour, 1 minute, 54 seconds
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Being an Elixir Engineer with Andrea Leopardi - EMx 225

Andrea Leopardi is a Software engineer, author, speaker, and member of the Elixir core team. He begins by sharing his experiences as an Elixir core team member, software engineer and how the Elixir core team manages their projects. Moreover, he talks about his soon-to-be-released book, what it is about, and the motivation for his book. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipSocialLinkedIn: Andrea Leopardiandrealeopardi.com PicksAdi - Vacuum CleanersAllen - Elgato Stream Deck Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/9/202350 minutes, 14 seconds
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The Elixir System with Josh Adams - EMx 224

Josh Adams is a Software Engineer at GridPoint. He joins the show to talk about his experience in Elixir. He begins by explaining the reason why prefers the Elixir language compared to the other frameworks. He also shares his journey of transitioning from Ruby to Elixir. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksGridPointSocialsLinkedIn: Josh AdamsPicksAdi - Existential PhysicsAdi - Groxio Learning: Career Fuel for ProgrammersAllen - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Josh - On the Genealogy of MoralityJosh - Build Your Own Web Framework in ElixirAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/26/202349 minutes, 13 seconds
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Things Lately as a Developer - EMx 223

Adi, Allen, and Sascha join this week's panelist episode to discuss their most recent work update and exciting projects. They also dive into some of the issues they experienced while working on some of their projects and how they handled them. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - HelixSascha - Watch Black Mirror | Netflix Official SiteAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/13/202349 minutes, 52 seconds
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Building Your Web Framework in Elixir with Adi Iyengar - EMx 222

Adi Iyengar is an Engineering Leader, Startup Advisor, Author, and Elixir Mix Podcast Host. He joins Allen to talk about his book, "Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir". He begins by talking about the process of publishing a book, how he wrote his book and gives some tips to aspiring authors. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBuild Your Own Web Framework in ElixirSocialsLinkedIn: Adi IyengarTwitter: aditya7iyengarAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/6/202342 minutes, 43 seconds
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Run Specific Test Cases using ExUnit with Kevin Mathew - EMx 221

Kevin Mathew is a Junior Backend Developer at Qiibee. He joins the show to talk about his article, "Run specific test cases with ExUnit". He begins sharing how he became an author in ElixirSchool. He also shares the reason why he came up with his article. Additionally, he dives into explaining running specific tests and the panel also shares their own experience & perspective on the different tests.   SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksRun specific test cases with ExUnitSocialsLinkedIn: Kevin MathewGitHub: kevinam99Twitter: @neverloquaciousPicksAdi - Helix EditorAdi - Build Your Own Web Framework in ElixirAllen - Starship Troopers: ExterminationAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/28/20231 hour, 26 seconds
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Deploying Apps with MRSK - EMx 220

Richard Taylor is the CTO at Dizzie. He joins the show to talk about his article, " Multi-Cloud Deployment for Elixir & Phoenix with MRSK". He begins by sharing how he got into it and what made him interested in Elixir. He explains deploying apps using the MRSK and its difference from AWS.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksMulti-Cloud Deployment for Elixir & Phoenix with MRSKZerotierslackhq/nebulaGlobally distributed Elixir over TailscaleSocialsLinkedIn: Richard TaylorTwitter: @moomermanPicksAllen - Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection on SteamRichard - LUNARK on SteamRichard - MimestreamRichard - Homebrew/homebrew-autoupdateAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/7/202349 minutes, 57 seconds
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Sports Betting in Elixir with Nikola Petrušić - EMx 218

Nikola Petrušić is a Software Engineer at theScore. He joins the show to talk about Sports Betting. He begins by sharing his experiences in the industry and how he landed his job. He dives into the concept of sports betting in the Elixir ecosystem. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinks Wardley MappingEventStorming What is Last Responsible Moment? | Simplicable Nine Whys commandedSocialsGetting in Touch - Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Nikola PetrušićPicks Adi - Days Gone Adi - Jobs (get in touch with him) Allen - Full Throttle Nikola - Elixir in ActionNikola - God of War RagnarökSascha - Eat Trash, Be Free!Sascha - Sifu  Sascha - Learning Domain-Driven Design  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/17/202352 minutes, 31 seconds
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Building Distributed Systems at Scale - EMx 219

Brent Anderson is a Software engineer at Knock. He builds high-scale messaging systems in Elixir. He joins the show to talk about his article, "Using our One and Done Library to power idempotent API requests". He begins by explaining the idea of creating a library and the importance of idempotency. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinks https://knock.app/blog/using-one-and-done-to-power-idempotencyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundering_herd_problemhttps://hex.pm/packages/socket_dranohttps://blog.heroku.com/erlang-in-angerhttp://www.erlang-in-anger.com/ Getting in Touch @[email protected] [email protected] Picks Adi - Job  Allen - PreyBrent - Dendron  Brent - RPG in a BoxBrent -  e-bikeSascha - Bullet Journaling Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/10/202355 minutes, 24 seconds
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What Have You Used Elixir For Recently? - EMx 217

Adi, Allen, and Sascha join this week's panelist episode to talk about their Elixir projects, recent discoveries, and challenges they have encountered.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - UNCHARTED: The Lost LegacyAllen - Alan Wake's American NightmareSascha - A Short Hike on SteamSascha - Mario Kart Tour | NintendoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/5/202353 minutes, 32 seconds
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Getting to Know Bruce A. Tate - BONUS

Bruce A. Tate is a Founder at Groxio, Elixir Expert, and a Technical Author. He joins the show alongside Charles Max Wood to talk about his book, "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks". He also delves into some of the preparations and anticipations that come with reading the book. LinksSeven Languages in Seven Weeksgrox.io SocialsLinkedIn: Bruce TateTwitter: redrapidsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/28/202331 minutes, 37 seconds
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Career Growth Opportunities- EMx 216

Charles Max Wood returns to Elixir Mix to discuss career growth opportunities. They dive into coaching and mentoring developers who feel like they're not moving forward in their careers or profession. They offer some advice on how to alter the course of your career and how to build your skills. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAdi - Detox Your EgoAdi - Stick HeroAllen - Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold WarCharles - Ark Nova | Board GameCharles - Dice Forge | Board GameCharles - Seven Languages in Seven WeeksAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/26/20231 hour, 54 seconds
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Jason Weimann - Learn Video Game Development with Chuck - BONUS

Jason Weimann is a Developer and Instructor. He returns to the show with Chuck to talk about video game creation. He shares his experiences as a developer and dives into his courses wherein he gives beginners and aspiring developers a walk-through of the world of creating games. LinksGame development courses & tutorialsProgrammer Course – game.coursesSocialsTwitter: @jweimannAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/21/202350 minutes, 12 seconds
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What's Haystack with Philip Brown? - EMx 215

Philip Brown is an Elixir software engineer, and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building and scaling internet software applications and services. He joins the show to talk about "haystack". It is a simple, extendable full-text search engine written in Elixir. He begins by sharing his motivation to create his project and his purpose for building it. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksAdding a Table of Contents to Nimble Publisher | CultttGitHub - elixir-haystack/haystack: Simple, extendable full-text search engine written in ElixirBuilding a full-text search engine in Elixir | CultttPriseSocialsPhilip BrownTwitter: @philipbrownPicksAllen - Arctis Nova Pro wireless for the best gaming experienceAdi - Tchia on SteamPhilip - Multi-Cloud Deployment for Elixir & Phoenix with MRSKAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/12/202348 minutes, 3 seconds
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How Do You Stop Hating Your Job? - BONUS

Are you dissatisfied with your job? Sam Feeney helps organizations improve employee engagement, increase retention, and reinvent hiring while helping individuals (re)discover career satisfaction in their current roles. He joins the show alongside Chuck Wood to tackle altering the way you perceive your job and talk about Career satisfaction.On YouTubeHow Do You Stop Hating Your Job? - BONUSSocialsLinkedIn: Sam FeeneyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/12/202344 minutes, 43 seconds
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Debugging in Elixir with Marcos Ramos - EMx 214

Marcos Ramos is a Senior Software Engineer. He joins the show with Allen to talk about, Debugging and Tracing in Erlang | AppSignal Blog. He explains the process of debugging and the tools that he is using. He shares his methods and tips for tracing and debugging.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksDebugging and Tracing in Erlang | AppSignal Blog SocialsMarcos RamosTwitter: @rmsmrcsPicksAllen - Lens | The Kubernetes IDEMarcos - Neil Gaiman BooksMarcos - Erlang in Anger: Stuff Goes BadAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/5/202350 minutes, 14 seconds
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Learning about Owl with Artur Plysyuk - EMx 213

Artur Plysyuk is a Software Engineer at proSapient. He joins the show alongside Allen to talk about, "Owl: A toolkit for writing command-line user interfaces". He begins by introducing "Owl" and what motivated him to write the library. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksOwl - A toolkit for writing command-line user interfaces - Libraries - Elixir Programming Language ForumGitHub: fuelen/owlSocialsGitHub: fuelenLinkedIn: Artur Plysyuk Twitter: @fuelenPicksAdi - The Forgotten City on SteamAllen - Aliens: Fireteam Elite on SteamArtur - elixir-ecto/ectoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/29/202337 minutes, 10 seconds
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Design Pattern in Elixir with Sergey Chechaev - EMx 212

Sergey Chechaev is the СТО/Co-Founder at PushSMS. He joins the show alongside Allen to discuss "Design Pattern Parameter". He talks about his experiences as a Software Developer and some of the languages he used. Moreover, he discusses design patterns from his point of view, how it is applied, and their primary purpose.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksDesign pattern parameterLinkedIn Sergey ChechaevSergey ChechaevPicksAllen - Alan Wake 2 — Alan WakeSergey - Night RunnersAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/22/202336 minutes, 3 seconds
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Genetic Algorithms With José Diogo Viana - EMx 211

José Diogo Viana is a Full Stack Engineer. He joins the show to talk about, Genetic Algorithms to optimize an Asset Portfolio and his company, "Finiam". He begins by discussing his company, what clients they cater and the services they provide. Being a Fintech company, he also tackles their projects in Finiam and what frameworks they usually use. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksGenetic Algorithms to optimize an Asset PortfolioFiniam BlogzediogovianaGitHub: zediogovianaLinkedIn: José Diogo VianaTwitter: @zediogovianaReach out to Adi for work opportunities + Founding Engineer roles: [email protected] PicksAdi - Temu Adi - RoborockAdi - Build Your Own FrameworkAllen - World War Z: AftermathDiogo - The Last of UsDiogo - Code BulletDiogo - Range Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/15/202349 minutes, 1 second
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Handling and Updating Web Application Dependencies - EMx 210

Allen and Sascha join this week's panelist episode to talk about updating web application dependencies. They dive into the things you should consider in web application updates. Moreover, they share their professional experience and how they deal with errors and bugs after updating software.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipPicksAllen - Sleeping Dogs on SteamSascha - goldilocks DocumentationSascha - SifuAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/8/202346 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Use Of Stenography In Elixir With Paul Fioravanti - EMx 209

Paul Fioravanti is Principal Consultant at Alembic. He joins the show alongside Sascha to talk about his YouTube video, "Build a real-time Twitter clone with steno using LiveView and Phoenix 1.6" He starts off by sharing how he was introduced to the concept of "Stenography" and how it lead to creating his youtube video. He explains using steno in programming and what difference it makes. Additionally, he advises beginners on how to get started with steno. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBuild a real-time Twitter clone with steno using LiveView and Phoenix 1.6 - YouTubePlover - Open Steno ProjectPaul FioravantiPaul Fioravanti - YouTubeLinkedIn: Paul FioravantiGitHub: paulfioravantiTwitter: @paulfioravantiPicksPaul - we are mario - SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™Paul - Gc - Doom 3 - DoomworldPaul - ParkrunSascha - SifuAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/2/202359 minutes, 42 seconds
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How To Secure Your Elixir Application With Michael Lubas - EMx 208

In this episode, Allen, Adi, and Sascha are joined by Michael Lubas, the founder of paraxial.io, as they delve into the world of bot defense. Michael highlights the importance of bot defense, especially for small companies who are often deliberately targeted. The group examines the issues with "man-in-the-middle" solutions like Cloudflare and how this can be avoided by having bot defenses built into the application itself - the approach paraxial.io is taking. He explains how paraxial's bot detection and defense work on a high level, how it tries to reduce the runtime overhead to a minimum, and what other security topics are relevant for the day-to-day Elixir developer.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksElixir and Phoenix Application Security PlatformGitHub - michalmuskala/plug_attack: A plug building toolkit for blocking and throttling abusive requestsGitHub - nccgroup/sobelow: Security-focused static analysis for the Phoenix FrameworkGitHub - mirego/mix_auditmix hex.audit - Hex v2.0.6GitHub - dimitarvp/trie: A basic Elixir implementation of the Trie data structurePhoenix Application SecuritySecuring Elixir/Phoenix Applications: 5 Tips to Get Startedpersistent_termGet in touch with Michael Lubas [email protected]: Paraxial.ioLinkedIn: Michael LubasTwitter: @paraxialioParaxial.ioPicksAdi - Hogwarts LegacyAdi - Captain Sonar GameAllen - Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo on SteamMichael - 3Blue1Brown (YouTube Channel)Michael - Deus Ex™ GOTY EditionSascha - Disco ElysiumSascha - GitHub - ExHammer/hammer: An Elixir rate-limiter with pluggable backendsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/22/202358 minutes, 58 seconds
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Creating League of Legends Probuild with Baptiste Chaleil - EMx 207

Baptiste Chaleil is a software developer specializing in the development of web applications. He joins the show alongside Allen to talk about his blog post, "Probuild Ex Part One". He begins by sharing his journey of how he started his career and why he enjoys his career in Esports. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksProbuild Ex Part OneTwitter: @mrdotBGitHub: mrdotbmrdotbPicksAllen - Wolfenstein: The New Order Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/16/202347 minutes, 12 seconds
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Putting Elixir Applications Into Production In 2023 - EMx 206

Adi, Allen, and Sascha join this week's panelist episode to tackle different deployment applications in Elixir. Allen leads the show as he talks about the application "Fly.io". He describes how he used the software, how it works, and its benefit to users. On the other hand, Adi explains why he prefers to use Heroku. He explains its process and why it is also user-friendly. Lastly, they highlight the tools they think developers should utilize in 2023.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksFly.ioHeroku: Cloud Application PlatformAppSignalLogDNA is now MezmoGrafana OnCallSentryPicksAdi - Hogwarts LegacyAdi - VampyrAdi - * Great candidates! Head of Customer/Client Success Candidate: Delaney Widen: With 10+ years of startup experience, I'm a self-starter and creative problem solver. Effective and entertaining communication is of the utmost importance to me professionally and personally. I love being the voice of the customer and the team, providing their feedback as a liaison to guide and develop strategies, ultimately making more seamless experiences. Head of Operations: Olivia Del Bacro: Olivia is a multifaceted operations expert with a history of building and scaling out processes for fast-growth businesses. She is passionate about people and process while being a champion of change. With 10+ years of experience in the start-up world, she has demonstrated success in BizOps, Marketing Operations, Sales Enablement, and Project Management roles.Allen - Bright Memory: InfiniteSascha - Stick Fight: The GameAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/8/202343 minutes, 35 seconds
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Remote Development With Ben von Polheim - EMx 205

Ben von Polheim is a Freelance Front-end Developer. He also built two Elixir libraries: live_motion and ex_cva. He joins Allen and Sascha to talk about his article, "Remote Development in Elixir with Gitpod". He explains how he came up with the idea for the project and the process of setting it up. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksRemote Development in Elixir with Gitpod 🍊 — benvp— benvp live_motionex_cvaTwitter: @benvp_benvp.coPicksAllen - DOOMBen -Metaprogramming ElixirBen - TUNIC on SteamSascha - Gleam.io - Grow Your AudienceSascha - Dome Keeper on SteamSascha - Mario Strikers™Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/1/202348 minutes, 19 seconds
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Building An Empire With Francesco Cesarini - EMx 204

Francesco Cesarini is the Founder & Technical Director at Erlang Solutions. It is a global corporation with a focus on soft real-time systems with high availability and scalability demands. He joins the show to share his inspiring story of how he was able to establish and run his own company. He begins by discussing how he came to be successful over the years and his road to getting there. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksErlang SolutionsLinkedIn: Francesco CesariniTwitter: @FrancescoCPicksAdi - The $100 StartupAdi - Microservice Architecture: Aligning Principles, Practices, and CultureAdi - Pre-purchase Forspoken on SteamAllen - Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTPFrancesco - Remote: Office Not RequiredFrancesco - Who Moved My CheeseFrancesco - The Art of Thinking ClearlyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/25/20231 hour, 18 seconds
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Code Security in Elixir With Filipe Cabaco - EMx 203

Filipe Cabaco is an Elixir Software Developer who currently works at Supabase. He joins the show with Allen and Sascha to discuss his article, "Elixir Code Security: Prioritize Security in Your CI With 4 Tools". He begins by outlining how he came up with the idea for his article and how that came about. Additionally, he discusses some of the tools that may be used to safeguard your code. SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksElixir Code Security: Prioritize Security in Your CI With 4 ToolsFilipe Cabaco BlogcredosobelowLinkedIn: Filipe CabaçoTwitter: @filipecabacoPicksAllen - Metal Gear Solid Legacy on SteamAllen - EmuDeckFilipe - Peter UllrichFilipe - Concurrent Data Processing in ElixirFilipe - Andrea Leopardi | YouTubeSascha - ADHD 2.0Sascha - EXAPUNKS on SteamAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/18/202349 minutes, 47 seconds
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Templated GitHub Pages With EEX And External Data Sources - EMx 202

Josep Lluis Giralt D’Lacoste is a software engineer passionate about technology in general. He is the Tech Lead at Eebz. He joins the show with Allen and Adi to talk about his GitHub repository about the summary of his Strava stats. Strava is an American website that tracks physical activity and integrates social network features. SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksThe strava summaryThe strava sync elixir scriptGuest github profile, which includes bits of the strava summaryThe strava summary erlang rewriteElixirConf EUgilacost - Personal SiteLinkedIn: Josep Lluis Giralt D'LacosteGitHub: gilacostPicksAdi - Send Adi a message if you're looking for a jobAllen - L.A. Noire - Rockstar GamesAllen - Team Bondi - WikipediaJosep - BlasphemousJosep - Traveling: Greece and its islands: a must-visit for nomadsJosep - Programming Phoenix Live View from Sophie de DeBenedettoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/11/202335 minutes, 58 seconds
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Embedded Software in Elixir With Amos King - EMx 201

Amos King is the CEO of Binary Noggin. He is also one of the hosts of the show Elixir Outlaws. He joins Adi and Allen to talk about his article, “Building Embedded Systems in the Modern Era”. Embedded systems is a microprocessor-based computer hardware and software system that is intended to carry out a specific function, either on their own or as a component of a larger system. He goes into detail on how and why he came up with the topic for his article. About this EpisodeAll about "Embedded System" Process of how "Nerves" work"Nerves" vital role in the Embedded SystemsSponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBuilding Embedded Systems in the Modern EraBinary NogginNerves ProjectAmos KingLinkedIn: Amos KingTwitter: @AdkronPicksAdi - Assassin's Creed Valhalla for Xbox Series X - UbisoftAllen - Steam Deck™Amos - Crafting InterpretersAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/4/202353 minutes, 28 seconds
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Deploying Phoenix Applications With Herman Verschooten - EMx 200

Herman verschooten is an Elixir and Elm enthusiast and was once a Ruby Developer. He is also the developer of the GratWiFi hotspot system. He joins Elixir Mix on the show’s 200th episode together with Adi and Allen to talk about his article, " How I deploy my Phoenix apps". He also discusses how he manages and runs all of his applications. Moreover, Herman tackles the reason behind using systemd to run the apps.SponsorsAppSignalDeveloper Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. MartinBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksHow I deploy my Phoenix appsHerman verschooten Twitter: @HermvJrGitHub: Hermanverschootenherman_verschooten on Elixir slackHermanverschooten on Elixir forumPicksAdi - DribbbleAllen - KuberneticHerman - Good Omens Herman - SiteEncrypt Herman - Antwerp Brew CompanyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/28/202245 minutes, 17 seconds
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Full-Text Search And Name Search With Postgres - EMx 199

Peter Ullrich is Senior Elixir Engineer at Remote. He is also an experienced Elixir Developer, certified Blockchain Engineer, and Entrepreneur. He joins Allen and Adi to talk about his blog articles, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FULL-TEXT SEARCH WITH POSTGRES AND ECTO, and EFFICIENT NAME SEARCH WITH POSTGRES AND ECTO. He starts off the show by explaining what inspired him to write these articles.  About this Episode Replacing "ElasticSearch" with "Full-Text search" Benefits of using Full-Text Search in Postgres Understanding Indexes in Postgres   Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FULL-TEXT SEARCH WITH POSTGRES AND ECTO EFFICIENT NAME SEARCH WITH POSTGRES AND ECTO SQL for Devs PETER ULLRICH LinkedIn:  Peter Ullrich Twitter: @PJUllrich Picks Allen - Actual E2E Testing with Cypress, Vue and Elixir/Phoenix, using Ecto sandbox Peter - Watch Inside Men | Netflix Peter - Smashing Security Peter - Building Table Views with Phoenix LiveView Sascha - Inscryption on Steam Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/22/202251 minutes, 11 seconds
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Tracking Errors and Performance Using AppSignal With Thijs Cadier - BONUS

AppSignal is a real-time APM provider for Ruby, Rails, Elixir & Phoenix. In addition to host monitoring and an intuitive custom analytics platform, it provides insights into errors and performance problems. Thijs Cadier is the Cofounder and CTO of AppSignal. He starts off by sharing how their company was founded and what inspired them to develop AppSignal. He joins Chuck in the show to talk about AppSignal’s useful and new features. Moreover, he explains the details of how it functions and how users can benefit from subscribing to it.  Links AppSignal  Twitter: @AppSignal Twitter: @thijsc Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/16/202227 minutes, 52 seconds
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Creating Powerful Applications Using Ash Framework With Zach Daniel- EMx 198

Zach Daniel is the Principal Platform Engineer at Alembic. He joins Allen on the show to talk about his project, “Ash Framework” and how to integrate the framework into your Elixir application. Ash Framework is a declarative, resource-oriented application development framework for Elixir. About This Episode Learning more about Ash Framework Different usage of Ash Framework in your system Misconceptions around Ash Framework Different Ash Framework Extensions Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Ash Framework - Elixir Forum Ash Framework ElixirConf 2020 - Zach Daniel - Introduction to the Ash Framework GitHub: Ash Framework Twitter: @AshFramework Zach Daniel - YouTube Become a sponsor to Zach Daniel Twitter: @ZachSDaniel1 GitHub: zachdaniel Picks Allen - Amazon Web Services in Action Zach - Watch The Good Place | Netflix Zach - Return of the Obra Dinn Zach - Tactics Ogre: Reborn | SQUARE ENIX Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/14/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 38 seconds
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Should You Use Process Dictionary In Your Elixir Program? - EMx 197

Join the Elixir Mix Panel as Adi opens the episode by discussing his thoughts on how some companies employ an unconventional procedure to manage their system. Additionally, they share their insights and opinions on using the "process dictionary" and whether it’s beneficial or it’s not necessary. About this Episode All about Elixir Agents All about GenServer Difference between Elixir Agent and GenServer Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Picks Adi - God of War Ragnarök - PS5 and PS4 Games - PlayStation Adi - All Pokémon Video Games - Pokemon.com Allen - Very Good Ventures - YouTube Sascha - ex_union Sascha - Returnal (video game) - Wikipedia Sascha - The Goal Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/7/202254 minutes, 26 seconds
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2022 Frameworks - EMx 196

Adi and Allen join the show as they talk about different frameworks you can use for your Application. They also share their thoughts and experiences with the frameworks that they have used and are currently using. About this Episode Advantages and Disadvantages of Bulma and its feature Advantages and Disadvantages of Tailwind and its Features Ins and outs of Alpinejs Sponsors AppSignal Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Picks Adi - (Anti-pick) Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Adi - House of the Dragon | Official Website for the HBO Series Allen - Petal Stack Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/30/202238 minutes, 59 seconds
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How To Recession Proof Your Job - BONUS

  Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Focus Blocks Bundle" Deal Coupon Code: "THRIVE" for a GIANT discount   Are you looking at all the layoffs and uncertainty going on and wondering if your company is the next to cut back?  Or, maybe you're a freelancer or entrepreneur who is trying to figure out how to deliver more value to gain or retain customers?  Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the one thing that both of them use to more than double their productivity on a daily basis.  Mani has read 1,000's of productivity books over the last several years and has formulated a methodology for getting more done, but found that he lacked the discipline to follow through on his plans.  The he found the one thing that kept him on track and made him so productive that he is now getting all of his work done and was able to live the life he wants.  Chuck also weighs in on how Mani's technique has worked for him and allows him to spend more time with his wife and kids, run a podcast network, and a nearly full time contract.  Join the episode to learn how Chuck and Mani get into a regular flow state with their work and consistently deliver at work.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/24/20221 hour, 12 minutes, 24 seconds
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Understanding Observability in Elixir with Dave Lucia - EMx 195

Dave Lucia is a CTO at a media company called Bitfo, which builds high-quality educational content in the cryptocurrency space. He has been an Elixir Developer for about 6 years. He is the author of “Elixir Observability: OpenTelemetry, Lightstep, Honeycomb”. He joins the show to talk about how they were able to build their system and other websites like DeFi Rate and ethereumprice.About this Episode Observability OpenTelemetry OpenTracing Analyzing and Making Data useful Tools used for tracing and metrics Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Elixir Observability: OpenTelemetry, Lightstep, Honeycomb Bitfo DeFi Rate ethereumprice Dave Lucia's Blog GitHub: davydog187 Twitter: @davydog187 Picks Allen - Distributed Services with Go Dave - Software Unscripted Dave - bitfo/timescale Dave - bitfo/ectorange Sascha - ex_union Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/23/202255 minutes, 18 seconds
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A Thing or Two About Union Types - EMx 194

The panel dives into how different Union Types apply to Elixir. They share their thoughts and experiences on the topic as well as techniques when writing codes. Sascha also gives a brief background about his current project called ExUnion.Topics Discussed Difference between Product Type and Sum Type How are Typespecs used in Elixir All about ExUnion and how is it relevant Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club starting with Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Witchcraft GitHub: ex_union Picks Adi - SpawnFest 2022 Allen - OrbitKey Sascha - gitmoji | An emoji guide for your commit messages Sascha - Domain Modeling Made Functional Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/16/202247 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Release of OpenTelemtery in Erlang/Elixir With Tristan Sloughter - EMx 193

Tristan Sloughter has been an Erlang Developer for over 19 years. In this episode, Tristan joins the show as he talks about their project called “OpenTelemetry release of Erlang/Elixir.” With the use of this protocol, in your application, developers can collect, process, and export data. He also shares his journey toward shifting his focus from OpenCensus to OpenTelemetry and gives a background about it.Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links OpenTelemetry Erlang/Elixir, Javascript, and Ruby v1.0 GitHub: tsloughter Twitter: @t_sloughter Picks Sascha- Watch INVINCIBLE – SEASON 1 | Prime Video - Amazon.com Tristan - OvermindDL1/gradualixir Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/3/202240 minutes, 43 seconds
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CI/CD Pipelines - ELIXIR 192

The Elixir Mix panel they discuss how they run their CI/CD pipelines, how they set them up, how they run, and what they do to make them a valuable part of the development process. They also discuss caching, how deep it needs to go, and how they approach getting the best/most information out of the system they're running. Links: Dialyzer Docker Datadog Episode on CI/CD Picks:Sasha Effective DevOps IdealCast with Gene Kim AllenEmber Mug Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/26/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 27 seconds
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How to Implement a Disk Cache Plugin for Elixir's Req HTTP Client with Thibaut Barrère - EMX 191

Today we talk with Thibaut Barrère, an independent consultant, working with development, data pipelines, and extract, transform, load (ETL) work.  He comes to us with a lot of experience in Elixir, Ruby, Ansible, and Javascript.  We discuss his article "How to implement a disk cache plugin for Elixir's Req HTTP client?" In this episode… Req Mix Implementation of the cache Tesla Finch Automated testing Mox Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Technical ramblings on Elixir, Ruby, Dev/Ops & code in general. How to implement a disk cache plugin for Elixir's Req HTTP client? Mix - Mix v1.14.0 bliki: AntiPattern Metaprogramming + DSL Design in Elixir | Adi Iyengar | Code BEAM V EU 21 Mat Trudel: `mix new beats` -- Recreating The "Amen Break" with Elixir GitHub: hbar Twitter: @thibaut_barrere Picks Adi- Kingdom Come: Deliverance Adi - Anyone looking for part-time Elixir contracting roles - contact me Allen- Shop Products | Nanoleaf " USA " Consumer IoT & LED Smart Lighting Products Thibaut- GoranGrooves Library Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/5/20221 hour, 10 minutes, 21 seconds
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PostgreSQL Queries with Michael Fich - EMx 190

Michael Fich joins the show today to share how he implemented the PostgreSQL schema to enhance the Elixir workflows at his organization, the Score, based in Toronto Canada.  Sascha and Allen also provide additional insights and deep dive into their experience with PostgreSQL models. In this episode… Moving from Ruby to Elixir  theScore bet app and queries Utilizing the Ecto schema Key performance indicators and indexes Increasing the scale at the Score Pub/sub and Postgres Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links PostgreSQL Queries on JSONB Fields with Ecto LinkedIn: Michael Fich Twitter: @michael_fich Picks Allen- ElixirConf 2022 - Chris McCord - Phoenix + LiveView Updates Michael- Toronto Sports News - Scores, Schedules, Expert Analysis - Blue Jays, Argonauts, Toronto FC, Raptors, Maple Leafs, and more... - The Athletic Sascha- GENKI Waveform Earphones Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/28/20221 hour, 6 minutes, 11 seconds
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Livebook Desktop with Wojtek Mach - EMx 189

Today we talk with Wojtek Mach from Dashbit, about the Livebook Desktop app, a tool for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks.  Dashbit primarily works with clients, helping companies adopt and run Elixir.  We talk about the history of how Livebook came to be, and the challenges of developing for desktop apps.  We also get a sneak peak into what is coming soon. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Livebook.dev GitHub: livebook-dev/livebook GitHub: livebook/mix.exs wxErlang Reference Manual Twitter: @wojtekmach Twitter:@dashbit Picks Allen- ‎Flying High with Flutter on Apple Podcasts Allen- Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend | Tauri Apps Wojtek- ElixirConf US 2022 Wojtek- Daemon Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/21/202255 minutes, 19 seconds
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Optimizing the Elixir CI Pipeline with Szymon Soppa - EMx 188

With day-to-day development, it is vital to ensure our workflows are optimized and that developer time is utilized efficiently.  Today on the show, Szymon Soppa shares about what we should do with our Elixir CIs to ensure this optimization and developer efficiencies are maximized for production. In this episode… Continuous integration (CI) and automation Customizing the formatter Configurations in the formatter Functionalities within a library Other tools  Steps for implementation Communicating with your team on CI processes Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Mastering Elixir CI pipeline | Curiosum Twitter: @SzymonSoppa LinkedIn: Szymon Soppa Picks Allen- Terraform in Action Adi - Good candidates for Elixir engineers: Neal Techni, John Hitz Syzmon- Elixir meetup at 2022-09-14 | Curiosum Szymon- Elixir and Phoenix Software House | Curiosum Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/14/202248 minutes, 56 seconds
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Type-safe OTP in Gleam with Louis Pilfold - EMx 187

Today we talk with Louis Pilfold, an ex-elixir/Lang developer.  Since 2018, Louis has been working on Gleam, and hesitantly admits to being its author.  This statically typed language that runs on Erlang virtual machine and draws its inspiration from several other languages.  With Gleam gaining a lot of traction, it’s definitely worth a look into this up and coming gem. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Build Your Own Elixir - Louis Pilfold GitHub: lpil Twitter: @louispilfold Picks Adi- SpawnFest 2022 Adi- StreamData: Property-based testing and data generation Adi- Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software Adi- Prime Gaming Allen- Building Table Views with Phoenix LiveView (PragProg) Louis- Firefly Cloud Platform Louis- The Forgotten City on Steam Sascha- The Boys - Season 1 Sascha- CABO (Second Edition) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/7/20221 hour, 28 seconds
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What it means to be a Senior - EMx 186

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 interpersonal skills play at least an equal role as technical knowledge how specific tech know-how becomes less and less important the further developers climb the ladder - at least the managerial ladder how organizational structures cannot be ignored when building solutions They close with some picks which they deem valuable for anybody who'd like to dig deeper into some of these ideas. Connect with Adi [email protected] Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Are We Really Engineers? * Hillel Wayne Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Conway's law - Wikipedia Team Topologies The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook Picks Adi- The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook Adi- Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Adi- God of War Ragnarök - PS5 Games | PlayStation Sascha- Specification by Example Sascha- Exercism Sascha- You Know Nothing ... or do you? - Sascha Wolf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/24/202254 minutes, 2 seconds
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Domain-Driven Design And Elixir - EMx 185

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 complexity Connect with Adi [email protected] Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software Domain-Driven Design Distilled Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# EventStorming DDD, Hexagonal, Onion, Clean, CQRS, ... How I put it all together Picks Adi- GitHub - sasa1977/boundary Adi- Mix: Using Xref to Enforce better Design Adi- Macro - Elixir v1.13.4 Adi- digraph Adi - Three people looking for jobs - reach out to me to connect with them (sr. Elixir engineer, two Jr. Elixir engineers, and others too) Adi- Assassin's Creed Valhalla for Xbox One, PS4, PC & More | Ubisoft (US) Sascha- Virtual Domain-Driven Design Sascha- KanDDDinsky - The art of business software Sascha- Citizen Sleeper on Steam Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/17/202253 minutes, 45 seconds
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Getting Hired as an Elixir programmer with Adi Iyengar - EMx 184

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 or reach out to Adi): Pepsi Co (E-commerce): Senior Elixir Engineer DockYard: Senior Elixir Engineer Recorded Future: Elixir Engineer Cars.com: Elixir Engineer Corvus Insurance: Elixir Engineer Hawku: Elixir Engineer If you need help looking for Elixir jobs, reach out to Adi for help: [email protected] Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Adi - Darts Adi- Stray - PS4 & PS5 Games | PlayStation Adi - Hiring Companies (see the show notes) Allen- HERO10 Black Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/10/202242 minutes, 32 seconds
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How Quiqup Left Elixir and Then Came Back - EMx 183

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 there are good reasons for it - can be harmful to a team's morale.Get in touch with Danny via email!  Click here.Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Quiqup Choice of Technology at Quiqup EventStoreDB - the event database for today's fast moving, event-driven systems GitHub - commanded/commanded: Use Commanded to build Elixir CQRS/ES applications Elixir for Programmers GitHub - quiqupltd/libelection: Library to perform leader election in a cluster of containerized Elixir nodes Connect Livebook to Elixir in Kubernetes Twitter: @dannyhawkins Picks Danny- Onward - The ultimate VR Mil-Sim tactical shooter Danny- Treadmill for Standing Desk (Danny has a Sparnod) Danny- Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps Sascha- KanDDDinsky - The art of business software Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/27/202259 minutes, 13 seconds
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Combining GraphQL and LiveView with Abul Asar Sayyad - EMX 182

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 community for developers, and people in tech GitHub - uesteibar/neuron: A GraphQL client for Elixir GitHub - annkissam/common_graphql_client: Elixir GraphQL Client with HTTP and WebSocket Support GitHub - sasa1977/con_cache: ets based key/value cache with row level isolated writes and ttl support Creating Note taking app using LiveView and GenServer - Part 1 Picks Abul - Project management tool in LiveView Abul - Blog about canvas realtime drawing coming soon Abul - Thor Love and Thunder Adi- GitHub - annkissam/common_graphql_client: Elixir GraphQL Client with HTTP and WebSocket Support Adi - donkeycr.app Allen - How to Cache in LiveView Sascha - The Sprawl Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/20/202244 minutes, 27 seconds
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Building APIs - EMX 181

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/plug_cowboy: Plug adapter for the Cowboy web server Instant GraphQL APIs on your data | Built-in Authz & Caching JWT.IO DDD, Hexagonal, Onion, Clean, CQRS, ... How I put it all together Protocol Buffers | Google Developers GitHub - parroty/exvcr: HTTP request/response recording library for elixir, inspired by VCR. Boston Elixir June 2021 - Adi Iyengar - Levels of testing API calls How I deal with behaviours and boilerplate - Sascha Wolf A guide to fuzz testing Picks Adi- Reach out if you're hiring Elixir devs! ([email protected]) Adi- Buy a punching bag for both workout/releasing frustration Adi- Testing Elixir Sascha- Deep Rock Galactic Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/13/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 16 seconds
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Effective Software Documentation with Everett Griffiths - EMx 180

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. In this episode… What got you into documentation?   Examples, examples, examples Having an effective feedback loop Key word arguments Coding is easy, but documentation is hard Using mermaid charts Open sourcing your software Clean code and clean infrastructure  Simplifying coding environments  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links WTFM: Writing Effective Software Documentation Inspecting Ecto Schemas with Elixir | by Everett Griffiths | Medium 1 Enhancing Elixir Documentation with Mermaid Charts | by Everett Griffiths | Medium 1 Coding is Easy; Communication is Hard | by Everett Griffiths | Medium 1 LinkedIn: Everett Griffiths Twitter: @fireproofsocks Picks Adi- Grafana OnCall Allen- MJML - The Responsive Email Framework Everett- Paasaa - Paasaa v0.6.0 Everett- The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/6/20221 hour, 1 minute, 13 seconds
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All Things Concurrency - EMx 179

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 LinksStuff Goes Bad Erlang in AngerPicks Allen- Handling Overload Sascha- Kinetic Games Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/29/202243 minutes, 13 seconds
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Animating Error Tags in Phoenix LiveView - EMx 178

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 Twitter: @mavedotio Picks Allen - Bose Sunglasses David - Sonic Pi David- Bambu Lab X1 Series | 16 Colors | High Speed CoreXY | 300°C Hotend | Ultra-Smooth David- Robert Space Industries David - Addy Osmani on Twitter Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/22/20221 hour, 5 minutes, 4 seconds
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Challenges of Scaling and Choosing the Right Tool with Simon Zelazny - EMx 177

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 solve business problems, which might also mean to choose NOT to build on top of the BEAM, if circumstances demand it. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links whatnot whatnot - careers Keeping Up with the Fans: Scaling for Big Events at Whatnot, with Elixir and Phoenix Erlang Solutions - Scalable Distributed Technology "How NOT to Measure Latency" by Gil Tene Picks Allen- K9s - Manage Your Kubernetes Clusters In Style Allen- Kubernetic - The Kubernetes Desktop Client Sascha- The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read Simon - Joe Armstrong’s PHD Thesis - Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors (PDF) Simon- Joe's Blog - a non-linear personal web notebook Simon- ACM Turing award lectures | ACM Other Books Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/15/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 33 seconds
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Macros and Busting Boilerplate with Robert Ellen - EMx 176

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 on some event sourcing topics - as the system Robert refers to was an event-sourced one. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Macro Madness: when busting boilerplate backfires - Robert Ellen (Talk) GitHub - commanded/commanded: Use Commanded to build Elixir CQRS/ES applications Join Alembic (Career) talks | robertellen.dev Alembic Engineering Blog — Alembic Linkedin: Robert Ellen Twitter: @robertellen Picks Adi- Contact regarding the job and job seeker: [email protected] Adi- Metaprogramming + DSL Design in Elixir - Adi Iyengar (Talk) Adi- The pillars of Metaprogramming in Elixir - Adi Iyengar (Talk) Adi- Elixir source code to checkout regarding macros - elixir_quote.erl (GitHub) Adi- Elixir source code to checkout regarding macros - elixir_bootstrap.erl (GitHub) Adi- Vegan cheese Allen- GoPro - Weekender Backpack Robert- Nix & NixOS Robert- Jeff Geerling (YouTube Channel) Robert- Elixir Sydney (Meetup) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/8/20221 hour, 7 minutes, 12 seconds
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Managing Business Rules in Elixir Applications - EMx 175

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 | Top End Devs Links Managing business rules in Elixir applications - Qiu Hua - YouTube formular 0.3.1 The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job GitHub: Qiu Hua ( qhwa ) Twitter: @qhwa Twitter: @allenwyma Picks Allen- Daytripper – Adventure Backpack | GoPro Qui- Out of Control (Kelly book) - Wikipedia Qui- Thinking in Systems - Chelsea Green Publishing Qui- Systems Bible Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/1/202244 minutes, 9 seconds
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Career Progressions: From Paratrooper to Software Engineer with Teo Diaz - EMx 174

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 to programmer Cabify Picks Adi- Tray.io Adi- Code Sync Allen- Alpine.js Teo- Phoenix LiveView Free Course Teo- Tailwind CSS Special Guest: Teo Diaz .Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/25/20221 hour, 6 minutes, 50 seconds
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Promises of the Elixir & BEAM - EMx 173

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- Metaprogramming Elixir Sascha- studiominiboss Sascha- Psycho-Pass Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/18/202254 minutes, 12 seconds
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Publishing Static Github Pages Using Github Actions - EMx 172

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 languages Elixir syntax variations and inconsistencies Functional way of programming with Elixir Pattern matching Let it crash philosophy Go formatting Ideals and changes to make Elixir better Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links How to publish ExDocs on GitHub Pages Picks Allen- Row Level Security (RLS): Basics and Examples Nathan- Phoenix Live View Formatter Special Guest: Nato Boram.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/11/20221 hour, 31 seconds
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Benchee and Elixir 2.0 with Tobi Pfeiffer - EMx 171

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 Devs Links Benchee 1.1.0 released + why did it take so long – Journeys of a not so young anymore Software Engineer The silence between – Journeys of a not so young anymore Software Engineer My Talks GitHub: PragTob - Overview Picks Adi- Joy of Elixir Adi- Learn with me Elixir Allen- Pomodoro Technique Sascha- Team Topologies Sascha- First Class Trouble Tobi- Godot Engine Tobi- The Healthy Programmer Tobi- Code Bean Lite Conference Tobi- Mistborn: The Final Empire Tobi- Foreigner on Steam Special Guest: Tobias Pfeiffer.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/4/20221 hour, 21 minutes, 50 seconds
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Supabase with Chase Granberry - EMx 170

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: Chase Granberry.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/27/202248 minutes, 35 seconds
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Building Project Severus with Eric Sullivan - EMx 169

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 Projects for Rust Programmers Allen- Phoenix LiveView Free Course | The Pragmatic Studio Allen- Nature Calls Calendar 2022 Eric- Belgian Malinois Eric- Horizon Forbidden West - Wikipedia Sascha- Stand with Ukraine Bundle Sascha- Bundle for Ukraine by Necrosoft Games and 736 others - itch.io Special Guest: Eric Sullivan.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/20/20221 hour, 3 minutes, 34 seconds
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Untangling Cloud Infrastructure with Cory o’Daniel - EMx 168

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 pains of some of these trade-offs himself which prompted him to create Massdriver. They also explore which parts of Massdriver are powered by Elixir, and which not. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links massdriver.cloud localstack.cloud - Simulate cloud components locally for testing Kubernetes What is a Kubernetes operator? (Article) Kubernetes - Custom Resources (Documentation) Kubernetes in Action (Book) crossplane - Kubernetes add-on to provision cloud infrastructure through Kubernetes GitHub - absinthe-graphql/absinthe: The GraphQL toolkit for Elixir kitchen.ci - Test your “infrastructure as code” configuration Picks Allen- Basecamp (Product) Cory- Naps! Take naps! Cory- June.so (Product) Sascha- Overcooked 2 (Game) Sascha- Kubernetes in Action (Book) Special Guest: Cory O’Daniel.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/6/20221 hour, 11 minutes, 22 seconds
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Phoenix LiveView for Frontend Developers with Koen van Gilst - EMx 167

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 Coaching | Top End Devs Links Phoenix LiveView Docs Phoenix Docs on Views GitHub - elixir-wallaby/wallaby GitHub - teamcapybara/capybara Picks Adi- Elden Ring (Game) Adi- Karthik Ganesh - Looking for an internship in Healthcare or Blockchain technology. Adi- Neel Vinoth - Looking for an Elixir mid-senior position. Has a lot of Software Engineering experience and has been attending after work mentoring sessions with Bruce Tate, Sophie Debenedetto, myself (and other Elixir mentors) every week. Adi- A few others with Elixir knowledge/experience who aren’t open about their job search. Reach out to Adi via email to get their info. Allen- Rust Brain Teasers (Book) Sascha- Game Maker’s Toolkit (YouTube Channel) Koen- Advent of Code (from José Valim on Twitch) Special Guest: Koen van Gilst.Sponsored By: Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/16/202253 minutes, 53 seconds
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Event-Driven Elixir with Thomas Kunnumpurath - EMx 166

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 context the BEAM’s distribution mechanisms were optimized. At the end Thomas asks the panel for some suggestions on how he can continue his BEAM journey with more advanced learning material. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Event Driven Elixir (Blogpost) Programming Elixir 1.6 (Book) Solace RabbitMQ Kafka Apache HiveMQ Eclipse Mosquitto OpenTelemetry Elixir in Action (Book) The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook (Book) Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir (Book) Picks Adi- Horizon Forbidden West (Game) Adi- Elixir Recruiter: Brian Samela Adi- Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir (Book) Allen: Testing Elixir (Book) Sascha- DDD Europe - June 2022 (Conference) Thomas- Horizon Forbidden West (Game) Special Guest: Thomas Kunnumpurath.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/9/20221 hour, 17 seconds
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Learning Erlang with Adolfo Neto - EMx 165

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 attract newcomers and make onboarding easier. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Advent of Code Erlang Ecosystem Foundation José Valim on Twitch (Advent of Code Streams) Exercism GitHub - livebook-dev/livebook: Interactive and collaborative code notebooks for Elixir - made with Phoenix LiveView Programming Erlang (Book) Learn You Some Erlang (Book) GitHub - gfngfn/Sesterl: An ML-like statically-typed Erlang Nova Framework (Erlang) Zotonic Framework (Erlang) Telegram: Elixir World (Group) Slack: Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Hello Erlang (Podcast) Elixir Em Foco (Portuguese Podcast) Elixir, Erlang and the BEAM with Adolfo Neto (YouTube) Picks Adolfo- Erlang Battleground (Blog) Allen- Zotonic Framework (Erlang) Sascha- Devtalk (Forum) Sascha- Exercism Special Guest: Adolfo Neto.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/2/202255 minutes, 30 seconds
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Reusable Ecto Code with Mika Kalathil - EMx 164

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-elixir.dev Elixir Slack: Mika Kalathil Picks Allen- Elgato Stream Deck Mika- GitHub - MikaAK/absinthe_generator Sascha- Dyson Sphere Program (Game) Sascha- Dare to Lead Special Guest: Mika Kalathil.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/23/202242 minutes, 32 seconds
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Code Quality Tools In Elixir - EMx 163

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 - tmbb/darwin GitHub - whatyouhide/stream_data Picks Adi- QuickCheck (Haskell) Adi- GitHub - thebugcatcher/excoveralls_utils Allen- Smart lighting | Philips Hue Sascha- Storm Front: The Dresden Files Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/16/20221 hour, 51 seconds
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To Umbrella or not to Umbrella - EMx 162

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 has been said and give their opinions on how they’d built a complex greenfield project today. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Umbrella projects (Elixir’s official website) Poncho Projects (Blog post) Dave Thomas: Keynote (Video) DDD, Hexagonal, Onion, Clean, CQRS, … How I put it all together (Blog post) Picks Adi- Microservices.io Sascha- Domain-Driven Design Distilled (Book) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/9/202245 minutes, 23 seconds
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Full-text Search Powered by Elasticlunr with Rasheed Atanda - EMx 161

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 to Elasticlunr GitHub - heywhy/ex_elasticlunr: Elasticlunr is a small, full-text search library for use in the Elixir environment. It indexes JSON documents and provides a friendly search interface to retrieve documents. GitHub Discussions for Elasticlunr Picks Adi- Weekly mentorship program for underrepresented groups in tech. Reach out to Adi via twitter or gmail if interested. Twitter: @lebugcatcher Gmail: [email protected] Allen- Blockchain in Action Sascha- GitHub - junegunn/fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder Sascha- GitHub - sharkdp/fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' Special Guest: Atanda Rasheed.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/2/202245 minutes, 17 seconds
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OTP in Depth - EMx 160

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) PartitionSupervisor (GitHub Pull Request) Handling of Exit Signals (Erlang Docs) SASL - Error Logging (Erlang Docs) GenServer (Elixir Docs) Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/26/202244 minutes, 26 seconds
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When NOT To Use Elixir - EMx 159

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? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/19/20221 hour, 28 seconds
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Getting Elixir Right with Alex Burlacu - EMx 158

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 with Elixir. One of my students’ implementations was 5x simpler than Java!” Alex Burlacu_ In This Episode How Alex is using and teaching this MIND-BLOWING feature of Elixir Alex and the roundtable discuss the non-negotiable Do’s and Don’ts of pattern matching and guards Why Elixir is starting to make Java run for its money (and why students love it) The KEY difference between destructing and pattern matching (knowing this will save you time and headaches) Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Elixir pattern matching magic Predicate Dispatch (Wikipedia) hexdocs - Kernel.destructure/2 hexdocs - Kernel.defguard/1 Picks Adi- O-Gah-Pah Coffee Alex- The Three Body Problem (Book) Alex- The Dark Forest (Book) Alex- Death’s End (Book) Allen- Rust for Rustaceans (Book) Sascha- Immune (Book) Sascha- Kurzgesagt - YouTube Sascha- Gravity Falls: Lost Legends (Book - Comic) Sascha- Gravity Falls (Series) Special Guest: Alex Burlacu.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/12/20221 hour, 1 minute, 24 seconds
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Twitch Streaming with Elixir and Phoenix ft. Erik Guzmán - EMx 157

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 Twitch is able to connect directly to my servers and get captions. I’ve been able to make a richer user experience.” Erik_ In This Episode Why Erik moved from Ruby to Elixir and why it’s seamless for scaling How Erik’s live streaming programming for Twitch and Zoom is changing the game for speech-to-text What Erik learned from building code manually in Elixir/Phoenix, revealing something not-so-great about Ruby on Rails How Elixir reveals errors before they become life-threatening, saving Erik from a world of hurt What getting laid off and burnt out taught Erik about streaming, programming, and sharing Sponsors Top End Devs Picks Allen’s: Cloudflare Workers: https://workers.cloudflare.com/ Erik’s Ted Lasso show on AppleTV Connect with Erik: Twitch 1 https://twitter.com/talk2megooseman Erik Guzman - DEV CommunitySpecial Guest: Erik Guzmán.Sponsored By: Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/5/202252 minutes, 6 seconds
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A personal Brain with Nerves and LiveBook with Dimitris Zorbas

In this episode we talk with Dimitris Zorbas and how he built Brain using Nerves and LiveBook to teach a RaspberryPi to display quotes and highlights from his Kindle. We also talk about how the exciting developments in the Elixir ecosystem intertwine to create experiences bigger than the part of their sums and what part LiveBook will probably play in the future of these developments. Panel Allen Wyma Sasha Wolf Guest Dimitris Zorbas Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/23/202139 minutes, 9 seconds
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3 Fundamental Pillars You Need to Succeed as an Entrepreneur - BONUS

Get Lifetime Access to Mani's Entrepreneurship Pack and Book Club. Use coupon code "GREAT" Mani has summarized hundreds of business books that outline how to build, grow, and operate a business and he shares his expertise with Chuck and the listeners in this special episode. Chuck and Mani discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They talk about their businesses on a regular basis and Chuck's been getting a lot of requests for entrepreneurship help. He and Mani talk about the 3 primary things that add momentum to your business and help you keep the momentum up when setbacks come your way. Get Lifetime Access to Mani's Entrepreneurship Pack and Book Club. Use coupon code "GREAT"Special Guest: Mani Vaya. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/16/20211 hour, 5 minutes, 7 seconds
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Deploying Elixir with Miguel Cobá - EMx 155

In this episode we talk with Miguel Cobá about his book and article series “Deploying Elixir” which includes various ways to deploy your Elixir applications. We discuss the history of deploying Elixir apps, common pitfalls, and the pros and cons of going with a solution like Kubernetes compared to a “bare” server approach. Panel Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Guest Miguel Cobá Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Deploying Elixir - Miguel Cobá (Articles) Deploying Elixir - Miguel Cobá (Book) Kubernetes GitHub - bitwalker/libcluster: Automatic cluster formation/healing for Elixir applications asdf (version manager) Deploying Elixir - Miguel Cobá 1 Miguel Cobá Twitter: Miguel Cobá ( @MiguelCoba_ ) Picks Allen- Code Like a Pro in Rust Miguel- Programming Phoenix LiveView Sascha- Search Inside Yourself Special Guest: Miguel Cobá.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/15/202154 minutes, 2 seconds
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Runtime Type Checking with Marten (Wiebe-Marten) Wijnja - EMx 154

In this episode we talk with Marten (Wiebe-Marten) Wijnja about his library TypeCheck which brings runtime type checking to your Elixir project and more. We also talk about the virtues of types in general, which value dialyzer brings, and how to use your type specs to run spec tests, which is a feature of TypeCheck. Panel Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Guest Marten (Wiebe-Marten) Wijnja Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links GitHub - Qqwy/elixir-type_check Introducing TypeCheck — TypeCheck v0.10.4 ElixirForum - TypeCheck - Fast and flexible runtime type-checking for your Elixir projects Comparing TypeCheck and Norm — TypeCheck v0.10.4 GitHub - elixir-toniq/norm Racket (Language) Clojure (Language) Floating point issues Gleam (Language) GitHub - whatyouhide/stream_data ElixirForum: Wiebe-Marten Wijnja (Qqwy) Resilia Wiebe-Marten Wijnja GitHub: Qqwy / Marten ( Qqwy ) Twitter: Wiebe Marten ( @WiebeMarten ) Picks Allen- pgAdmin - PostgreSQL Tools Marten- 100 Years of Erlang | Quinn Wilton | Code BEAM America 2021 - YouTube Sascha- Kubernetes in Action Sascha- Knockout City™ - EA Official Site Special Guest: Marten (Wiebe-Marten) Wijnja.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/8/202149 minutes, 52 seconds
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Mastering LiveView ft. Sophie DeBenedetto - EMx 153

Sophie DeBenedetto rejoins the mix to discuss the latest developments in LiveView and how to use it to best effect in your Phoenix applications. She also discusses co-authoring the book "Programming Phoenix LiveView" with Bruce Tate and how the future of the project will drive the future of the book. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest Sophie DeBenedetto Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links LiveView Integration Tests in Elixir | AppSignal Blog ElixirConf 2021 - Chris McCord - The Future of Full-stack - YouTube GitHub - grych/drab: Remote controlled frontend framework for Phoenix. GitHub - chrismccord/render_sync: Real-time Rails Partials Programming Phoenix LiveView: Interactive Elixir Web Programming Without Writing Any JavaScript by Bruce A. Tate and Sophie DeBenedetto Beam Radio Twitter: Sophie DeBenedetto ( @sm_debenedetto ) Picks Adi- GitHub - elixir-lang/elixir: Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications Allen- Rust With Flutter Charles- Scythe – Stonemaier Games Sascha- Tabletop Simulator Sophie- Programming Phoenix LiveView Sophie- Timeline Special Guest: Sophie DeBenedetto.Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/1/202152 minutes, 25 seconds
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BONUS: How to do LARGE Volumes of HIGH Quality Work - While Spending Fewer Hours Working

<!-- wp:heading -->   Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state. He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects. The trick? Deep Work! Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal. Other developers call it "Flow" or "the Zone." Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/25/202147 minutes, 22 seconds
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Publishing Content with PardallMarkdown ft. Alfred Reinold Baudisch - EMx 152

Alfred Reinold Baudisch joins the mix to discuss his publishing engine written in Elixir called PardallMarkdown. It's a static site generator solution that builds content from Markdown and can build different types of content targets. Panel Adi Iyengar Eric Bolikowski Sascha Wolf Guest Alfred Reinold Baudisch Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Pardall by Alfred R. Baudisch  GitHub - alfredbaudisch/pardall_markdown Docusaurus Alfred Reinold Baudisch Alfred Reinold Baudisch - Medium Alfred Baudisch - YouTube GitHub: Alfred Reinold Baudisch ( alfredbaudisch ) Twitter: Alfred Reinold Baudisch( @AlfredBaudisch ) Picks Adi- PaperCall.io Alfred: The Sandbox Game - User-Generated Crypto & Blockchain Games Alfred: The Sandbox price today, SAND to USD live, marketcap and chart | CoinMarketCap Eric- The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter Sascha- Learn Wardley Mapping Special Guest: Alfred Reinold Baudisch.Sponsored By: Top End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how. Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your Dreams Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/24/202144 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Elixir Job Market and Getting Hired - EMx 151

Adi recently found a new job and Chuck has been going through the interview process. So, the panel hop on the show to discuss the current job market, what they've experienced as job candidates and provide ideas and feedback for both hiring companies and job candidates. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Picks Adi- Software Developer | theScore Adi- Simplebet - Software Engineer Adi- Brian Samela (Elixir Tech Recruiter) | LinkedIn Adi- Howard Rosenzweig (Elixir Tech Recruiter) | LinkedIn Adi- Adi Iyengar | LinkedIn Allen- Galaxy Z Fold3 5G 512GB (Unlocked) in Black | Price & Deals | Samsung US Charles- Top End Devs Charles- Viscounts of the West Kingdom Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/3/202153 minutes, 49 seconds
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Tracking BTC with GenServer and LiveView ft. Arkadiusz Plichta - Emx 150

Arkadiusz Plichta joins the adventure to discuss how he built a system that tracks BitCoin value using GenServers. He explains the architecture of his application and the story behind why he built this particular application. Then the panel dives in to help explain how you can use GenServers for ongoing services like this one. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest Arkadiusz Plichta Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links Twitter: Arkadiusz Plichta ( @el_pikel ) Using LiveView and GenServers to track BTC price Testing GenServers with Erlang Trace Testing Elixir: Effective and Robust Testing for Elixir and its Ecosystem Picks Adi- Code BEAM America 2021 Adi- To work with Adi, reach out to him at: [email protected] Allen- Stuff You Should Know (Podcast) Arkadiusz- LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER (YouTube Channel) Charles- Top End Devs Charles- Top End Devs / Author Charles- The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization Sascha- CGPGrey- YouTube Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Arkadiusz Plichta.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/27/202135 minutes, 8 seconds
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Artificial Intelligence with Elixir using tangram.dev ft. David Yamnitsky - EMx 149

David Yamnitsky joins the mix to discuss tangram.dev and how to use it to add Machine Learning features to your Elixir applications. He also goes into how it is built and how it provides you with a basic level of AI that integrates nicely with Elixir. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest David Yamnitsky Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links tangram.dev GitHub: tangramdotdev/tangram Tangram for Elixir Adventures in Machine Learning Jupyter Notebooks GitHub | livebook-dev/livebook GitHub | elixir-nx/nx GitHub | elixir-nx/axon GitHub: David Yamnitsky ( nitsky ) LinkedIn: David Yamnitsky Twitter: David Yamnitsky ( @davidyamnitsky ) Picks Allen- GitHub Actions Charles- TopEndDevs Coaching Charles- Viscounts of The West Kingdom (Boardgame) Charles- Lost Ruins of Arnak (Boardgame) Charles- X: Multiply Your God-Given Potential (Book) Sascha- Play Unsafe (Book) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: David Yamnitsky.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/20/202139 minutes, 13 seconds
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Event Sourcing and CQRS ft. Ben Moss - EMx 148

Ben Moss joins the Mix to discuss Event Sourcing and CQRS in Elixir. Event sourcing is the practice of logging data across logged series of events and then reconstructing data from the events. CQRS is focused on keeping read and write operations from conflicting. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Guest Ben Moss Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links GitHub | commanded/commanded Event Store Tackling software complexity with the CELP stack Event sourcing in practice - Using Elixir to build event-driven applications Bitfield Twitter: Benjamin Moss ( @benjamintmoss ) Picks Adi- AngelList - Engineering Lead Adi- theScore - Software Developer Adi- Community - Senior Software Engineer, Backend Allen- Book - Flutter in Action Ben- Toronto Elixir Ben- Event Modeling Sascha- OpenTelemetry Sascha- OpenTracing Sascha- Headspace Sascha- 7Mind Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Benjamin Moss.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Podcast Bootcamp: Launch an Amazing Sounding Podcast in just 4 WEEKS! Work with a 13 year podcasting veteran to get your podcast started off on the right foot! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/13/202154 minutes, 41 seconds
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Elixir ConfigCat SDK and mix test.in - EMx 147

Randy Coulman joins the Mix this week to discuss ConfigCat's SDK for Elixir. Since ConfigCat doesn't have an Elixir SDK, they built one internally in their application. Randy discusses how that worked out and how you could do that if your services don't offer Elixir SDK's. Panel Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Guest Randy Coulman Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Elixir SDK for ConfigCat InfluxDB Cloud ConfigCat  entr CLI tool gitmoji VSCode Extension - Elixir Test  Randy Coulman GitHub: Randy Coulman ( randycoulman ) LinkedIn: Randy Coulman Twitter: Randy Coulman ( @randycoulman ) Picks Allen- Warp Terminal Randy- Growing a Language  Randy- Essential Craftsman - How To Be More Productive Randy- CrackingTheCryptic - YouTube Randy- The Miracle Sudoku Sascha- Effective DevOps Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Randy Coulman.Sponsored By: Podcast Bootcamp: Launch an Amazing Sounding Podcast in just 4 WEEKS! Work with a 13 year podcasting veteran to get your podcast started off on the right foot! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/6/202141 minutes, 47 seconds
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Onboarding and Transitioning into Elixir - EMx 146

The Elixir Mix panel takes the helm to talk about helping onboard and transition new developers onto an Elixir team. They discuss helping developers who may not have an Elixir background. They also advise Chuck on how to make a career transition since he's considering a jump into an Elixir job from his current role as a Rails developer. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP - O'Reilly Picks Allen- Tokio Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io Charles- Top End Devs Charles- Masters of Doom Charles- The Road Back to You Sascha- Exercism Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/29/202151 minutes, 58 seconds
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How Far Can You Push a GenServer ft. Brian Underwood - EMx 145

Brian Underwood joins the mix to discuss his recent project where he created a game that would push more and more load onto a genserver to see at what point the performance and usability begins to degrade. The discussion includes an exploration of what this means as your application grows. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf  Guest Brian Underwood  Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links How Far Can I Push a GenServer? Avoiding Microservice Megadisasters - Jimmy Bogard GitHub | bencheeorg/benchee erlang - npm Port Stuff Goes Bad: Erlang in Anger Brian Underwood  Twitter: Brian Underwood ( @cheerfulstoic ) Picks Allen- Keith Elder - Building A Highly Scalable Service that Survived A Super Bowl | Code BEAM SF 19 Brian- Elixir in Public Transit 3 case studies from Boston's MBTA | Erlang Solutions webinar Brian- ink Charles- Ready Player Two  Charles- Masters of Doom Charles- PodcastBootcamp.io Sascha- Obsidian Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Brian Underwood .Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/22/202134 minutes, 17 seconds
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Pluralsight, Courses, and Elixir the Big Picture ft. AJ Foster - EMx 144

AJ Foster is a developer at Pluralsight. He talks about the course he made for Pluralsight about Elixir and then talks about how Elixir was brought into Pluralsight, both into their catalog of courses as well as into the tech stack for the company. Panel Allen Wyma Eric Bolikowski Sascha Wolf  Guest AJ Foster Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Elixir: The Big Picture Keith Elder - Building A Highly Scalable Service that Survived A Super Bowl | Code BEAM SF 19 Elixir Diff Erlang - heart PRINCIPLES OF CHAOS ENGINEERING GitHub: AJ Foster ( aj-foster ) Twitter: AJ Foster ( @Austin_J_Foster ) Picks AJ- GitHub | aj-foster/absinthe-socket-transport AJ- FIRST Allen- Keith Elder - Building A Highly Scalable Service that Survived A Super Bowl | Code BEAM SF 19 Allen- Zero To Production In Rust Eric- Hardcore Zen Sascha- Erlang in Anger Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Eric: LinkedIn: Eric Bolikowski Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: AJ Foster.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/15/202143 minutes, 51 seconds
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Miss Elixir ft. Fernando Hamasaki – EMx 143

Fernando Hamasaki joins the mix to discuss Miss Elixir, where it came from, and what it is. He specifically discusses the application it came from and how it gets used today. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Guest Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim  Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv PodcastBootcamp.io Links Miss Elixir Adopting Elixir at FindHotel Add List.intersection/2 12 Retired Myths What do you miss? ecto_commons FindHotel Careers Prodis' blog | Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim GitHub: Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim ( prodis ) Twitter: Fernando Hamasaki ( @Prodis ) Picks Adi- Slab Adi- Hank Allen- NOCAI’S APOLOGY Fernando- The Complete History and Strategy of The NBA Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Special Guest: Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/1/202146 minutes, 4 seconds
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Building PWA's in Elixir and Phoenix ft. Tej Pochiraju - EMx 142

Tej Pochiraju joins the mix to discuss Progressive Web Apps and how you can support them using Elixir and Phoenix. Tej is also an IoT developer, so he discusses how you can tie this all to IoT as well. Panel Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Guest Tej Pochiraju Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links Progressive Web Apps & Elixir Phoenix GitHub: Tej Pochiraju ( tejpochiraju ) Twitter: Tej Pochiraju ( @tejpochiraju ) Picks Allen- MJML Allen- Foundation Sascha- You Got This  Tej- Datasette Tej- Braid: Synchronization for HTTP Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Tej Pochiraju.Sponsored By: Top End Devs Coaching: If you have questions about how to grow your skills or take your career to the next level, join us on our next weekly coaching call. It's completely free. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/25/202154 minutes, 33 seconds
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Domo and Type Validations ft. Ivan Rublev – EMx 141

Ivan Rublev is the author of the open source library, Domo, which provides type validations for Elixir applications. He discusses the types of validations it does and the tradeoffs you get when you can validate the structure of your structs. Panel Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest Ivan Rublev  Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links GitHub | IvanRublev/Domo domo | Hex Twitter: Ivan Rublev ( @LevviBraun ) Picks Charles- Rhythm of War Charles- Devchat.tv/levelup Ivan- Microservices in Action Sascha- Domain Modeling Made Functional Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Ivan Rublev. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/18/202152 minutes, 6 seconds
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How to Become a Top End Developer - EMx 140

Charles Max Wood takes the lead this week. He and Adi Iyengar discuss what Top End Devs are and what people should be doing to become Top End Devs. They start out discussing the default trajectory of a developer's career and then talk about how to get boosts off that line and into higher levels of achievement and fulfillment. Panel Adi Iyengar Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Picks Adi- Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir Adi- ADI IYENGAR - CODE BEAM AMERICA 2021 Adi- Boston Elixir Charles- The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job Charles- Devchat.tv/levelup Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/11/202157 minutes, 58 seconds
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Gleam and Typing ft. Louis Pilfold - EMx 139

Louis Pilfold is the creator of the Gleam programming language. He explains what Gleam is and tells us where it came from. He then dives into why he wrote a statically typed language for the BEAM, the challenges involved, and its strengths for programming and tooling. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Eric Bolikowski Sascha Wolf Guest Louis Pilfold Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Gleam News - Gleam GitHub | gleam-lang/otp Language Tour - The Gleam Book GitHub | jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler Compiling to Assembly from Scratch 120 RR Book Club: Understanding Computation with Tom Stuart | Devchat.tv Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine - Louis Pilfold | Code BEAM V 2020 Twitter: Gleam Language ( @gleamlang ) Twitter: Louis Pilfold ( @louispilfold ) Picks Adi- Engineering a Compiler Adi- Code BEAM America 2021 Adi- SpawnFest 2021 Allen- Flying High with Flutter - YouTube Allen- Rust Integrated Dart Charles- The Prosperous Coach Charles- Kajabi Charles- Groove Digital Charles- Xero Eric- reMarkable Louis- The Little Typer Louis- The Gleam Programming Language - Discord Sascha- A Type of Programming Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Louis Pilfold. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/4/20211 hour, 5 minutes, 16 seconds
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Elixir as a General Purpose Language - EMx 138

This week, the panel gets in and talks about Elixir is not just a specialty language for high concurrency applications with specific performance profiles. They dive into how Elixir can be used in a variety of cases and how it is set up as a language that allows you to solve the breadth of issues that other popular languages solve without being specialized to them. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Erlang Term Storage (ETS) dets (stdlib) - (Erlang Documentation) JVM struggles and the BEAM Picks Adi- How to split a router into multiple modules using Phoenix Adi- ElixirConf EU 2021 volunteer application form Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/27/202138 minutes, 5 seconds
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State Management in Elixir - EMx 137

Shortcode: The panel talks about how to manage state in Elixir applications. Sometimes you can get away with internal structures like gen servers and ETS and other times you have to reach to external systems like redis, mongodb, or postgreSQL. This episode will walk you through the ins and outs of managing state and what your options are and what the tradeoffs are between those options. Panel Allen Wyma Eric Bolikowski Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Mongo.Ecto Erlang -- persistent_term Erlang Term Storage (ETS) Picks Allen- Real-World Cryptography Eric- Notion Sascha- The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook  Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Eric: GitHub: Eric Bolikowski ( ericbolikowski ) LinkedIn: Eric Bolikowski Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/21/202153 minutes, 24 seconds
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Heartbeat and Gen Servers featuring Luca Peppe - EMx 136

Luca Peppe built a health check and heartbeat system for the systems at work in Elixir. While the implementation uses many basic features from Elixir and Phoenix, the way that it underscores the fundamentals of Elixir is helpful for both the experienced and the new Elixir developer. Panel Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest Luca Peppe Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links How to easily create a healthcheck endpoint for your Phoenix app, the Elixir way GitHub | ostinelli/syn GitHub | ninenines/ranch LinkedIn: Luca Peppe Picks Charles- Audible Charles- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Charles- Atlas Shrugged Charles- Oathbringer Luca- Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe Sascha- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Luca Peppe . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/14/202134 minutes, 57 seconds
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Speeding up Elixir Regex replacement at Tubi with Yiming Chen - EMx 135

This week, we talk with Yiming Chen about how drilled into the root cause of some slow requests and how it turned out to be an issue with Elixir's own Regex module. We talk about how they monitor performance at Tubi, what they tried to solve the issue, and how they ssh'ed into production to run more detailed performance monitoring. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Guest Yiming Chen Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links How we discovered a 7-year old performance issue in Elixir GitHub | proger/eflame Erlang -- eprof Erlang -- Profiling GitHub | dsdshcym/promox What I learned from implementing Combinators in 3 Elixir patterns Twitter: Yiming Chen ( @dsdshcym ) Picks Adi- Buy a car Adi- GitHub | cuelang/cue Allen- How using hyper in curl can help make the internet safer Allen- 3D Mockups Fast | Rotato Charles- Atlas Shrugged  Charles- Home Depot Sascha- Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability Sascha- The Power of Vulnerability Yiming- GitHub | dsdshcym/objext Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Yiming Chen. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/7/202148 minutes, 46 seconds
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Development Setups for Elixir - EMx 134

The panel discusses their development setups, their journeys getting them to where they are now, and the tools they use while they're developing software in Elixir and with Phoenix. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Atom Spacemacs Neovim  IntelliJ IDEA GitHub | KronicDeth/intellij-elixir GitHub | hlissner/doom-emacs entr(1) GitHub | tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect GitHub | mkchoi212/fac GitHub | emcrisostomo/fswatch GitHub | thebugcatcher/heimdall Earthly Improving Testing & Continuous Integration in Phoenix GitHub | junegunn/fzf GitHub | alacritty/alacritty GitHub | josefs/Gradualizer Josef Svenningsson - A gradual type system - Code BEAM STO - YouTube Picks Adi- Careers at Corvus Adi- GitHub | nccgroup/sobelow Allen- Behind the birth of Dart Allen- Rust Servers, Services, and Apps Charles- Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words Charles- Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/30/20211 hour, 4 minutes, 58 seconds
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Securely Managing Environment Variables using DotEnvy with Everett Griffiths - EMx 133

Everett Griffiths is the author of the DotEnvy library. He wrote the library to help manage environment variables across multiple applications and environments. He and the Elixir Mix panel dive into how DotEnvy works and in the ins and outs of managing environment variables securely from one application to another and from one environment to another. Through development and deployment this is often an overlooked step in keeping things secure while also keeping them simple. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sascha Wolf  Guest Everett Griffiths Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Giving What We Can Community Centre for Effective Altruism LinkedIn: Everett Griffiths Picks Adi- Huntress Adi- GitHub | marp-team/marpit Allen- Rust Web Development Allen- Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir Charles- DigitalOcean Charles- TrainingPeaks Everett- Ruby For Good Everett- Elixir For Good Sascha- Hands-on Rust Sascha- GitHub | mozilla/sops Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Special Guest: Everett Griffiths. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/23/202150 minutes, 9 seconds
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Milestones in Elixir's Evolution - EMx 132

The Elixir Mix Panel discussions the history of Elixir and the high points and big changes in the language and ecosystem. They go into the big changes that brought about growth in the ecosystem, ease of use in the language, better features, and much more. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Wood Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links ElixirConf 2021 Debugging With Tracing in Elixir Call for Proposals for ElixirConf EU 2021 Picks Adi- Simplebet - Software Engineer Adi- Career Opportunities | Annkissam Allen- Just-in-Time Mode - Tailwind CSS Charles- Premium Podcast Feeds | Devchat.tv Charles- Who Not How Charles- The Miracle Morning Charles- Psycho-Cybernetics Charles- As a man Thinketh Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv Sascha- Bypass - bypass v2.1.0 Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Contact Sascha: Sascha Wolf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/16/202141 minutes, 4 seconds
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Deploying Elixir - EMx 131

Chuck and Allen dive into how and where to deploy Elixir and Phoenix applications. They talk through the mostly done for you solutions like Gigalixir and Heroku down to deploying by script to server or VPS hosting like DigitalOcean all the way to building containers and deploying to Kubernetes setups like AWS or DigitalOcean's cloud setup. There are a lot of great options and many of them depend on how much of the work you want to do and how much learning curve you want to take on. Allen and Chuck discuss the tradeoffs of each choice in those regards. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links DigitalOcean Sentry Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial  Gigalixir Deploying Phoenix - YouTube Heroku Docker GitHub | edeliver/edeliver GitLab Picks Allen- Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir Charles- Who Not How Charles- Procrastinate on Purpose Charles- Focus Blocks Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/9/20211 hour, 1 minute, 50 seconds
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The 3 Essentials for Successful Job Outcomes - BONUS

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas. First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways. Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes. Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/4/202135 minutes, 24 seconds
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Client Side Drag and Drop with LiveView + Learning Elixir and Phoenix with Kelsey Leftwich - EMx 130

Kelsey Leftwich explains how Phoenix LiveView made it possible to build a simple drag and drop component without the need for a large front-end framework like React and clunky back-end API setup to make it work. She then described her journey into learning Elixir and Phoenix coming from a React and front-end background. Panel Adi Iyengar Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Guest Kelsey Leftwich Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Surface UI Client-Side Drag and Drop with Phoenix LiveView Learn Elixir Twitter: Kelsey Leftwich ( @kelseyleftwich ) Picks Adi- LiveView Course Adi- Joy of Elixir  Allen- Modern CSS with Tailwind Charles- Workout buddies Charles- Focus Blocks Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar – The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora – YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora – Web and Mobile Development Plangora – Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter – YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Contact Charles: Devchat.tv DevChat.tv | Facebook Twitter: DevChat.tv ( @devchattv ) Special Guest: Kelsey Leftwich . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/2/202143 minutes, 58 seconds
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How to Get Hired at a FANG Company - BONUS

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/28/202122 minutes, 25 seconds
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Composing Queries for Ecto in Phoenix with Szymon Soppa - EMx 129

Szymon Soppa joins the mix to talk about composing queries for your Ecto models in Phoenix. He talks about how Ecto typically thinks about its queries and how you can build your own queries and dives deep with Adi on how you can arrange the queries to get the characteristics in both data and performance that you're looking for from your database. Panel Adi Iyengar Guest Szymon Soppa Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links How to compose and refactor Ecto queries with Queries Modules Contact us | Curiosum LinkedIn: Szymon Soppa Picks Adi- The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook Szymon- Elixir and Phoenix Software House | Curiosum Contact Adi: Adi Iyengar - The Bug Catcher GitHub: Adi Iyengar ( thebugcatcher ) Twitter: Adi Iyengar ( @lebugcatcher ) Special Guest: Szymon Soppa. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/26/202125 minutes, 11 seconds
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All Things Comprehensions with Kamil Lelonek - EMx 128

Kamil Lelonek joins the mix to explain what comprehensions are and how they are used in Elixir. Allen and Kamil dive into the intricacies of this simple, yet powerful, feature that allows you to work with collections of data to get work done in your Elixir applications. They also dive into some of the more common structures of comprehensions and some of the uses cases they're put to. Panel Allen Wyma Guest Kamil Lelonek Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Best practices of comprehensions in Elixir Kamil Lelonek - Software Engineer Picks Allen- GitLab Allen- Plangora - YouTube Kamil- Graph Database Platform Kamil- The Tangled Web Contact Allen: Plangora  Plangora Limited Plangora - YouTube Plangora | Facebook Tech_Plangora Limited_Elixir | Instagram Twitter: Plangora ( @Plangora ) LinkedIn: Plangora - Web and Mobile Development Plangora - Reddit Flying High With Flutter Flying High With Flutter Flying High with Flutter - YouTube Flying High with Flutter | Facebook Flying High With Flutter | Instagram Twitter: Flying High with Flutter ( @fhwflutter ) Teach Me Code Teach Me Code Teach Me Code | Facebook TeachMeCode | Instagram Special Guest: Kamil Lelonek. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/19/202152 minutes, 47 seconds
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Mind your behaviors with Knigge - EMx 127

Sascha Wolf joins the mix to talk about how to test behaviors in your Phoenix apps by using tools like Mox and Knigge. Panel Adi Iyenger Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Eric Bolikowski Guest Sascha Wolf Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Twitter: Sascha Wolf ( @wolf4earth ) Picks Adi- Testing Elixir by Andrea Leopardi and Jeffrey Matthias Adi- GitHub | gleam-lang/gleam Allen- The Pragmatic Studio Charles- Flying High with Flutter Charles- Premium | Devchat.tv Charles- Ruby Rogues | Devchat.tv Charles- Back Market Eric- Grokking Simplicity by Eric Normand Sascha- Humans vs Computers Special Guest: Sascha Wolf. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/12/202123 minutes, 9 seconds
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Becoming the Go-To Person in Your Technology Area - BONUS

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do. So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/7/202116 minutes, 32 seconds
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Measuring and Marshaling Productivity with Mason McLead - EMx 126

Have you wondered how to measure how productive your team is? And, how do you increase team throughput? Mason McLead from Software.com joins the Mix to explain how they measure productivity for individuals and teams at Software.com and gives tip after tip on how teams can organize to allow for more flow state among their developers. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Guest Mason McLead Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Picks Allen- The Practitioner's Guide to Graph Data Allen- A6-N3 Standing Desk Charles- Back Market Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv Mason- Notion Special Guest: Mason McLead . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/5/20211 hour, 1 minute, 45 seconds
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Don't Let These Things Keep You From Podcasting - BONUS

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/29/202115 minutes, 17 seconds
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Don't Let These Things Keep You From Podcasting - BONUS

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/28/202117 minutes, 38 seconds
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BONUS: Relationships Matter Most

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/23/202119 minutes, 44 seconds
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BONUS: Relationships Matter Most

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/21/202121 minutes, 46 seconds
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BONUS: How Opportunities Come Your Way When You're an Influencer

Charles Max Wood discusses several opportunities that came his way early in his podcasting career and other opportunities that have come to other people after only a couple of podcast episodes. He explains why that happens and how you can use this to create more influence as a developer. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/16/202120 minutes, 32 seconds
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EMx 125: Testing Phoenix Controller Plugs with Adi Iyengar

Adi Iyengar walks Eric and Chuck through the process of testing your plugs in your Phoenix Controllers. He leads out by explaining how most people approach testing plugs and some of the inherent problems and inefficiencies with the approach and then explains the way that he approaches testing them and testing Phoenix apps in general. Panel Charles Max Wood Eric Bolikowski Guest Adi Iyengar Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Linkedin: Adi Iyengar Adi Iyengar - The Bug Catcher Picks Adi- Elixir in Action by Saša Juric Charles- Dev Influencers | Devchat.tv Charles- The Courier (2020) Eric- Learning Elixir, Phoenix and LiveView: A Primer for Experienced Programmers Special Guest: Adi Iyengar. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/14/202131 minutes, 13 seconds
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BONUS: What is Charles Max Wood's Biggest Payoff for Being a Dev Influencer?

Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/9/202131 minutes, 26 seconds
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BONUS: What is Charles Max Wood’s Biggest Payoff for Being a Dev Influencer?

Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/7/202133 minutes, 47 seconds
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BONUS: How Jason Weimann Became a Game Developer

Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/2/202139 minutes, 3 seconds
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BONUS: How Jason Weimann Became a Game Developer

Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Jason Weimann Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/31/202141 minutes, 14 seconds
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BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer

Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/26/202130 minutes, 12 seconds
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BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer

Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster. Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/26/202130 minutes, 12 seconds
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EMx 124: Learning Resources for Elixir

As we ramp back up on recording Elixir Mix, our new panel dives into the resources available for learning and keeping current in Elixir. Resources include books, courses, forums, email newsletters, and more. Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Eric Bolikowski Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by  Dave Thomas Elixir in Action by Saša Juric Learning Resources - The Elixir programming language Binary pattern matching in Elixir with PNG parsing example by Zohaib Rauf ElixirWeekly ElixirConf 2020 ElixirConf EU Code BEAM - Erlang & Elixir Ecosystem Virtual Conference Elixir Programming Language Forum Join Elixir on Slack Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implement Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems by Francesco Cesarini  Elixir Wizards Podcast | SmartLogic Podcast - Thinking Elixir Elixir Outlaws Beam Radio Ottolenghi Picks Allen- YouTube Channel | Plangora Allen- Flutter Folio Charles- The 12 Week Year by  Brian P. Moran Charles- TraningPeaks | Hit Your Stride Charles- ClickUp Eric- Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/23/202123 minutes, 41 seconds
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BONUS: How Senior Developers Can Enjoy Learning Like They Were Juniors

Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It's easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren't roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points in his career and how podcasting and connecting with the programming communities helped him get past that. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/16/202139 minutes, 9 seconds
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Emx 123: Curry in a Megaparsec - Unconvention Elixir Explorations with Julien Maisonneuve

Julien Maisonneuve—blogger extraordinaire—joins the Elixir Mix panel to discuss the ways he’s bent Elixir to his will and found the edges of how it works and what you can do with its syntax. He talks about currying and about taking Elixir syntax to extremes. He’s also worked on the Megaparsec Elixir parser and explains some of the oddities that come with working with Elixir’s AST(Abstract Syntax Tree.) Panel Allen Wyma Charles Max Wood Eric Bolikowski Guest Julien Maisonneuve Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links Cursed curried Elixir Cursed Elixir druid: Failing to parse Elixir with Megaparsec GitHub | evuez Twitter: Julien Maisonneuve ( @evuez ) Picks Allen- Phoenix LiveView | The Pragmatic Studio Allen- ElixirConf 2018 - Docker and OTP Friends or Foes - Daniel Azuma Charles- Upper Deck Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game Charles- Trello Charles- Elixir Mix - Devchat.tv Eric- Programming Elixir 1.6: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun Eric- Computer Science Distilled - Learn the Art of Solving Computational Problems Julien- The Little Typer (The MIT Press) Contact Charles Twitter : Charles Max Wood ( @cmaxw ) Special Guest: Julien Maisonneuve. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/9/202147 minutes, 57 seconds
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BONUS: How to get Freelance Clients to Come to You

Charles Max Wood explains how he landed his first 4 freelance clients that took him through a few years of freelancing with only 3 years of experience and a few hundred podcast listeners. Funnily enough, they actually came to him, not the other way around. He explains how he made himself attractive to them and then turned it into a mutually profitable relationship once he had their attention. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/2/202134 minutes, 51 seconds
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Emx 122: The Future of Elixir Mix

If you've been wondering what's up with Elixir Mix and how it's going to shape up for the future, stay tuned… Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/16/202127 minutes, 38 seconds
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BONUS: Measuring Apps and Entrepreneurship with John-Daniel Trask

John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.Special Guest: John-Daniel Trask. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/5/202150 minutes, 11 seconds
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BONUS: Measuring Apps and Entrepreneurship with John-Daniel Trask

John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.Special Guest: John-Daniel Trask. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/5/202150 minutes, 11 seconds
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Emx 121: What is a Top 5% Developer?

This is a repeat episode of Ruby Rogues 485 The Rogues dive into who are top 5% developers, what they're doing and how to recognize them. They start out discussing how mid-level developers can move up and how developers can grow in more ways that technical skills. Panel Charles Wood Dave Kimura John Epperson Sponsors Next Level Mastermind Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Links Devchat.tv | Dev Rev Picks Charles- The 360 Leader: Developing your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell Charles- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Charles- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller Dave- Ruby on Rails Link Dave- Track Lights John- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It  by Chris Voss John- How to write an effective developer resume: Advice from a hiring manager John- Yoichi Single Malt Whisky Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/3/20211 hour, 11 minutes, 14 seconds
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EMx 050: Elixir Origin Story with José Valim

José Valim, the creator of Elixir, shares his story with the panel starting with why he built Elixir. The panel wonders why José did not just use Erlang. José discusses what he wanted from Elixir and what problems he wanted to solve. The panel discusses concurrency, Metaprogramming, ad hoc polymorphism, and run times. José talks about what it was like as elixir grew in popularity and maintaining Elixir. José shares his goals for Elixir for 2019 and discusses his role in different projects. The panel shares their love for the friendliness and openness of the Elixir community and asks José how it became that way. The history of the signature heart emojis is shared. José shares a little about his everyday life and the things he enjoys to do. The episode ends with an update on the Erlang Ecosystems Foundation.  Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Guest José Valim Sponsors  Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial  Next Level Mastermind Links https://erlef.org/ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dwz1DqVWkAAT4tr.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_polymorphism https://github.com/dynamo/dynamo https://github.com/grych/drab https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto https://phoenixframework.org/ https://github.com/beam-telemetry/telemetry https://hex.pm/packages/broadway https://hexdocs.pm/broadway/0.2.0/Broadway.html https://hexdocs.pm/gen_stage/0.14.1/GenStage.html https://hexdocs.pm/flow/0.14.3/Flow.html https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_pubsub/pull/121#issuecomment-466673652 https://github.com/nashby/jose-vs-oss http://pages.plataformatec.com.br/elixir-development-subscription https://twitter.com/josevalim https://github.com/josevalim https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark - https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted Josh- RubyHack 2019 – Ruby3: What's Missing? by Yukihiro (Matz) Matsumoto Josh- The Giant Chicken Brahma Charles- https://www.theblaze.com/news/scientists-create-first-3d-printed-heart Charles- https://podwrench.com Charles- https://podcastmovement.com/ Michael- Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix Michael- "Triste" ALBA ARMENGOU SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND (JOAN CHAMORRO DIRECCIÓN) José- Chris McCord Keynote: Phoenix LiveView – Interactive, Real TIme Apps – No need to write Javascript José- Nintendo Switch Special Guest: José Valim. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/12/20211 hour, 21 minutes, 59 seconds
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BONUS: How to Crush Your Biggest Goals in 2021

Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE (Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount) Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to walk him through the 6 pillars of success that lead to meeting your goals. Mani has read thousands of books on success, setting and achieving goals, and personal growth and has distilled these 6 principles from the books and then figured out how to put them into practice. He and Chuck walk through the principles and strategies that create success and allow you to set goals that will bring you the things you want during the next year or so. Listen to this episode to learn how to crush your biggest goals in 2021. Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE (Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/1/20211 hour, 7 minutes, 13 seconds
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EMx 120: Exploring GraphQL with Elixir

We talk with Meryl Dakin, an Elixir engineer at Frame.io, about why they rebuilt their legacy application in Elixir, why they brought in GraphQL and what it’s like to work with the Absinthe Elixir library for GraphQL. We wrap up the episode with a very special Tarot reading using the deck that Meryl gave Sophie last Christmas. Panel Sophie DeBenedetto Alex Koutmos Lars Wikman Guest Meryl Dakin Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Picks Lars-SSH Kit Alex- Elgato Wave: 3 Alex- Beam Telemetry GitHub org Meryl- Series: Search Party Sophie- Eddy Sofa Special Guest: Meryl Dakin. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/29/202053 minutes, 8 seconds
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EMx 119: Crawling The Web With Elixir with Adam Mokan

Adam Mokan joins the Mix to discuss crawling the web with Elixir. He starts out by explaining he rather unconventional path to Elixir. At ElixirConf he spoke about crawling the web. He admits that his talk was more about architecture of a highly parallelized app with a restrictive SLA. He talks about managing web crawls and not knowing what your clients will send in. Panel Alex Koutmos Lars Wikman Guest Adam Mokan Sponsors Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders` Audible.com Picks Alex -Easy and Robust Rate Limiting in Elixir Lars - Beam Bloggers Webring Adam - Logflare Special Guest: Adam Mokan. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/23/202047 minutes, 30 seconds
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EMx 118: gRPC + Elixir, A Love Story with Catalina Astengo

We talk with Engineering Manager and Elixirist Catalina Astengo about using gRPC, Protobuf and Elixir to standardize communication between microservices, why and when to reach for gRPC and why Elixir lends itself so well to this pattern of communication. Panel Sophie DeBenedetto Steven Nunez Alex Koutmos Lars Wikman Guest Catalina Astengo Picks Alex - AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X Alex - A brief introduction to BEAM Lars - Webcam Settings App Lars - Underjord Steven - Packwerk Steven - Bakeware Sophie - https://github.blog/2020-10-29-building-github-introduction/ Sophie - Waterproof Blanket Cover Catalina - Vegan Recipes Special Guest: Catalina Astengo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/8/202052 minutes, 20 seconds
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EMx 117: Learning and Loving Elixir with Randall Thomas

We discuss how to learn and love Elixir and other functional languages, the importance of people and community in learning, the perfect autumnal cocktail and so much more with Randall Thomas—drinker, hacker and bon vivant! Panel Sophie DeBenedetto Steven Nunez Alex Koutmos Bruce Tate Special Guest Randall Thomas Sponsors Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders` Audible.com Links Let Over Lambda—50 Years of Lisp Haskell Programming from First Principles WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN LEARNING HASKELL Programming Elixir Picks Bruce - https://grox.io Alex - Erlang in Anger Alex - https://github.com/happi/theBeamBook Steven - 49 inch ultra wide monitor Randall - https://haskellbook.com/, https://keminglabs.com/finda   Special Guest: Randall Thomas. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/1/202050 minutes, 43 seconds
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BONUS: How to do LARGE Volumes of HIGH Quality Work - While Spending Fewer Hours Working

  Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state. He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects. The trick? Deep Work! Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal. Other developers call it "Flow" or "the Zone." Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/27/20201 minute, 22 seconds
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EMx 116: Where Should We Take Elixir with Saša Jurić

This guest barely needs an introduction and we roll quickly forward from his one-punch knockout book Elixir in Action and onward. Saša makes the panel consider what we could and maybe should be doing with Elixir in the future. We talk about his talks, his libraries and his overall vision for what the future could and possibly should hold. Rather than reading this, you should be listening because the erlangelist is talking and it serves us all to pay attention. Links KEYNOTE: Using the Beam to fight COVID-19 - Bryan Hunter https://github.com/rabbitmq/ra https://github.com/tantivy-search/tantivy Picks Bruce Elixir in Action Grox.io training course Brian Troutwine interviews Josh KEYNOTE: Using the Beam to fight COVID-19 - Bryan Hunter Return of the 90's Web Lars BLE and Elixir GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić Saša https://github.com/sasa1977/boundary Deconstructing the Monolith Unit Testing Principles Practices and Patterns Special Guest: Saša Jurić. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/24/202053 minutes, 31 seconds
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EMx 115: LiveView for React Developers with Feather Knee

In this episode of Elixir Mix, Feather Knee joins us to discuss her recent ElixirConf2020 talk on LiveView components, what its like learning LiveView with a React background and where LiveView really shines as a framework. We also chat about fall foliage, pumpkin recipes and ghosts, since it’s that time of year. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Feather Knee Picks Alex Koutmos: https://github.com/msaraiva/surface Lars Wikman: Nerves Keyboard development boards are now physical objects, in the Elixir Slack you can find them in #nerves-keyboard Sophie DeBenedetto: Elixir School blog post on SVG charts in LiveView with the Contex library Netflix: The Haunting of Bly Manor Roast a while pumpkin cuz why not Feather Knee: Spooked podcas Pumpkin chutney Fall foliage, in general, go outside Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Feather Knee. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/17/202046 minutes, 47 seconds
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EMx 114: Just-in-time for OTP 24 with Lukas Larsson and John Högberg

In this episode of ElixirMix, we talk with Lukas Larsson and John Högberg about the JIT compiler that will be landing in OTP 24, the performance implications that come along with it and the inside scoop on the Erlang core team. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Mika Kalathil Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Guests John Högberg Lukas Larsson Links HiPE The JIT Pull Request AsmJit Picks Alex Koutmos: https://github.com/features/actions Josh Adams: https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/ https://factorio.com/ https://github.com/tobspr/shapez.io Mika Kalathil: https://github.com/processone/stun Steven Nuñez: https://github.com/features/codespaces Lars Wikman: https://github.com/bitwalker Lukas Larsson: https://github.com/mozilla/rr John Högberg: https://github.com/mozilla/rr www.amazon.com/Property-Based-Testing-PropEr-Erlang-Elixir Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guests: John Högberg and Lukas Larsson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/3/202046 minutes, 27 seconds
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EMx 113: Lumen with Luke Imhoff

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we are joined by inimitable Luke Imhoff who takes us on a wild journey through his background from low-level, to high-level and straight back into compiler land as we work our way towards talking about Lumen. And what a conversation that is. WebAssembly, working group politics, sneaking binaries into the enterprise and so much more. The big take-away is that the Lumen project is a very cool effort to give us more options for running Erlang, Elixir and friends that are suitable for entirely different use-cases. Also, clearly, that the Lumen team is carrying the torch for all functional languages in the WASM Working Group. If you are curious about Lumen or WebAssembly this one is for you. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Luke Imhoff Links Asm.js WebAssembly Lumen Asterius https://github.com/tweag/asterius Picks Alex Koutmos: Ecto 3.5 RC https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/3.5.0-rc.1/Ecto.ParameterizedType.html Sophie DeBenedetto: https://www.hokaoneone.com/ ElixirConf 2020 Lars Wikman: Krustlet – Especially the Software Sessions episode on it which also gave a good overview of WASM, WASI and what WebAssembly is Luke Imhoff: This Week In Virology Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Luke Imhoff. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/27/202057 minutes, 15 seconds
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EMx 112: Phoenix Live Heron with Connor Rigby

Connor Rigby of Nerves fame joins our motley crew to talk about the new Blue Heron library that brings Bluetooth Low-Energy/BLE to Nerves. He goes deep, he goes wide. We learn a lot. And beyond that we cover the Spawnfest darling we know as Bakeware that creates single static binaries from Elixir projects and some Flutter. We almost fall into car talk but mostly steer clear. This is a wild one! Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Bruce Tate Lars Wikman Guest Connor Rigby Links https://github.com/spawnfest/bakeware https://github.com/okeuday/erlang_py http://erlport.org/ is neat generally https://github.com/billosys/ErlPort.jl This gentleman is working on BLE stuff in flutter to build a companion app for the pinetime watch Picks Alex Koutmos: Web Bluetooth API SCCA Sports Car Club of America Josh Adams: https://github.com/reanimate/reanimate Bruce: Julia team interviews for Groxio http://grox.io/language/julia/course Connor Rigby: https://github.com/smartrent/blue_heron Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Connor Rigby. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/20/202033 minutes, 45 seconds
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EMx 111: Tales from ElixirConf2020

Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this episode of Elixir Mix, our panel shares their thoughts on this year’s fully remote ElixirConf, from the Purple Carpet to the remote workshops to an excellent slate of great talks! Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Mika Kalathil Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Links https://twitter.com/meryldakin https://github.com/spawnfest/bakeware https://getlumen.org/ Picks Bruce Tate: Julia on Groxio Alex Koutmos: ElixirConf Josh Adams: https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.2/architecture.html Mika Kalathil: https://github.com/drewkerrigan/riak-elixir-client https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_options Sophie DeBenedetto: EMx 085: Riak Core and Partisan with Mariano Guerra https://classroom.github.com/ Alex’s Elixir Tweets on Twitter Paul Rudd PSA Lars Wikman: https://underjord.io/professional-mentorship.html Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mix Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/13/202042 minutes, 37 seconds
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EMx 110: Ruby to Erlang to Elixir with Phil Toland

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the hosts follow up with Phil Toland on his journey from small startup to PepsiCo Ecommerce and cover lots of important topics along the way. Such as Kubernetes, deleting mysterious S3 buckets, lots of assorted Machine Learning and lots of hype about Elixir in general. Steven fires shots at Go. Bruce wants to talk about Julia. Lars still only really cares about Lumen. And Alex wants that sweet, sweet secret ML sauce. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Phil Toland Picks Bruce Tate: The dangers of the single global process groxio new look programmer_passport Julia is happening now As a poll worker Lars Wikman: xxx Lumen Steven Nuñez: Travel Anywhere Hammock Phil Toland: AirPods Pro Special Guest: Phil Toland. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/6/202044 minutes, 28 seconds
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EMx 109: Conference Season Is Very Online

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panelists talk about conferences as the conference season is hitting its virtual stride. And then it quickly devolves into LiveViews, dead views, UI libraries and of course, Elm. A thrilling ride of an episode according to all hosts and surely some listeners. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Lars Wikman Picks Alex Koutmos: What’s new in LiveView – Chris McCord | ElixirConfEU Virtual Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mix Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/29/202049 minutes, 28 seconds
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EMx 108: What Time Is It? Dealing with Date, Time and Timezones in Elixir with Lau Taarnskov

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we’re joined by Lau Tornskau, creator of the tzdata library and prolific Elixir open-source contributor, to talk about how to ensure “correctness” of time-related data in Elixir and how Elixir’s standard library has grown to include native support for handling time zones. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Mika Kalathil Bruce Tate Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Lau Taarnskov Links www.creativedeletion.com http://twitter.com/laut https://github.com/lau Picks Alex Koutmos: Dynamically Configure Your Plugs at Run-time An IoT Birdhouse with Elixir Nerves & Phoenix LiveView Components Bruce Tate: Why Things Fail, a series on failure with Brian Troutwine and Bruce Tate The Problem with Time & Timezones – Computerphile Sophie DeBenedetto: You might not need the Calendar or Timex libraries Lau Taarnskov: We’re hiring – TheRealReal Domain Modeling Made Functional by Scott Wlaschin Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Lau Taarnskov. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/22/202043 minutes, 47 seconds
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EMx 107: I’m Bored with Elixir with Desmond Bowe

The podcasting competition comes to visit as we invite Desmond Bowe on the show. After some questions he flips the script and more or less interviews the panel. It is a dangerous time to be a host. Sponsors Audible.com Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Guest Desmond Bowe Links Using Maps in Typespecs payitoff.io Picks Alex Koutmos: From Elixir to Erlang – experience report – Michal Muskala | Code BEAM V 2020 echarts.apache.org/en/index.html Lars Wikman: A text about Blåvitt Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern Bruce Tate: youtube.com/groxio projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast grox.io/language/liveview/course Desmond Bowe: youtube.com/c/RickBeato Transparent OLED Digital Signage Follow Desmond on Twitter > @desmondmonster Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Desmond Bowe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/15/202050 minutes, 24 seconds
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EMx 106: Elixir Education with Adolfo Neto

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we chat with Adolfo Neto, a professor of computer science at UTFPR in Brazil, about what it’s like to teach Elixir, how we as educators can support the Elixir community to grow and thrive, and what the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation’s Education Working Group is up to. Sponsors Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Josh Adams Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Adolfo Neto Links https://social.biologianaweb.com.br/@adolfont https://t.me/elixirconferences https://github.com/adolfont/elixir_cop/blob/master/telegram.md Adolfo Neto: My three favorite resources for learning Elixir https://t.me/elixirconferences Picks Steven Nuñez: PDF Reader that does text to speech Josh Adams: GitHub Arctic Code Vault: Tech Tree Bruce Tate: grox.io/language/liveview/course Keynote: Build Good Software: Of Politics and Methods – Brian L. Troutwine Lars Wikman: BEAM Bloggers Webring Sophie DeBenedetto: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein Adolfo Neto: Telegram Group for Alchemists Education Working Group of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Elixir Resources in Portuguese Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Adolfo Neto. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/8/202048 minutes, 56 seconds
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EMx 105: Embracing Erlang with Todd Resudek

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we talk with Todd Resudeck about how digging into Erlang empowers you as an Elixir developer, what’s so fun about Nerves and what makes him such a charming and hilarious conference speaker. Sponsors Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Bruce Tate Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Todd Resudek Links What Elixir is about – José Valim – Erlang User Conference 2015 GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić Picks Alex Koutmos: https://akoutmos.com/post/actor-model-genserver-app-two/ https://plausible.io/ Bruce Tate: https://grox.io/language/liveview/course Programmer Passport: Phoenix LiveView – Bonus Video – phx.gen.auth Todd Resudek: ElixirConf 2016 – Selling Food With Elixir by Chris Bell Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Todd Resudek. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/1/202043 minutes, 41 seconds
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EMx 104: Deploying Elixir with Mix, Terraform and Ansible with Jon Lunsford

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we talk with Jon Lunsford about Elixir’s many releases and deployment options, why/how to deploy Elixir with Terraform and we learn why Jon built an SMTP server in Elixir! Sponsors Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Panel Alex Koutmos Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Jon Lunsford Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: ElixirConf 2020 Alex Koutmos: The State of Elixir HTTP Clients Portable ACs Steven Nuñez: Fans TailWind UI Jon Lunsford: gen-smtp/gen_smtp Syndicate App Follow us on Twitter at @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Jon Lunsford. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/25/202034 minutes, 14 seconds
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EMx 103: IOT with Nerves with Justin Schneck

We talk with Justin Schneck, co-auth of Nerves, about how he got into embedded programming, why Elixir (and Nerves!) is the the best fit for designing resilient embedded systems and what’s next for the Nerves community. Panelists Alex Koutmos Josh Adams Mika Kalathil Bruce Tate Steven Nuñez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Justin Schneck Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Picks Alex Koutmos: tailwind UI Josh Adams: @MisterTechBlog PineTime Mika Kalathil: GitHub nerves-web-kiosk/kiosk_system_rpi3 Steven Nuñez: Drive In Movie Theatres Justin Schneck: Designin Elixir Systems with OTP Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Special Guest: Justin Schneck. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/18/202059 minutes, 36 seconds
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EMx 102: Nerves Powered Mechanical Keyboards with Chris Dosé

In this episode of Elixir Mix, Chris Dosé joins us to talk about some of the open source work that he has done at Peek. He also talks to us about his exciting Nerves projects Xebow and AFK. Panelists Steven Nunez Lars Wikman Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Chris Dosé Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout Groxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious Coders CacheFly Links iCalendar GitHub Chris Dosé GitHub ElixirSeattle/xebow Picks Steven Nunez: The Art of Agile James Shore US History YouTube Lars Wikman: Hurry Slowly Peter van Roy - KEYTNOTE Why time is evil indistributed systems l Code BEAM STO 19 Chris Dosé: ElixirConf 2018 - Picking Properties to Test in Property Based Testing - Michael Stalker Sophie DeBenedetto: Anybody have any easy baking recipes? Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Special Guest: Chris Dosé. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/11/202054 minutes, 51 seconds
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EMx 101: Finding the Silver Lining in Hard Times

Given the current state of the world, we've been put into a position where things have lost jobs or lost in other areas of life. The panel discusses how to make the most of things when hard things come your way. Panelists Soojin Ro Alex Bush Charles Max Wood Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout CacheFly Links Course Creator Pro How To Write & Launch Your Book To $10,000 in 90 Days The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job Authority Corona Dev Jobs Remote: Office Not Required Hackernoon   Picks Soojin Ro: Apple Store Monument Valley 2 Google Play Monument Valley 2 Alex Bush: Stellaris Charles Max Wood: RRU 104: How to Start a Side Hustle as a Programmer with Mani Vaya https://devchat.tv/hustle use Promo Code: HUSTLE Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/4/202046 minutes, 34 seconds
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EMx 100: Celebrating a Milestone

The 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 Scout CacheFly Links EMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James Gray EMx 019: Brooklyn Zelenka: Elixir I assume Witchcraft, Exceptional, and so on? EMx 027: ExVenture with Eric Oestrich EMx 025: Rethinking App Env and more with Sasa Juric EMx 084: Beyond LiveView with Sophie DeBenedetto Underjord GitHub keathley/norm Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: Hostile Developer Josh Adams: Pine Phone PineTime GitHub lupyuen/pinetime-rust-mynewt Bruce Tate: The IT Crowd Steven Nunez: Flatiron School Alex Koutmos: Telemetry Project Designing Elixir Systems With OTP Mika Kalathil: GitHub bettio/AtomVM Charles Max Wood: Podcast Playbook Warbreaker Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Josh Adams - @knewter Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/28/20202 minutes, 6 seconds
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EMx 099: What Excites Us About the Elixir Ecosystem

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panelists talk about a wide array of topics ranging from LiveView, type systems, and hot code upgrades. We also talk about some of the things that we want to experiment with in the coming months. Panelists Josh Adams Bruce Tate Lars Wikman Mika Kalathil Alex Koutmos Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout CacheFly Links GitHub knewter/extris elm-pages GitHub dillonkearns/elm-markdown Picks Bruce Tate: Introduction to Phoenix LiveView LiveComponents Integrating Phoenix LiveView with JavaScript and Alpine JS Pony Lars Wikman: Cassie Evans cassie.codes Mika Kalathil: GitHub aesmail/kaffy Alex Koutmos: Process pools with Elixir's Registry Josh Adams: https://simone.computer/#/webdesktops Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Josh Adams - @knewter Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/21/20201 hour, 3 minutes, 2 seconds
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EMx 098: Simplifying Elixir Configuration with Alex de Sousa

We talk with Alex de Sousa about how to improve the configuration of our Elixir applications. We learn about his path through configuration management and the interesting ways he found to solve this common problem. He shares his library Skogsrå and explains where this fits in our applications, the problems it helps solve and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Guest Alex de Sousa Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout CacheFly Links Refill Aqua GitHub gmtprime/skogsra Skogsra: Simplifying Your Elixir Configuration GitHub Nebo15/confex GitHub keathley/vapor EMx 040: Elixir Outlaws and Adopting Elixir with Chris Keathley Consul Twitter Alex de Sousa: @thebroken_link Email Alex at [email protected] Picks Josh Adams: GitHub so-fancy/diff-so-fancy Defold Mark Ericksen: The Remote Playbook Cocoon Alex de Sousa: GitHub gmtprime/yggdrasil Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Josh Adams - @knewter Special Guest: Alex de Sousa. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/14/202045 minutes, 31 seconds
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EMx 097: Real-Time Phoenix, Tenant Data, and User Auth with Steve Bussey

We talk with Steve Bussey about his book Real-Time Phoenix, his library ecto_tenancy_enforcer, and we delve into user auth. We cover how TDD works for us, approaches to partitioning user data, recent auth developments in the community and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Guest Steve Bussey   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links SalesLoft The Pragmatic Bookshelf GitHub sb8244/ecto_tenancy-enforcer citusdata Citus Community Pow Dashbit Keycloak devise Gibson Research Corporation Elixir Forum Picks Josh Adams: Bitwarden Baby Chickens. 'Nuff said Mark Ericksen: FREE Pattern Matching Course Seinfeld Steve Bussey: Zwift Follow on Twitter: @yoooodaaaa Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Sophie DeBenedetto - @sm_debenedetto Josh Adams - @knewter Special Guest: Steve Bussey. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/30/202048 minutes, 36 seconds
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EMx 096: Sharing Protobuf Schemas with Andrea Leopardi

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we talk with Andrea Leopardi about how they solved sharing Protobuf protocols across multiple projects for their RabbitMQ consumers. We also learn the benefits they found of using Elixir in a microservices architecture, the benefits of Broadway and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Sophie DeBenedetto Mark Ericksen Guest Andrea Leopardi   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links community Sharing Protobuf schemas across services Microservice Architecture Protocol Buffers GitHub/protocolbuffers/protobuf GitHub/bitwalker/exprotobuf GitHub/tony612/protobuf-elixir GitHub/Dependabot Dependabot Twitter Andrea Leopardi: @whatyouhide GitHub Andrea Leopardi https://andrealeopardi.com Picks Josh Adams: Helm Charts ConcourseCI Sophie DeBenedetto: Introducing Telemetry Mark Ericksen: JC Label Maker Andrea Leopardi: Exercising at home! Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Sophie DeBenedetto - @sm_debenedetto Josh Adams - @knewter Special Guest: Andrea Leopardi. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/16/202041 minutes, 26 seconds
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EMx 095: Adopting Elixir at FindHotel with Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim

Mark talks with Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim about his experience adopting Elixir at findhotels.net. He shares his strategy of introducing Elixir through hack-a-thons, what kinds of projects work well to start with and tips around learning and building a team. We discuss umbrella projects, pattern matching for data transformation, and learning about managing configuration in Elixir applications and much more! Panelists Mark Ericksen Guest Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links Adopting Elixir at FindHotel FindHotel Dependencies and umbrella projects Elixir in Action GitHub Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim FindHotel Blog Twitter Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim : @Prodis Picks Mark Ericksen: QiFi Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim: Lanve Halvorsen - Phoenix Is Not Your Application (ElixirConfEU 2016) Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Sophie DeBenedetto - @sm_debenedetto Josh Adams - @knewter Special Guest: Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/2/202043 minutes, 24 seconds
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EMx 094: Writing Custom Credo Check with Devon Estes

We catch up with Devon Estes to learn what he’s doing with Credo. Devon talks about creating custom Credo checks for the benefit of our teams and projects. We cover his project Nicene that defines additional Credo checks, learn tips like using git to only run checks on modified files and much more! Panelists Sophie DeBenedetto Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Guest Devon Estes   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links EMx 030: Writing Great Unit Tests with Devon Estes EMx 018: Devon Estes: “All In On Elixir” GitHub sketch-hq/nicene Writing custom Credo checks Writing (and testing) a custom Credo check Muzak - a Mutation Testing library for Elixir and Erlang devonestes.com GitHub Devon Estes Twitter Devon Estes: @devoncestes Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: The Future of Software is a Sociotechnical Problem Josh Adams: Dillon Kearns Twitch Mark Ericksen: MintBox Mini 2 Devon Estes: Take it Easy! Kingdom Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Mark Ericksen - @brainlid Sophie DeBenedetto - @sm_debenedetto Josh Adams - @knewter Special Guest: Devon Estes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/27/202037 minutes, 6 seconds
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EMx 093: Multi-Tenant DBs with Lars Wikman

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! We catch up with Lars Wikman to talk about what he’s learned along his journey with Elixir and multi-tenant databases. We cover what multi-tenant means, multiple ways to do it and where it may or may not make sense. We learn about dynamic repos, query prefixes, and how to deal with migrations, testing, and much more! Panelists Sophie DeBenedetto Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Guest Lars Wikman   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links Ecto.Repo Ecto & Multi-tenancy Part 1 Ecto & Multi-tenancy Part 2 Ecto & Multi-tenancy Part 3 put_dynamic_repo(arg1) Multi tenancy with query prefixes Twitter: Lars Wikman Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: Elixir-Style Actors in Go Lasagna Bolognese Josh Adams: dba flux Mark Ericksen: Roll and Spin Gyroscopic Exerciser Asciiflow Lars Wikman: Stripe CLI GitHub/lumen Special Guest: Lars Wikman. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/28/202048 minutes, 7 seconds
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EMx 092: Elixir and Python interoperability with Alvise Susmel

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panelists talk with Alvise Susmel about building Elixir systems that leverage Python image detection on video frames. We cover Ports vs NIFs, using platforms for their strengths, cool embedded hardware, displaying real time results in Phoenix or Scenic, and much more! Panelists Sophie DeBenedetto Mark Ericksen Guest Alvise Susmel 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 Real-time Object Detection with Phoenix and Python cvlib GitHub opencv/opencv Hexdocs Elixir/Port Erlang 4 Ports Yolo Erlang 8 NIFs Jetson Nano Developer Kit GitHub boydm/scenic Poeticcoding Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: Black Hat Go Love Is Blind Mark Ericksen: Hollywood.computer Alvise Susmel: Outside Elixir Designing Data-Intensive Applications Dark Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/14/202046 minutes, 31 seconds
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EMx 091: Managing Change with Ecto with David Bernheisel

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! In this episode of Elixir Mix the panelists talk with David Bernheisel about the power in Ecto. Coming from ActiveRecord, Ecto and Changesets were a wonderful alternative! They cover David’s blog post where he shares some tips and tricks for working with Changesets. They also cover, Multi, how to compose Changesets, using “embedded” schemas, and much more! Panelists Josh Adams Sophie DeBenedetto Mark Ericksen Guest David Bernheisel 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 EMx 068: Contributing to the Elixir Community with David Bernheisel & Cory Schmitt David Bernheisel Blog GitHub neoclide/coc.nvim InfoQ Are We There Yet? Ecto.Changeset Ecto.Multi EMx 024: “Sagas” with Andrew Dryga from Hammer Corporation Picks Josh Adams: Common Sense by Thomas Paine Rook Sophie DeBenedetto: How to Compose Queries in Ecto Elixir School Birds of Prey Mark Ericksen: Planet Money Episode 967: Escheat Show David Bernheisel: Whimsical Team Accounts DigialOcean ElixirConf US 2018 - Breaking Down the User Monolith - Zach Porter Special Guest: David Bernheisel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/31/202044 minutes, 44 seconds
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EMx 090: Data pipelines through Broadway with Alex Koutmos

In 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 Connector RabbitMQ GitHub dashbitco/broadway GitHub elixir-lang/gen_stage Broadway, RabbitMQ, and the Rise of Elixir Part 1 Broadway, RabbitMQ, and the Rise of Elixir Part 2 hexdocs Broadway/RabbitMQ GitHub meltwater/gen_rmq Sentry Twitter Alex Koutmos GitHub AlexKoutmos Alex Koutmos Blog Picks Josh Adams: IndieWeb Keycloak Eric Oestrich: Raph Koster's Website Mark Ericksen: The Erlangelist Star Trek Picard Alex Koutmos: Database Internals Linux Academy Special Guest: Alex Koutmos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/17/202036 minutes, 48 seconds
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EMx 089: Elixir Talks to Kubernetes with Bonny from Cory O’Daniel

In 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/bonny GitHub coryodaniel/k8s The Big Elixir 2019 - Commandeering Kubernetes With Elixir - Cory O'Daniel Kubernetes Components KubeDB GitHub coryodaniel/ballast Review Apps Custom Resources Twitter Thread Cluster Strategy Kubernetes GitHub kudobuilder/kudo Kudo Getting Started with the Operator SDK Core OS Operators GitHub obmarg/kazan Code Beam SF Picks Josh Adams: The King of Limbs - From the Basement Eric Oestrich: AMD Threadripper 3970X Mark Ericksen: The Game Changers Cory O'Daniel: inlets conftest Special Guest: Cory O’Daniel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/3/202039 minutes, 32 seconds
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EMx 088: Adopting Elixir and RabbitMQ with Steven Nunez

In 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 Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Pluralsight Github jondot/sneakers RabbitMQ Kafka Apache Eventide Protocol Buffers RabbitMQ Tutorial One Elixir Github bitwalker/exprotobuf RabbitMQ Tutorial Six Elixir Steven Nunez Twitter Flatiron School Twitter Picks Josh Adams: Website Generator Statically Typed Site Generator VVVV Sophie DeBenedetto: A Tour of Go Eric Oestrich: GitHub TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV The Expanse Mark Ericksen: GitHub dashbitco/nimble_pool Special Guest: Steven Nunez. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/18/202045 minutes, 47 seconds
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EMx 087: Zip Generation with Packmatic with Evadne Wu

In 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 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 https://elixirforum.com/t/plataformatec-acqui-hired-by-nubank/28072/7?u=brainlid http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2020/01/important-information-about-our-elixir-and-ruby-open-source-projects/ https://medium.com/building-nubank/tech-perspectives-behind-nubanks-first-acquisition-deal-what-this-business-move-means-and-how-it-d7d1233c72b8 Evadne's Twitter Evadne's GitHub Evadne's Website https://github.com/evadne/packmatic https://elixirforum.com/t/packmatic-on-the-fly-zip-generation/26464 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format)#ZIP64 https://hexdocs.pm/plug/Plug.Conn.html#send_chunked/2 https://github.com/evadne/packmatic#source-types Picks Eric Oestrich: https://bulletjournal.com/ Sophie DeBenedetto: https://grox.io/series/quad Williams Sonoma Mug Mark Ericksen: https://weasyprint.org/ https://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html Evadne Wu: http://smallmemory.com/book.html https://github.com/holsee/chroxy Special Guest: Evadne Wu. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/4/202046 minutes, 9 seconds
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EMx 086: Teaching Your Team Elixir with Mike Binns

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Mike Binns. Mike is a Senior Software Engineer at DockYard, Inc. and he presented at ElixirConf 2019 about getting a whole team new to Elixir up to speed quickly with Cars.com. Mike explains why Elixir was chosen as the technology to use and how much effort and planning goes into helping a team transition. Cars.com had already decided to move onto Elixir and brought on DockYard to train their engineers. Mike advises recognizing the existing team's previous skill set and experience levels. Mike and fellow DockYard colleague captured what they learned in Project Ironman which automatically adds things like credo, dialyzer, coveralls, mix test watch, etc… to your project. They then talk about what mob programming is and how it helps to arm a new team. Finally, the panel asks Mike if he would do anything differently and tips for bringing new developers into a running project and team. Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Mike Binns Sponsors Adventures in Angular Podcast CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links ElixirConf 2019 - 0-60 in under 3: How Cars.com and DockYard Manufactured a Productive Elixir Team in Under 3 Months https://basecamp.com/shapeup https://github.com/rrrene/credo https://github.com/jeremyjh/dialyxir https://code.visualstudio.com/ https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls http://erlang.org/doc/man/ets.html https://github.com/TheFirstAvenger/ets https://github.com/TheFirstAvenger/ironman Mike's Twitter Mike's GitHub Mike's Blog https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Josh Adams: Zigler Zig Programming Language Sophie DeBenedetto: https://badanimals.net/should-i-level-up-my-technical-skills-before-starting-a-freelance-business/ Mark Ericksen: https://thinkingelixir.com/elixir-in-vs-code/ https://thinkingelixir.com/vs-code-broken-for-elixir/ Upgrading your graphics card - AMD Radeon RX 590 Mike Binns: https://github.com/elbow-jason/annex https://github.com/elbow-jason/open_cl_rust Special Guest: Mike Binns. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/21/202042 minutes, 40 seconds
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EMx 085: Riak Core and Partisan with Mariano Guerra

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Mariano Guerra. Mariano wrote some wonderful tutorial blogs outlining how to use Riak Core in Elixir. He begins the episode by sharing a little about himself and his work. Mariano then defines Riak Core and tells the story of where it came from. He explains what he loves about Riak Core and dubs himself the unofficial cheerleader of Riak Core.   Mariano tells the panel about his blog articles and what listeners will find in them. He explains to the panel what inspired him to write them. Mariano then gives the panel examples of the problems solved by Riak Core and the best use cases for it. Partisan is the next subject the panel asks Mariano about. Mariano shares the story of where Partisan came from and explains when you want to use it.    Finally, Mariano tells the panel about his work for the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. Right now he is working hard to unify the documentation for all the Beam languages. He shares his admiration for the Elixir documentation and explains that Erlang documentation needs a lot of work. The panel discusses how unifying the Beam will help the community and make their lives easier.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Sophie DeBenedetto Guest Mariano Guerra Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________   Links TLA+  Riak Products  Dynamo: Amazon’s Highly Available Key-value Store   https://github.com/basho/riak_core  Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: Introduction  http://partisan.cloud/  https://blog.erlang.org/OTP-22-Highlights/  Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: Setup  Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: Getting Started    Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: We can make a Key Value Store out of that  Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: Migrating Data with Handoff  Riak Core on Partisan on Elixir Tutorial: Resources  https://gitlab.com/marianoguerra/civiledb/  https://github.com/clojerl/clojerl  https://twitter.com/warianoguerra https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: Immutability - Computerphile  Simple Sabotage Field Manual  Mariano Guerra: Property-Based Testing with PropEr, Erlang, and Elixir Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development Josh Adams: Rewriting GitHub Pages with Riak Core, Riak KV, and Webmachine: Jesse Newland  Sophie DeBenedetto: How to Compose Queries in Ecto  Basque Burnt Cheesecake  Special Guest: Mariano Guerra. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/7/202048 minutes, 38 seconds
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EMx 084: Beyond LiveView with Sophie DeBenedetto

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Sophie DeBenedetto. Sophie spoke at both The Big Elixir and ElixirConf 2019 about LiveView. She also works at Flatiron School. Sophie starts by sharing a little about Flatiron School, what they offer and what she does for them. The panel shares their experience with the quality of graduates from Flatiron School. Sophie explains that Flatiron School is all about community and they teach their students to love learning.  Sophie discusses her talks and shares the experiences she had with LiveView that inspired her talks. She tells the panel what it was like preparing for the talks. She explains the problems she faced with her LiveView project and how she eventually fixed it.  In one talk Sophie talks about looking under the hood at LiveView. She tells the panel about this experience, this leads the panel to discuss the LiveView documentation. They consider the helpfulness of the phrase “it’s a process” in the documentation. Sophie explains how she prefers documentation to be more clear and more expansive. The panel considers the importance of expounding in the documentation as most Elixir users are new to the language. The panel discusses when the best time to learn OTP is for a developer new to Elixir.  The panel discusses Sophie’s blog post about her work in LiveView. They discuss some of their work in LiveView as well. The panel goes over some of the features they have tried in their projects and the ones they look forward to trying. Sophie ends the episode by comparing LiveView to her previous coding experiences, she describes it as a breath of fresh air.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Guest Sophie DeBenedetto Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Links The Big Elixir 2019 - Beyond Liveview: Real Time Features With Liveview - Sophie DeBenedetto ElixirConf 2019 - Beyond LiveView: Building Real-Time... - Sophie DeBenedetto The Big Elixir  https://flatironschool.com/  Erlang distribution over TLS  Erlang (and Elixir) distribution without epmd  https://hex.pm/packages/libcluster  Building a Table Sort UI with Live View's `live_link`   Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix   Building beautiful systems with Phoenix contexts... by Andrew Hao  https://twitter.com/sm_debenedetto https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: That Sugar Film  US Legal system and jury selection Sophie DeBenedetto: Mix And Hex The Power Couple Of The Elixir Community - Todd Resudek  Rebuilding Espec: Foundations In Metaprogramming, - Bruce Park  Josh Adams: A Different Kind of Transparency  Michael Ries: Which ports does distributed Erlang use?  List of animals by number of neurons Special Guest: Sophie DeBenedetto. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/31/201950 minutes, 6 seconds
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EMx 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 once quality is a priority monorepos make less sense.    On the other hand, monorepos make it easier for developers to forget that these applications are distinct. It also makes it easy for developers to ignore older versions of applications. The panel considers if monorepos are worth these downsides. The panel considers how monorepos work with Live View. They also discuss using an umbrella project similarly to monorepos.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Michael Ries Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monorepo  https://jenkins-x.io/  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://thinkingelixir.com/vs-code-broken-for-elixir/  Real-Time In-Camera VFX for Next-Gen Filmmaking | Project Spotlight | Unreal Engine  Eric Oestrich: grapevine  Josh Adams: https://github.com/mijailr/askimet_ex  Michael Ries: https://empex.co/la.html Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/24/201932 minutes, 27 seconds
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EMx 082: Beam Extreme! with Miriam Pena

In 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 discuss the benefits and use cases of counters.  The panel shares what they got out of her Elixir Conf talk. It helped them relieve that the Erlang ecosystem is still alive and contributing. The encourage Elixir users to keep an eye out on OTP releases and stay on top of the tools and features that the Erlang team works so hard to provide for them.  Miriam shares a little about the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, its goals and how they got started. She explains how listeners can get involved and what their contributions would be doing. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Guest Miriam Pena Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Links ElixirConf 2019 -- Beam Extreme: Don't Do This At Home - Miriam Pena  http://erlang.org/doc/man/persistent_term.html  http://erlang.org/doc/man/counters.html  http://erlang.org/doc/man/atomics.html  https://erlef.org/  https://members.erlef.org/join-us  https://erlef.org/stipends/  https://erlef.org/news/eef/newsletter-4  https://twitter.com/miriampena https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy  Utah Elixir Meetup: 2019-11 Code Poll on Elixir in Docker  Eric Oestrich: https://www.lonestarelixir.com/ https://codesync.global/conferences/code-beam-sf/  Miriam Pena: http://blog.erlang.org/persistent_term/  Code Beam SF Josh Adams: Guitars Special Guest: Miriam Pena. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/17/201936 minutes, 12 seconds
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EMx 081: Discussing Deployment

In 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 and those new to Elixir.  The next topic they discuss is hot code reload. Michael shares his fascination with this practice and explains what it is. The panel discusses the possibilities and use-cases for hot code reload. Hot code upgrade is also discussed.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Eric Oestrich Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Links grapevine  Deploying with Docker  https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/heroku.html  https://www.heroku.com/  https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/  https://www.ansible.com/  https://gigalixir.com/  deploy.sh  Running migrations  release_tasks.ex  Configuration and releases  mix release  observer_cli  Erlang: The Movie  Using Erlang Distribution to test hardware  The Athens Affair  ElixirConf 2018 - Docker and OTP Friends or Foes - Daniel Azuma  Richard Carlsson - The art of the live upgrade - 10 yrs of evolving a live system | Code BEAM SF 19  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: Hot Rod   Install Elixir using asdf  Michael Ries: https://twitter.com/fhunleth/status/1195524113617637376  scenic sensor  Eric Oestrich: Elixir Wizards  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/10/201951 minutes, 35 seconds
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EMx 080: The Big Elixir Favorites

In 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 the talk, he summarizes his talk for the panel.The Live View talk given by Sophie DeBenedetto is discussed as well and the panel shares their biggest take away from the talk.    The panel discusses a little of what they have been working on. They ask Eric about his Ponchbrella project. He explains what it is and how it works. Using this hybrid of poncho and umbrella projects for grapevine made more sense to him. He invites everyone to take a look as grapevine is open source. The episode ends as the panel praises Elixir’s flexibility and other great qualities.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix" CacheFly Links https://www.thebigelixir.com/  https://hexdocs.pm/elixir_hl7/HL7.Query.html  https://github.com/HCA-Healthcare/elixir-hl7  http://erlang.org/doc/man/leex.html  http://erlang.org/doc/man/yecc.html  https://github.com/ympons/expreso  RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags  https://github.com/elm/parser  Wilford Brimley On His Diabetes - Original Video  Wilford Brimley Diabeetus Remix  https://twitter.com/knewter/status/1192831261624164352  https://github.com/oestrich/grapevine/tree/master/apps  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.9.3  Josh Adams: https://jenkins-x.io/  Eric Oestrich: https://podcast.smartlogic.io/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/3/201931 minutes, 36 seconds
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EMx 079: Oban with Parker Selbert

In 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 was to use for this library.  The panel asks Parker about his Oban Recipes. Parker explains why he wrote the recipes and what some of them contain. After releasing Oban he received many questions asking about how to use Oban. Parker took the most common questions and wrote 7 blog post outlining how to use Oban.  Parker shares his favorite features found in Oban and walks the panel through its architecture. The panel asks him about the maturity and usage of the library. Parker tells them that the usage has been steadily climbing. The episode ends with the panel discussing the Oban UI and how it works.   Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Eric Oestrich Guest Parker Selbert Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix" CacheFly Links https://github.com/sorentwo/oban https://oban.dev/ Oban Recipes Part 1: Unique Jobs Oban Recipes Part 2: Recursive Jobs Oban Recipes Part 3: Reliable Scheduling Oban Recipes Part 4: Reporting Progress Oban Recipes Part 5: Batch Jobs Oban Recipes Part 6: Expected Failures Oban Recipes Part 7: Splitting Queues Oban — Reliable and Observable Job Processing Oban UI: Private Beta Github Starts Won’t Pay Your Rent https://twitter.com/sorentwo?lang=en Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages  https://github.com/sorentwo/kiq  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-notify.html  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-listen.html  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/sql-select.html  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/explicit-locking.html  https://github.com/sorentwo/oban/blob/master/lib/oban/pruner.ex  https://github.com/elixirs/faker  https://oban.dev/#sign-up  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://twitter.com/CodeWisdom/status/1189602991701184512  Josh Adams: How to write a commit message Eric Oestrich: Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975  Parker Selbert: The Rust Programming Language Copper Fox Distillery Special Guest: Parker Selbert. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/26/201941 minutes, 59 seconds
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The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job

"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is available on Amazon. Get your copy here today only for $2.99! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/20/201914 minutes, 32 seconds
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EMx 078: Phoenix Phrenzy with Nathan Long

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews  Nathan Long about Pheonix Phrenzy. Nathan explains what Pheonix Phrenzy is and what the contest is all about. The panel explains how exciting it is for everyone to see what Live View can really do. With all the submissions open-sourced, the consider what a great resource the submissions are for those learning to use Live View.  Nathan explains his motivations behind Pheonix Phrenzy. He explains what they learned from this contest and what they may do in future contests. Nathan shares how wonderful it was to work with everyone at Dockyard on Pheonix Phrenzy. He explains how the competition worked, the role of the VIP judges and how the site was designed to make the contest as fair as possible.  The top three submissions are shared, the panel is impressed by how different each of the projects are. Nathan shares all the amazing things developers get when they use Live View. The panel considers when to use Live View. The episode finishes as Nathan shares what he would like to see in the future versions of Live View. Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Guest Nathan Long Sponsors   Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix" My Angular Story CacheFly Links https://phoenixphrenzy.com/results https://twitter.com/sleeplessgeek http://nathanmlong.com/blog/ Ranking Programming Languages by GitHub Users   GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić  https://twitter.com/ScenicFramework/status/1189646397147992064  https://hexdocs.pm/scenic/Scenic.Components.html  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://alicevision.org/  https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom  Josh Adams: Jesus is King by Kanye West  Michael Ries: Scenic Components Nathan Long: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ https://www.owasp.org/index.php/SameSite  Special Guest: Nathan Long. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/19/201952 minutes, 45 seconds
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EMx 077: Elixir at PepsiCo eCommerce with Jason Fertel

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jason Fertel who runs the marketing automation team at PepsiCo eCommerce. Jason shares the story of bringing Elixir to PepsiCo eCommerce and explains how it became their go-to for application development.   Jason explains what they do at PepsiCo eCommerce. They build software to optimize everything from supply chain to marketing and sales for big companies in eCommerce like Amazon.com and InstaCart. He explains the difference between what they do at PepsiCo eCommerce and other CPG’s.  The panel asks Jason about what Elixir has brought to the table at PepsiCo eCommerce. He explains why he chose Elixir when he started out as a one-man development team. Elixir is powerful, straight forward and easy to learn. It is efficient and has everything you need out of the box. Jason shares how using Elixir has also had a positive effect on hiring. The panel considers how using Elixir has benefitted hiring at their companies as well.  The episode ends with Jason outlining their stack and sharing the tools they are using. He also overviews some of the projects they are working on, including sales and marketing automation, end to end supply chain optimization and something exploratory with IoT. They try to foster a culture of exploration and innovation at PepsiCo eCommerce and Jason talks about a Nerves project they are working on to alert consumers when it is time to purchase more snacks.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Guest Jason Fertel Sponsors   Sentry | use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix" CacheFly ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon.  Get your copy on that date only for $1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Links https://www.scaledagileframework.com/  https://www.erlang-solutions.com/  https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/dependencies-and-umbrella-projects.html  https://github.com/absinthe-graphql/absinthe  https://druid.apache.org/  https://nerves-project.org/  https://beagleboard.org/bone  https://www.keycon.info/ https://twitter.com/Fertel  https://www.pepsicojobs.com/main/jobs?keywords=elixir&page=1  https://twitter.com/fertel https://github.com/fertel https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://thinkingelixir.com/elixir-in-vs-code/  Michael Ries: https://github.com/boydm/scenic  Spiff  Jason Fertel: http://hilolife.com/  https://maivino.com/savethepinot   Special Guest: Jason Fertel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/12/201944 minutes, 18 seconds
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EMx 076: MUD Development and Grapevine

On 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 how it’s played. Erit explains that Grapevine was spawned from ExVenture and Mark asks him to expound more on Grapevine.  ExVenture is open source and it is an application that is currently running in production. This provides opportunity for those not interested in making or playing a MUD to get involved and work on a project. Eric also goes into detail about the livestreaming he does and how to get involved. Since the project is open source, Eric is able to do development live, on screen and this allows the viewer to see the development process first hand and watch Eric work through challenges in the code. The topic then shifts to some of the features that are in Grapevine. Eric details some of the OTP style concepts used, the types of servers used and how they’re used, and how telnet sessions are maintained for connecting. The Elixir Mix panelists also discuss how this application is deployed. The application is on DigitalOcean with 2 dedicated cores and he uses Docker to build the releases. Eric also explains how he uses scripting with his releases and how his deployments work. The panelists also discuss how Eric is using Docker for releases but not on the server and why he’s doing deployments the way he is. The last topic covered by the elixir experts is statistics. They cover the metrics section in Grapevine, how he uses Telemetry events, and other methods he uses to gather metrics Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Erik Oestrich Sponsors Sentry | Use code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan.  ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix" Links SmartLogic Phoenix Erlang MUD Grapevine ExVenture Telemetry SmartlogicTv Twitch SmartlogicTv Youtube Local Clusters with epmd by Erik Oestrich EPMD man page Hello, production Grapevine Stats Grapevine Metrics Github Eric Oestrich Twitter Eric Oestrich Grapevine Eric Oestrich Github Docker DigitalOcean Picks Josh Adams Radiohead Glastonbury Festival Linux of 2000 article Mark Ericksen TheOatmeal Comic: Running Eric Oestrich Squabble Playing the violin and cello   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/5/201936 minutes, 25 seconds
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EMx 075: Live View Implementation With Jeff Kreeftmeijer

Jeff 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 aimed at more experienced programmers. He also details his experience with articles that he wrote on Live Share and how he came to write them. The panelists also introduce the Go game that is written about in these articles. The next topic covered by the Elixir experts is the Go game Live View implementation mentioned in Jeff’s articles. The panelists draw comparisons of how something similar could have been implemented in React. Jeff highlights that he doesn’t have to write JavaScript and doesn’t have to worry about state either. However, in part 1 of Jeff’s current implementation he used a struct to track the state. In part 2 of the implementation, where he implements the code rule, he has another struct that tracks the game.  The panelists then discuss how Jeff maintains the game state. In the first version of the implementation he keeps it in the Live View process and when he implemented multiplayer he had to move the game state to a GenServer. He also shares some of the details of why using a GenServer is necessary for multiplayer. Jeff is then asked what his experience was like using a dynamic supervisor and he shares the technical ideas of how this helped him in the project.  Next the conversation moves to how the game is able to communicate moves between players to each other. The issue with connecting two sessions to the same Live View is that one player won’t be updated if the other makes a move. Jeff details how using a Pub/Sub helps to overcome this issue. The panelists also discuss ideas of how the game could be implemented in a multi server instance.  Jeff shares how his article series still has many more installments that can come out, specifically citing that they haven’t even covered assigning player connections with different player callers. This kind of functionality would handle the assignment of which players controlled which pieces. Jeff closes with highlighting the convenience that comes from using the libraries that they are using as they natively come with technologies they find helpful for building out an interactive, collaborative project. Lastly, the panelists discuss what Jeff is currently doing to work more with these same technologies. Jeff shares that he has a side project where he tries to build a fish tank with artificial intelligence and how he uses Live View for this project.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Michael Ries   Guest Jeff Kreeftmeijer Sponsors Sentry.io | Use code “devchat” for two months free. ElixirCasts | Get 10% off with the promo code "elixirmix"  JavaScript Jabber Links Appsignal.com Live View article Computers and Go Building the Go Game in Elixir: Time Travel and the Ko Rule Multiplayer Go with Elixir’s Registry, PubSub and Dynamic Supervisors Dynamic Supervisor PubSub Hayago Github GenServer Functional Web Development With Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix Asciiquarium Terminal Asciiquarium The NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies User Page The NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies Jeff Kreeftmeijer Twitter Jeff Kreeftmeijer.com   Picks Josh Adams Haskell Parser Eric Oestrich Dragon Quest 11 Wingspan Michael Ries Fireball Island Observer CLI   Mark Ericksen Acquired   Jeff Kreeftmeijer Go (game) Mansions of Madness Alphago Documentary Special Guest: Jeff Kreeftmeijer. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/29/201934 minutes, 23 seconds
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EMx 074: Inky Displays With Lars Wikman and Emilio Nyaray

This episode of Elixir mix opens with Lars Wikman and Emilio Nyaray sharing how they came to be working together on a project called Inky. Inky is an E-Ink display that works with Nerves and Elixir. The project started when Lars wanted to use the Inky device from Nerves but didn’t want to install Python to do it. Emilio wanted to join because he found it fascinating to be able to control this device with Elixir. Lars and Emilio share some details of how this project came about and how it works.  The inky comes in multiple sizes with the smaller pHAT display being about the size of a business card and the Inky wHAT being closer to the size of a Raspberry Pi. Lars shares that one of the biggest gotchas with these displays is the refresh rate. Once the pixels are changed the device can be turned off and still remain the same because they are physically changing. The panelists highlight that very little troubleshooting time had to go in to the Nerves portion of the project. Lars describes how he began looking at using Nerves just after it was announced and how he decided to use it in this project. He also shares how he wants to take on a project to put together a cross stitch of a bigger display that can change each day. One way to do this is by putting multiple pHATs together but Lars would prefer to use a wHAT. The conversation then moves to Emilio sharing his journey to the Inky project. He has been working with Erlang professionally for a year. Ever since he worked with a startup in 2012-2013 where they used Erlang, he has had a strong desire to work with functional programming. This desire eventually lead him to work with Elixir and Phoenix to write a timesheet application as a consultant. When he got in to working with Nerves he borrowed a touchscreen at work and was blown away by how it worked. Emilio also details an audio controller interface side project that he is currently working on. The panelists then talk about the elixir community, what they love about it, the friendliness of the small community, and some individuals that have had an impact on them. The discussion then moves on to the profiling tools eprof, fprof, and cprof. These tools are built into the Erlang Ecosystem. Eprof is a time profiling tool. Fprof is a time profiling tool as well, but it uses trace to file for minimal performance impact. Cprof is a simple call count profiling tool. Emilio shares how he came to be familiar with these, how he used them, and the benefits he saw in his application from using these tools. These profiling tools are also available in Elixir. The panelists also discuss eflame which is a flame graph profiling tool that is very easy to use. Emilio and Lars detail how they used a low dependency approach to be able to fake a display on the desktop for Inky and develop on the desktop.    Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries   Guest Lars Wikman Emilio Nyaray Sponsors Sentry.io use code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in .NET Ruby Rogues Links Lars’ writing on Inky Nerves E-Ink Inky pHAT Inky wHAT Raspberry Pie Arduino Elixir Forum E-Ink Display Phoenix Elixir Circuits Mysensors.org Connor Rigby Github Instinct.vet Opensoundcontrol.org Joe Arms Controlling Sound With OSC Codesync.global Boyd Multerer Github Erlang eprof documentation Erlang fprof documentation Erlang cprof documentation Eflame Github Lars Wikman: @lawik on twitter Emilio Nyaray: @nyaray on twitter Emilio Nyaray Github   Picks Josh Adams autofs Kodi.tv Michael Ries Jehu Garcia youtube Mark Ericksen FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition Logitech G29 Driving Force   Lars Wikman Scenic Layout-O-Matic Nerves Input Event Library Special Guests: Emilio Nyaray and Lars Wikman. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/22/201952 minutes, 53 seconds
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EMx 073: Application Monitoring Using Telemetry With Arkadiusz Gil

This 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 and Erlang. When Mark asks why he prefers Elixir to Erlang he responds with explaining his affinity for the Elixir syntax and tooling that’s available.  The conversation then moves to how Telemetry came about. Telemetry started with the goal of creating a tool for monitoring Elixir applications but the creators had no idea what that application would be like. Arkadiusz then describes how he did an exercise with colleagues to identify the specific needs for such an application and how to implement it. The panelists discuss how Telemetry is integrated. They also discuss how to get started with Telemetry metrics and Arkadiusz shares some of the details of how the monitoring service works.  The next topic that the Elixir experts cover is how to monitor business data and activity. Arkadiusz explains the mechanism that can be used to attach to events in a custom way to retrieve the exact data that the user needs. He shares that Telemetry can really be used any time a user wants to expose a specific piece of data at runtime. Mark asks how this attaching works and this leads to a deeper technical discussion on how Telemetry attaches a mechanism to the application and returns that data, as well as how the listeners work when an event is fired and new data is sent to it.  The panelists then discuss how OpenCensus works with Telemetry. OpenCensus is a project created to culminate API’s that can be used in different languages to create metrics and other data. Arkadiusz shares a hypothetical example of how this works and how Telemetry works with it. The observability working group has helped contribute to OpenCensus. OpenCensus has a smooth integration and is built to run as smooth as possible. A user can use OpenCensus to build metrics based off of Telemetry events. The OpenCensus project is now called OpenTelemetry and it is a merger of OpenCensus and OpenTracing. Finally the Elixir experts cover real world examples of users implementing Telemetry as well as how to get involved with the observability working group and Telemetry. For the observability working group it is best to reach out to them telling them what kind of tooling that would be great to work across the ecosystem and other help they need. One of their goals is to put together a set of best practices for monitoring services.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams   Guest Arkadiusz Gil Sponsors Sentry.io Adventures in DevOps Adventures in Angular   Links Erlang Solutions Observability Working Group Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Erlang  Telemetry Telemetry.Metrics AWS CloudWatch Events Programming Elixir OpenCensus OpenTelemetry OpenTelemetry.io OpenTracing arkgil on GitHub  Exometer - Erlang Implementation Package Prometheus.ex Picks Eric Oestrich UCL parser in Elixir Josh Adams The Depths of Deep Space Nine - YouTube Mark Ericksen How to Create Desktop Application With Elixir Terminal command “lscpu” Arkadiusz Alchemist’s Code Philosophy of Software Design The Anatomy of Next Special Guest: Arkadiusz Gil. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/15/201940 minutes, 39 seconds
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EMx 072: People-Centered Solutions with Travis Elnicky

In 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 Elixir, Podium grew rapidly. Now Podium has 700 employees, 130 of whom are engineers.  Travis discusses with the panel how things are run over at Podium. Their teams are aligned around products and features. This makes all their engineers' full-stack developers. Podiums teams run with a lot of autonomy, they also have teams that help with internal tooling to tie the products together. The panel is curious about the recruitment process at Podium. Travis explains that their hiring is mostly based on referrals, which they found has been pretty reliable. The panel discusses the value of referrals incentives programs. By hiring referrals they save money placing ads and going to fairs. Referrals tend to be more aware of the job they are going into and already have a friend to help them transition jobs and frameworks. Next, Travis walks through what it is like for a new hire at Podium. After onboarding, the new hire sits down with their team lead and codes, taking it all the way to production. The panel considers the advantages of new hires diving in, whether or not they know Elixir. It introduces them to the work they will be doing, gives them confidence by contributing to the team, and the one on one attention shows them the culture of unity at Podium. Podium has a lot to offers its developers. It has a team whose focus is internal developer experience. Podium maintains a focus on learning and growing in Elixir. They offer training for those who are unfamiliar with Elixir. Once per week, they do a Nerd Lunch, the company buys them all lunch while Podium engineers teach their fellows about software.  Elixir 101 training also happens every week and is also taught by Podium engineers. Allowing Podium engineers to teach gives learners a chance to teach which in turn helps them learn. It also allows engineers to network outside their assigned teams. The panel considers how people-centered all the solutions are at Podium.  The panel wonders if Podium ever uses outside trainers or services. Travis shares the wonderful experience they have been having by using Plataformatec’s Elixir Development subscription. He says it has been incredible to be able to jump on a call, talk to them and get some feedback. Using the subscriptions allows their senior developers to level up, while the other classes and lunches helps the junior developers to level up.  Podium recently sponsored ElixirConf and send a big crowd to a few different conferences every year. Travis explains the value of the conference is not only in the education received by the engineers who get to go. At Podium, the engineers who go to the conferences then come back and present what they learned at the conference, sharing what they think Podium could apply to their stack. This makes the conferences valuable to the entire team.  The last topic the panel discusses in the episode is the CI at Podium. The panel explains that most of the feedback for a new developer should be coming from the CI. Travis explains how the CI is set up. When he started they were using Github and has moved to Gitlab. They use credo checks, unit tests, sobelow, and dialyzer.  The panel asks about Elixir formatter and how they check format in the CI. Travis explains what he likes about credo and gives tips for running it. The panel has Travis introduces sobelow and what it does for Podium. Dialyzer is considered by the panel, they explain the trade-off of using dialyzer while sharing times that it had saved their bacon. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Michael Ries Guest Travis Elnicky Sponsors   Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Sustain Our Software Views on Vue CacheFly Links Two Years of Elixir at Podium: Thoughts https://www.podium.com/  http://pages.plataformatec.com.br/elixir-development-subscription  https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/  https://github.com/rrrene/credo/  https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow  https://hex.pm/packages/dialyxir  https://hexdocs.pm/mix/master/Mix.Tasks.Format.html  https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/lib/elixir/lib/calendar.ex https://github.com/jeremyjh/dialyxir#explanations  https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-elnicky-4a3b2844/ https://twitter.com/_elnicky https://twitter.com/podium_eng?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://thinkingelixir.com/  Eric Oestrich: Links Awakening  Michael Ries: Hacktoberfest https://nats.io/  Travis Elnicky: Designing Elixir Systems with OTP  https://www.acquired.fm/ Special Guest: Travis Elnicky. 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10/8/201948 minutes
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EMx 071: The Problem with Dialyzer with Chris Keathley

In 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 growth, making changes and making the breaking changes. Explaining that type systems all have their costs and benefits, he feels that you don’t see the benefits of dialyzer until your system is up and running.   The panel wonders about Norm, a library written by Chris. Chris explains what it is and what its aims are. He wrote the library to solve some of the problems seen with dialyzer and other problems he was having at work. It is mostly for validating data. He wanted to be able to put checks in where ever he wanted and to make it very hard to break systems. Norm lets you describe data in your system, by taking an arbitrary predicate and making it into a spec. Chris explains how this works and how it will not make any changes until you tell it to. He shares some of the other features offered by Norm.    The sweet spot for using Norm is the next subject broached by the panel. Chirs explains that Norm fits well into the boundaries of systems, this is the most obvious place and the best place to start. The least intuitive way Chris has used Norm is to specify the options you need to pass to gen servers. He explains that it is not the most obvious use for Norm but it has been really helpful with the API.   Next, the panel asks about changesets and how that works with Norm. Chris explains that changesets are very specific while Norm allows more freedom. The biggest difference between the two is that Norm won’t do casting for you. They intentionally built Norm that way because of the way Bleacher Report uses string and atom keys.    In his talk, Chris explains the concept of design by contract. It means that for every function that you have you can specify preconditions and postconditions. Preconditions are things that have to be true prior to calling the function. Postconditions are things that have to be true after the functions been called. Right now Norm doesn’t provide preconditions and postconditions which provides a way to avoid some of the more expensive costs in production.   Chris uses Norm in all his opensource projects and in projects at work. He shares the benefits he has seen. He believes that most systems will see benefits from Norm if they have room to grow. In his experience, every time they run into something new and think they may need to expand or change Norm, they find that Norm already has everything they need. Chris asks listeners who want to help contribute to Norm to try it out and to give him feedback. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Guest Chris Keathley Sponsors   Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in Blockchain React Round Up CacheFly Links ElixirConf 2019 - Contracts for Building Reliable Systems - Chris Keathley https://github.com/keathley/norm EMx 040: Elixir Outlaws and Adopting Elixir with Chris Keathley EMx 003: Chris Keathley https://keathley.io  https://twitter.com/chriskeathley?lang=en https://elixiroutlaws.com/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: zFRAG  Eric Oestrich: War Machine  Josh Adams: "Unison: a new distributed programming language" by Paul Chiusano https://github.com/unisonweb/unison  Chris Keathley: Daniels' Running Formula  Special Guest: Chris Keathley. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
10/1/201947 minutes, 39 seconds
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EMx 070: Home Automation Using Radio Frequencies with Jon Carstens

In 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 working with ShoeHorn controlling app start order and erlang heart stop module. Making sure that they can remote reboot devices.    Jon talks more about what Smart Rent does. He explains that there are lots of brands and types of smart home devices, not all of which can connect to the internet. At Smart Rent, they connect various brands and devices using their own custom-built hub. Smart Rent has many benefits tenants and even more for property managers. Property managers can use Smart Rent to manage vacant properties, monitor for leaks, break-ins, fire, and dangerous temperatures. They can even set up open houses remotely, changing the temperature to comfortable levels, turning on and off lights, and unlocking and locking the doors for walkthroughs of the properties.    Justin Schneck gave a keynote at ElixirConf 2019 where he showed of an IEX console Nerves device. The panel asks Jon about his role in building the devices. Jon explains how he was tasked with the project. He explains how the console works using an IO. The hardest part, Jon explains, was getting the ASCII characters right. He spent hours working on it, he shares the libraries and tools he used to help him get it right.    The panel asks how the IEX server sessions work. Jon explains what would happen if you tried to SSH into an IEX session running through NervesHub on a device and other examples of how it all works. The panel discusses the benefits of debugging devices using the IEX console. Jon explains that it has been extremely beneficial in debugging remote devices.    While the IEX console is very useful, Jon warns that it is not very pretty. The IEX console was designed by backend developers and he points out some of the things that could use a little love. The panel asks about contributing to this project and invites listeners to contribute on the Nerves GitHub pages.     To finish, the panel asks Jon about his lightning talk. Jon launches into the story of his at-home Nerves projects. It all started when they replaced their old ceiling fan for one with a remote. The problem was that the frustrating design coupled with his remote thieving kids, the fan became an annoyance, to say the least.    Jon discovered that the remote-operated using a radio frequency. He learned all he could about radio frequencies and how they worked. He warns listeners not to broadcast radio frequencies to far from their homes because there will be legal ramifications. Using a raspberry pi and a jumper cable, Jon built a device that now controls all devices in his home that operate using radio frequencies. He shares the tools he used to record the frequencies from the remotes and the library he built of the frequencies. Jon shares his dream of running all remote-controlled devices either through his phone or his voice. His next project is infrared. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Michael Ries Guest Jon Carstens Sponsors   Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in DevOps My Ruby Story CacheFly Links https://www.realflight.com/index.php  http://www.wings3d.com/  https://www.flightgear.org/  https://github.com/nerves-project/shoehorn  http://erlang.org/doc/man/heart.html  https://www.nerves-hub.org/  https://smartrent.com/  https://beagleboard.org/black/  ElixirConf 2019 - Day 2 Morning Keynote - Justin Schneck  https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_hub_web  https://learnyousomeerlang.com/building-otp-applications  https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_hub/blob/master/lib/nerves_hub/console_channel.ex  https://www.npmjs.com/package/ansi-to-html  https://github.com/stephlow/ansi_to_html  https://twitter.com/JonCarstens/status/1169660675137912832  https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_hub_web  https://embedded-elixir.com/post/2019-08-29-nerves-at-434-mhz/  ElixirConf 2019 - Lighting Talk - Nerves @ 433 MHZ  Jon Carstens: Dadgineering with Elixir+Nerves  https://github.com/jjcarstens/replex  https://github.com/F5OEO/rpitx  https://osmocom.org/projects/rtl-sdr/wiki/Rtl-sdr  https://github.com/jjcarstens https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: Ecto 3.2 released  PostgreSQL CTE information Eric Oestrich: https://github.com/oestrich/grapevine-ansi  https://www.realflight.com/index.php  Michael Ries: http://www.wings3d.com/  Flite Test Sea Duck Electric Airplane Kit  Jon Carstens: Off to Be the Wizard Special Guest: Jon Carstens. 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9/24/201938 minutes, 8 seconds
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EMx 069: Distributed Databases with Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja

Episode Summary   In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel follows up with Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja about his talk at Elixir Conf EU, where he spoke about the distributed system his team was working on.    They start by discussing the eight fallacies of distributed computing that Marten talked about in talk. He lays out a couple of the fallacies and invites listeners to watch his talk for all eight. Marten explains that these fallacies most commonly happen to developers who are used to working with a single system. The panel discusses how to be mindful of these mistakes and how developers take for granted of how easy one system is to use.    Marten gives some tool recommendations to help with these fallacies. TLA+ is a small programming language that lets the developer describe their system and it will point out when something is wrong but it works purely on concepts. Erlang quick check implementation is also a tool that will help combat these problems. The last suggestion which was given by the panel is a library called comcast on github that will simulate poor network connections so the developer can see how the system runs on a poor connection.    Marten describes the byzantine problem. Two nodes or generals are trying to agree on something but communication keeps failing. The various outcomes are considered and Mark Ericksen gives an additional example of he and Josh Adams trying to connect to record a podcast, and how the miscommunication could change the outcome. This is a big problem that complicates using a distributed system.    The panel discussed CRDT’s and how they are a better way for nodes to sync up. Marten gives a very simple example of a CRDT as a counter. The panel discusses when to use CRDT’s and when not too. Marten explains what questions to ask before using CRDT’s.    Another way of solving the byzantine problem is by connecting the nodes. The panel discusses the tools they use to connect their nodes. Partisan is one tool, instead of connecting all nodes, each node connects to a specific number of nodes. That way if one node goes down the whole system doesn’t stop, while at the same time not, overwhelming the nodes. Libcluster, another tool, uses Kubernetes and has multiple strategies for connecting nodes so developers can choose the right one for their system.     The panel asks Marten about multicall and abcast. Marten explains that these tools help one node talk to all the other nodes in a cluster, and multicall will gather the results. Multicall also tells the developer which nodes failed to respond to the request. Mark shares an example of using these tools to effectively communicate between gen servers.    In Marten’s talk, he described four distributed databases. The panel asks Marten to talk about each one of them. The first one is mnesia. Marten talks about his first experience with Mnesia and how he thought it was amazing. He soon realized while it is still a great tool it also has its quirks.    He explains that each of these databases has its own quirks. Mnesia doesn't do conflict resolution, that along with a few other things the developer will need to build themselves. This can be a good and bad thing because developers can customize the database to their needs but it’s not ready out of the box. Mark explains the use cases mnesia is good for and even references the mnesia documentation.     Cassandra is the next database Marten describes. Cassandra is the database discord uses. Cassandra does not let developers control their own conflict resolution. It always uses the latest time-stamp and with nodes that can be confusing.    Couchdb is another database they discuss. Again, couchdb is also not made to deal with conflicts. It will either solve them randomly or the developer can opt into resolving it themselves. The panel discusses times when this is useful, such as when connectivity is intermittent.    Riak is the final database and the one Marten’s team chose for their distributed system project. Riak was written in Erlang and is a key-value store and uses CRDT’s. It uses a CRDT conflict resolution. Marten shares his experience using Riak. The panel considers Riak’s history and need for some love.     Marten gives an update on planga, the chat application they were building the distributed system for. Marten explains that during the talk they were in the middle of development. He shares the story of why they wanted a distributed system for this chat application. The client they were doing it for wanted to do video streaming but pulled out in the end. When the client no longer needed the video streaming solution they stopped building the distributed system. Marten is still hopeful they will go back and finish it.    To end the episode Marten shares his programming journey. He started programming at age nine. At age 12 he started doing professional web development. After a few years of that, he started doing some frontend work in JavaScript. Once that got old, bitcoin was getting big so he and some friends got into that. Finally, he got a job doing backend work with Ruby while at university. When he heard about Elixir he was so excited he learned the basics in one weekend and has loved it ever since.  Panelists Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Guest Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja Sponsors   Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in DevOps My Ruby Story CacheFly Links Wiebe Marten Wijnja - An adventure in distributed programming - ElixirConf EU 2019 https://elixirforum.com/  https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/tla.html  http://www.quviq.com/products/erlang-quickcheck/  https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault#Byzantine_Generals'_Problem  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_type  https://github.com/bitwalker/libcluster  http://partisan.cloud/  http://erlang.org/doc/man/mnesia.html  https://learnyousomeerlang.com/mnesia  How Discord Stores Billions of Messages  https://pouchdb.com/  https://planga.io/  https://riak.com/  https://github.com/basho/riak_core  https://riak.com/where-to-start-with-riak-core/  Using Erlang, Riak and the ORSWOT CRDT at bet365 (...) - Michael Owen - Erlang User Conference 2015  https://hex.pm/packages/effects  https://github.com/graninas/automatic-whitebox-testing-showcase  https://github.com/Qqwy/elixir-riak_ecto3 https://hex.pm/packages/sea  https://twitter.com/WiebeMarten  https://github.com/qqwy/  https://wmcode.nl  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: ElixirConf YouTube Channel  Josh Adams: Automatic White-Box Testing with Free Monads  Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja: https://propertesting.com/  https://globalgamejam.org/ https://polyphasic.net/ Special Guest: Wiebe Marten. 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9/17/20191 hour, 14 minutes, 21 seconds
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EMx 068: Contributing to the Elixir Community with David Bernheisel & Cory Schmitt

Episode Summary In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel is joined by David Bernheisel and Cory Schmitt, from Taxjar,  to discuss the different ways developers can contribute to the community. The first way to contribute to the Elixir community is contributing to the Elixir core code. While David shares a little of his background, he shares his first experience contributing to the elixir code by submitting a pull request about asdf. The panel all thanking him for his contribution.    The next form of contributing the panel discusses is open-sourcing projects. Cory and David share their experience getting their date-time parser open-sourced. They express gratitude at the support they received from Taxjar at open-sourcing the project.    Before moving on to the next way to contribute the panel stops for a moment to ask Cory and David about their date-time parser. David and Cory explain why they decided to build a date-time parser after finding a problem in Timex and other time libraries. They talk about their first attempt at the parser and explains that it was a disaster.    The panel expresses their interest in nimble parsec and asks our guests to share their experience using this library. Cory and David explain that it was easy to use and a little slower than libraries found in other languages but still fast enough for production. They go into more detail of what it was like to code in nimble parsec and give tips for optimizing performance with the library.   The panel asks about future plans for the date-time parser. David and Cory explain what cereal time is and how it will soon be usable in the parser. The most interesting things they learned while building the parser are listed including some of the surprising results they got while testing the library. They also talk about the difficulty of time zone math and other problems with programming for time zones.    The panel moves on to the next way you can contribute to the Elixir community is through running and attending meetups. The panel shares the places and types of meetups they run. Trying to prepare future meetup hosts, the panel shares their experiences starting up or taking over meetups, explaining what they need to know. Such as, not everyone that attends a meetup is going to be as hyped up about the language as you. Also, meetups are about building relationships and connections just as much as it is learning and sharing.    Still talking about meetups, the panel gives tips to both the host and the members. To the hosts,  they give ideas on how to run their meetups, such as project nights, lightning talks. They explain that a lot of the people coming to the meetups will be new to Elixir and warns not to dive too deep into the code and lose them. Instead, the panel recommends recruiting the developers new to Elixir that still have all their enthusiasm for the language to help you run the meetups. Another recommendation is to vary the depth and range of the topics, that way you can maintain the interest of your members. The panel talks about the financial part of running a meetup and advises hosts to find a good notification service and a sponsor.    Speaking to meetup members, the panel reminds them that just by attending meetups they are contributing to the Elixir community. By going they make connections, share ideas and grow as developers in that community. The advice they give to members is to find ways to get more involved, explaining that no meetup host is going to turn down a willing speaker or a helping hand. They also discuss encouraging a comfortable environment and helping other members feel welcome in the community.    The final form of contributing the panel discusses is attending and speaking at conferences. The panel shares their excitement for the upcoming Elixir Conf. They also discuss the value of smaller regional conferences that may be easier to attend. At regional conferences, it can be easier to connect with others since there is a smaller crowd. Also, a singletrack style conference may encourage you to attend talks you normally wouldn’t choose, allowing you to discover new and exciting technologies. The panel explains how the number of conferences has grown over the years giving more opportunities to both attend and speak. They encourage all developers to go to conferences often.   Panelists Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Josh Adams Guest David Bernheisel Cory Schmitt Sponsors   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 Story CacheFly Links Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones  https://elixirforum.com/  https://asdf-vm.com  https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir/pull/64  https://hexdocs.pm/date_time_parser/DateTimeParser.html  https://github.com/plataformatec/nimble_parsec  https://github.com/plataformatec/nimble_csv  https://hexdocs.pm/date_time_parser/examples.html#content  How to save datetimes for future events  https://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Elixir/  https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/wiki/Conferences  https://www.gigcityelixir.com/  https://www.thebigelixir.com/  https://empex.co/  EMPEX LA 2019 - Five Easy Ways To Start With Nerves - Michael Ries  https://allthingsopen.org/  https://twitter.com/bernheisel  https://github.com/dbernheisel https://bernheisel.com https://www.taxjar.com https://twitter.com/_GazD  https://github.com/cas27 https://schmitty.me/ Elixir / Phoenix YouTube Channel https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://hex.pm/packages/phoenix_live_view  http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/webpack  Michael Ries: http://www.hpmorpodcast.com  Josh Adams: https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm/time/latest/  David Bernheisel: http://ocremix.org/ Cory Schmitt: https://www.twitch.tv/josevalim  https://taxjar.workable.com/jobs/1103271 Special Guests: Cory Schmitt and David Bernheisel. 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9/10/20191 hour, 11 minutes, 46 seconds
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EMx 067: What's New with Nerves with Frank Hunleth

Sponsors 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 Story CacheFly 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 discusses the funding model for Nerves. Frank introduces Elixir Circuit, which helps you find libraries for your devices. He introduces Mountrap, a library that helps to switch between ports and NIFs. Frank introduces Grisp, what it is and how it compares to Nerves. Frank introduces Vintage Net and how it will help your devices stay online. Michael shares his experience with Nerves and gives some tips to make getting started with Nerves easy. The panel encourages programmers to get into embedded systems and explains how it will change the way they view coding.  Links EMx 008: Nerves! with Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck Actor Model  Lisp Flavoured Erlang   Nerves 1.5.0 released!  https://www.nerves-hub.org/  https://opencollective.com/nerves-project  ElixirConf 2018 - Keynote - Justin Schneck  https://github.com/nerves-hub  https://github.com/nerves-hub/nerves_key  NervesKey  Lonestar ElixirConf 2019 - Building a Smart Sprinkler Controller with Nerves - Todd Resudek  https://elixir-circuits.github.io/  https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_quickstart  https://github.com/fhunleth/muontrap  15 Ports and Port Drivers  GRiSP 2: DIVING DEEPER INTO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS  GRiSP 2  https://www.gigcityelixir.com/  https://hex.pm/packages/blinkchain  https://github.com/fhunleth/vintage_net  https://twitter.com/smartlogic/status/1161982882036015104  https://twitter.com/fhunleth?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: Boundaries  Michael Ries: ElixirConf 2015 - Embedded Elixir in Action by Garth Hitchens  ElixirConf 2017 - Building an Artificial Pancreas with Elixir and Nerves - Tim Mecklem  Jon Carstens: Dadgineering with Elixir+Nerves  2 Watt Solar Charger Kit  Josh Adams: 2017 National Electrical Code  Eric Oestrich: Parsely  The Big Elixir  Frank Hunleth: Power Control  https://hex.pm/packages/power_control Programming Boot Sector Games Special Guest: Frank Hunleth. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
9/3/20191 hour, 17 minutes, 33 seconds
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EMx 066: Going with the Flow with John Mertens

Sponsors 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 Story CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Joined by Special Guest: John Mertens Summary John Mertens, from change.org, joins the panel to discuss a recent talk he gave at ElixirConf EU. The panel starts off by discussing change.org’s adoption of Elixir and how John helped to bring that about. John discusses the value of Flow even though it is not part of the standard library. The panel discusses what the pieces of data look in John’s pipeline. After giving some context for his project, John gives details about his work in Flow and why they chose Flow for that project. The panel discusses tuning the numbers in Flow to make it faster.    John shares his experience using Broadway and shares his favorite features. The panel asks him to compare Flow and Broadway in terms of configuration and understanding what is going on. John shares factors to consider when deciding to use Flow or Broadway for a project. The panel discusses supervision trees, using graceful shutdown, and the difficulty of messing up a flow.   Links John Mertens - Lessons From Our First Trillion Messages with Flow - ElixirConf EU 2019  https://pragprog.com/book/tvmelixir/adopting-elixir  GenStage and Flow - José Valim | ElixirLive 2016 https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/debugging.html#observer  https://github.com/beam-telemetry/telemetry  https://github.com/change  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel  https://github.com/mertonium https://twitter.com/mertonium?lang=en https://www.mertonium.com https://thoughtfulcoder.club https://www.change.org https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/  John Mertens: Solid Ground  Money Heist Michael Ries: https://nerves-project.org/  Special Guest: John Mertens. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/27/20191 hour, 8 minutes, 4 seconds
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EMx 065: The Life Cycle of Elixir

Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan React Native Radio iPhreaks CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Summary Mark Ericksen introduces the topic of framework life cycles hoping to address the concerns of new Elixir developers from other frameworks. The panel explains the various phases in a frameworks life and hype cycles using other frameworks as reference. COBOL, an older language, is on the tail end of its life but still kicking and it probably won’t ever fade out completely. Ruby on Rails is considered mainstream or widely adopted. The panel considers where Elixir is in its cycle. They all agree that Elixir is in the late stages of “early adoption”. The panel explains what this means for Elixir developers and why Elixir will become a widely adopted framework. They site the stability that Erlang provides to Elixir despite its young age and the solutions that Elixir provides the developing community. Mark Ericksen invites new Elixir developers to not only be patient but to be proactive in sharing Elixir at work and to developers around them.  Links https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clojure-technology-adoption-curve-jon-pither/  http://erlang.org/doc/man/HiPE_app.html  http://user.it.uu.se/~kostis/  https://darklang.com/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_life_cycle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle  https://ferd.ca/ten-years-of-erlang.html  https://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/1157025347948302341?s=20  https://www.ponylang.io/blog/2017/05/an-early-history-of-pony/  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: This Erlang Life  Josh Adams: Pony Michael Ries: RailsConf 2016 - Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle by Brandon Hayes Alex - The French Chef/Engineer  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/20/201954 minutes, 19 seconds
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EMx 064: Refactoring Elixir with Hubert Lepicki

Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Joined by Special Guests: Hubert Łępicki Summary Hubert Łępicki joins the panel to discuss his blog post, “Refactoring Phoenix controllers”; he starts by sharing what made him decide to write this article. In the blog post, he outlines strategies and patterns to better organize your code. The first strategy discussed, which was not mentioned in the blog post is: Breaking down one controller into multiple controllers. Intrigued, the panel asks Hubert to explain exactly what he means by this. The second pattern is: extracting logic from a controller and using it in a plug instead. The panel discusses what the right code to put in a plug.    The third pattern Hubert explains is: using business logic and workflow modules. The panel asks Hubert about his dislike for phoenix context. Hubert and the panel give better alternatives to phoenix controller and explains how they use modules. Having a Ruby background, Hubert explains the difference of using context and modules in Elixir compared to Ruby. Hubert shares how he uses the fourth pattern: Ecto using embedded schema. The episode ends with a little about Hubert's company and what they do.  Links https://www.amberbit.com/blog/2019/6/29/refactoring-phoenix-controllers/ https://pcpartpicker.com/list/t7LBNQ  https://www.techradar.com/sg/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-3700x  https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-graphics-cards/  https://www.amberbit.com/blog/2019/6/29/refactoring-phoenix-controllers/  https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug  https://twitter.com/hubertlepicki/status/1156179338779385856  https://brainlid.org/elixir/2017/09/24/elixir-processes-and-state-abuse.html  https://github.com/absinthe-graphql/absinthe https://graphql.org/ https://twitter.com/hubertlepicki  https://www.amberbit.com  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition  https://twitter.com/D2BOWIE/status/1151134380439420933  Josh Adams: The Emperor's Blades: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book I https://postmarketos.org/  Hubert Łępicki: Expeditionary Force Series  Special Guest: Hubert Lepicki. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/13/20191 hour, 1 minute, 47 seconds
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EMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James Gray

Sponsors 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 recommended. Bruce and James share many key points of the book and the main lesson they hope the reads come away with. The interesting mnemonic “Do Fun Things With Big Loud Wildebeests” is explained.   Bruce and James share what this book will do for your applications. They address common misunderstandings for people moving from object-oriented programming into functional programming. Bruce and James share what it was like working with each other to write this book. The episode ends with Bruce and James sharing the stories of how the came to the elixir community.   Links Designing Elixir Systems With OTP: Write Highly Scalable, Self-healing Software with Layers   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect  https://devchat.tv/elixir-mix/emx-052-production-pitfall-pontification/  https://elixircards.co.uk/  Elixir in Action  https://elixirschool.com/en/  Programming Phoenix 1.4  GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić  Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages  https://grox.io/  http://icanmakeitbetter.com/  https://twitter.com/redrapids  https://twitter.com/JEG2  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://github.com/lpil/mix-test.watch  Designing Elixir Systems with OTP | Erlang Solutions Webinar  Michael Ries: Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix  https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries  Eric Oestrich: https://podcast.smartlogic.io/  Josh Adams: https://urbit.org/primer/  https://ivan.bessarabov.com/blog/famous-programmers-work-time  Charles Max Wood: https://elixirconf.com/2019 Suggest a topic. Bruce Tate: https://10xdevelopers.com/demo/hanoi  James Gray: Designing Elixir Systems with OTP | Erlang Solutions Webinar  https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/  https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php  https://github.com/alexch/rerun   Special Guests: Bruce Tate and James Edward Gray. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
8/6/20191 hour, 23 minutes, 21 seconds
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EMx 062: Elixir v1.9 and Hex.pm with Wojtek Mach

Sponsors 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 panel discusses Wojtek past libraries.  Links https://github.com/elixir-ecto/myxql  https://github.com/plataformatec/broadway  https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm  https://github.com/hexpm/bob  https://repo.hex.pm/builds/elixir/builds.txt  https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf  https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir  https://bobs-list.kobrakai.de/  https://hexdocs.pm/ecto_sql/Ecto.Migrator.html#with_repo/3  https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.Tasks.Release.html  https://github.com/xerions/mariaex  https://github.com/elixir-ecto/myxql  https://github.com/elixir-ecto/postgrex  https://github.com/elixir-ecto/myxql/blob/master/MARIAEX_COMPATIBILITY.md  José Valim - KEYNOTE: Announcing Broadway | Code BEAM SF 19  https://github.com/plataformatec/broadway/pull/91  https://github.com/elixir-ecto/myxql/blob/master/test/test_helper.exs#L218-L236  https://github.com/wojtekmach/oop  Lightning Talks - Wojtek Mach (ElixirConfEU 2016)  ElixirConf 2016 - Building Umbrella Project by Wojtek Mach  https://github.com/wojtekmach/acme_bank  https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm  https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs  https://github.com/hexpm/hex/pull/698  https://github.com/hexpm/hex/pull/698  https://www.zdnet.com/article/backdoor-found-in-ruby-library-for-checking-for-strong-passwords/  https://twitter.com/wojtekmach https://github.com/wojtekmach https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://thinkingelixir.com/  Michael Ries: https://hex.pm/packages/veritaserum Dmytro Lytovchenko - ErlangRT, a BEAM VM reimplementation in Rust | Code BEAM  Eric Oestrich: https://www.restfest.org/  Josh Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability-based_security https://medium.com/darklang/how-dark-deploys-code-in-50ms-771c6dd60671  http://www.erights.org/elib/capability/ode/ode-capabilities.html#simple-money  https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/glossary.md  Wojtek Mach: GOTO 2019 • The Soul of Erlang and Elixir • Saša Jurić  https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/  Special Guest: Wojtek Mach. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/30/20191 hour, 4 minutes, 15 seconds
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EMx 061: Mutation Testing in Elixir with Daniel Serrano

Sponsors 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 benefits seen load testing it. Daniel shares how he got into distributed tracing and how it differs from tracing. Daniel tells the panel about his experience learning elixir and joining the community.  Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing  https://github.com/mbj/mutant  http://pitest.org/  https://github.com/dnlserrano/exavier  https://github.com/dnlserrano  https://dnlserrano.dev/2019/05/26/exunit-deep-dive.html  https://jmeter.apache.org/  https://twitter.com/brainlid  José Valim - Keynote: Announcing Brodway - ElixirConf EU 2019  https://github.com/plataformatec/broadway  https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/  https://opentracing.io/docs/overview/what-is-tracing/  https://github.com/spandex-project/spandex/  https://www.datadoghq.com/  https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/  Daniel Serrano - From Noob to Contributing Noob - ElixirConf EU 2019  https://twitter.com/dnlserrano  https://dnlserrano.dev/ https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat  https://send.firefox.com  Eric Oestrich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World  Daniel Serrano: Dark  https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim  https://github.com/plataformatec/flow Special Guest: Daniel Serrano. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/23/201954 minutes, 51 seconds
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EMx 060: Property-Based Testing, Dialyzer, & Inaka with Brujo Benavides

Sponsors 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 that would benefit from unit testing. The panel considers dialyzer and shares their experiences using it in their code. Brujo explains how he chooses which tools to use for a project. Inaka is discussed; Brujo explains what they are all about and how to join. Upcoming conferences that Inaka is organizing is outlined and details on how to buy tickets are given.   Links EMx 031: Lessons from a Decade of Erlang with Brujo Benavides  https://elixir-lang.org/docs.html  EMx 047: Property Based Testing with PropEr and Fred Hebert My Take on Property-Based Testing for Erlang & Elixir  https://github.com/proper-testing/proper  Help Dialyzer Help You! http://erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html  http://erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html#gui-0  http://erlang.org/doc/apps/dialyzer/dialyzer_chapter.html#dialyzer_gui  Erlang Oddities - Brujo Benavides  https://github.com/inaka/elvis  https://hex.pm/packages/dialyxir  https://github.com/inaka  https://github.com/inaka/guidelines  https://spawnfest.github.io/  https://www.elixirconf.la/  https://twitter.com/elbrujohalcon  https://github.com/elbrujohalcon  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat  I am Mother  Eric Oestrich: https://grapevine.haus/  https://github.com/oestrich/telnet-elixir  Michael Ries: Foam board https://devchat.tv/elixir-mix/ Brujo Benavides: http://spawnedshelter.com/  http://artemis.cslab.ece.ntua.gr:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15777 Special Guest: Brujo Benavides. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/16/20191 hour, 8 minutes, 7 seconds
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EMx 059: Using Rust to Scale Elixir for 11 Million Concurrent Users with Matt Nowack

Sponsors 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 panel discusses the risks of using NIFs and how using Rust helps negate that risk. Matt discusses the reference counter in the rustler package and answers questions about using dirty schedulers. Discord developers publish many blogs and publish many open source projects; Matt shares the Discord philosophy on open sourcing and contributing to the Elixir community.  Links https://github.com/discordapp/sorted_set_nif https://github.com/rusterlium/rustler Matthew Nowack - ZenMonitor: Scaling Distributed Monitoring at Discord | Code BEAM SF 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fates_Forever  http://erlang.org/doc/tutorial/nif.html  https://www.rust-lang.org/  https://blog.discordapp.com/using-rust-to-scale-elixir-for-11-million-concurrent-users-c6f19fc029d3  https://github.com/discordapp/sorted_set_nif  https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/a-guide-to-tracing-in-elixir.html  https://github.com/ferd/recon  https://discordapp.com/jobs  https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2019/06/24/elixir-v1-9-0-released/  https://github.com/ihumanable https://twitter.com/ihumanable https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/havasupai.htm  https://waterfallsofthegrandcanyon.com/havasu-falls/havasupai-waterfalls/  Josh Adams: https://sorbet.org/blog/2019/06/20/open-sourcing-sorbet Michael Ries: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/  https://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest  Eric Oestrich: https://podcast.smartlogic.io/  Matt Nowack: http://discord.gg/elixir  https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) Special Guest: Matt Nowack. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/9/201954 minutes, 27 seconds
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EMx 058: Mint library with Eric Meadows-Jönsson & Andrea Leopardi

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Michael Ries Joined by Special Guests: Eric Meadows-Jönsson & Andrea Leopardi Summary Eric Meadows-Jönsson and Andrea Leopardi, members of the Elixir core team discuss the upcoming Mint library. They tell the panel their experience working on the core team and on the Mint library. They explain what Mint is and why people should know about it. Mint doesn’t use processes; Eric and Andrea explain why and what that means for the library. The panel discusses the benefits of using Mint and the use cases it can be applied to. Eric and Andrea give an update on how Mint is coming and explains why mint is not part of Elixir core. The panel considers building an HTTP library; Eric and Andrea share their experience. Links http://erlang.org/doc/man/httpc.html  https://github.com/ericmj/castore  https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2019/02/25/mint-a-new-http-library-for-elixir/#safe-by-default-https  https://github.com/appcues/mojito  https://segment.com/blog/introducing-centrifuge/  https://github.com/hexpm/hex  https://github.com/ericmj/mint  https://hexdocs.pm/mint/api-reference.html  https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2019/02/25/mint-a-new-http-library-for-elixir/  https://twitter.com/inconvergent/status/1139070281971118085?s=19  https://twitter.com/emjii  https://twitter.com/whatyouhide  https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-sous-vide-gear/  https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix  https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://pragprog.com/book/phoenix14/programming-phoenix-1-4  - They added Chapter 14, “What’s Next?” In it we address LiveViewPubSub 2.0, adding “telemetry” information to Phoenix and other coming additions. Josh Adams: Meat https://inconvergent.net/2019/depth-of-field/  Michael Ries: Matthew Nowack - ZenMonitor: Scaling Distributed Monitoring at Discord | Code BEAM SF 19  My New Croissant Machine Is 3D-PRINTED !  Andrea Leopardi: https://github.com/whatyouhide/after8  https://github.com/appcues/mojito  https://mizage.com/shush/  Eric Meadows-Jönsson: https://inkdrop.app/ https://pragprog.com/book/wmecto/programming-ecto Special Guests: Andrea Leopardi and Eric Meadows-Jönsson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
7/2/20191 hour, 1 minute, 50 seconds
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EMx 057: The Elixir Community with Adolfo Neto

Sponsors 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 functional programming is considered; the panel shares experiences and resources for learning functional programming.   Links A Comunidade de Elixir, Adolfo Neto, Elixir Brasil 2019 https://medium.com/@adolfont/elixir-brazil-2019-4de3fc06b18f https://twitter.com/clojure_conj?lang=en https://collaboration.csc.ncsu.edu/laurie/ https://www.tripinfo.com/maps/NC-ResearchTriangle.htm https://www.meetup.com/elixircwb/ https://twitter.com/elixir_brasil https://2019.elixirbrasil.com/ https://www.eventials.com/locaweb/events/elixir-brasil/ Introducing HDD: Hughes Driven Development - José Valim - Elixir Conf EU 2018 https://github.com/phoenixframework/firenest https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_pubsub https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8116569 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML_%28programming_language%29 Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) https://elixirschool.com/en/ https://github.com/nashfp/nashfp.github.com/wiki/erlang-school https://twitter.com/thompson_si https://github.com/erlware/erlang-camp https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/meet-elixir https://codestool.coding-gnome.com/courses/elixir-for-programmers https://github.com/lodash/lodash https://github.com/immutable-js/immutable-js https://hex.pm/packages/sorted_set_nif https://hex.pm/packages/rustler https://twitter.com/TheErlef/status/1136705985442189312 https://pragprog.com/book/cdc-elixir/learn-functional-programming-with-elixir https://twitter.com/adolfont https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Mark Ericksen: Wintergatan - Marble Machine Josh Adams: https://blog.ploeh.dk/2017/10/04/from-design-patterns-to-category-theory/ Michael Ries: Using Rust to Scale Elixir for 11 Million Concurrent Users Eric Oestrich: Meetup Organizers Adolfo Neto: Aquarius   Kiss of the Spider Woman   City of God Learn Functional Programming with Elixir: New Foundations for a New World (The Pragmatic Programmers) (English Edition) Special Guest: Adolfo Neto. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/25/20191 hour, 4 seconds
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EMx 056: Sobelow and Security with Griffin Byatt

Sponsors 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 Joined by Special Guest: Griffin Byatt Summary Griffin Byatt shares his background and what he is doing now as a security consultant for NCC Group. The panel discusses his security library, Sobelow, and their experiences using it. Griffin explains how it works, how it came into being and the goal of Sobelow. The panel wonders who contributes to Sobelow and Griffin invites anyone to contribute. Vulnerabilities that are commonly seen across all frameworks and those specific to Elixir are discussed. Elixir’s security features are considered and Griffin shares his experiences working to improve the ecosystem. Griffin gives advice and recommends resources to developers. Links Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/ https://brakemanscanner.org/ https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow/blob/master/lib/sobelow/traversal/file_module.ex https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing ElixirConf 2017 - Plugging the Security Holes in Your Phoenix Application - Griffin Byatt https://github.com/ueberauth/guardian https://oauth.net/ https://github.com/riverrun/phauxth https://github.com/riverrun/comeonin https://www.owasp.org/ https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws https://griffinbyatt.com/ https://twitter.com/griffinbyatt https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://stedolan.github.io/jq https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases Josh Adams: https://librem.one/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Griffin Byatt: https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/ https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/assessing-unikernel-security/?research=Whitepapers   Special Guest: Griffin Byatt. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/18/201946 minutes, 57 seconds
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EMx 055: Params Modules for Phoenix with Kuba Subczynski

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Joined by Special Guest: Kuba Subczynski Summary Kuba Subczynski starts by introducing params modules and the story behind the pattern. The panel discusses their heuristics for deciding when to bring on a dependency and when to build something yourself. Kuba defines an embedded schema and walks through the login controller use case for the params modules. The panel discusses the highlights from the article and the benefits of using params modules. Kuba warns that this pattern isn’t for everything and discusses with the panel when to use params modules. Kuba discusses his team and what it was like adopting Phoenix and Elixir. Links https://www.sandimetz.com/ https://kubasub.proseful.com/params-modules-for-phoenix https://github.com/vic/params https://github.com/vic https://medium.com/@alves.lcs/phoenix-strong-params-9db4bd9f56d8 https://www.sandimetz.com/ https://codeclimate.com/blog/7-ways-to-decompose-fat-activerecord-models/ https://www.thescore.com/ https://twitter.com/kubasub https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Mark Ericksen: http://blog.erlang.org/OTP-22-Highlights/ Michael Ries: https://ferd.ca/it-s-about-the-guarantees.html Kuba Subcynski: https://proseful.com/ Special Guest: Kuba Subczynski. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/11/201956 minutes, 53 seconds
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EMx 054: Phoenix LiveView with Leandro Pereira

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Michael Ries Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Joined by Special Guest: Leandro Pereira Summary Leandro Pereira starts by sharing what the Elixir community is like in Brazil. He explains what applications Phoenix LiveView works well for and those that it does not. The panel discusses why people are so excited for LiveView. JavaScript in LiveView is discussed, including where it is, what it does and Javascript fatigue in the community. Leandro shares where people can find demo projects. The panel discusses drab and why it didn’t catch on. The benefits of LiveView are discussed including, pain problems it will solve, avoiding the duplication of code, and the magic that happens in web end development. The panel shares projects they are working on or thinking of. Links https://lnasystems.com.br/ https://medium.com/@ericclemmons/javascript-fatigue-48d4011b6fc4 Swapping React for Phoenix LiveView https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-liveview-is-now-live/20889/73 https://elixirforum.com/tags/liveview https://elixirforum.com/t/liveview-demos-examples-and-sample-apps-thread/21073 https://hexdocs.pm/drab/Drab.Live.html https://elixirforum.com/t/drab-and-liveview-community-oddities/16483 https://github.com/JakeBecker/vscode-elixir-ls/pulls https://github.com/patrick-steele-idem/morphdom https://twitter.com/lucianparvu/status/1109087821581742080 https://twitter.com/_zorbash/status/1112859727845904385 https://github.com/leandrocp https://twitter.com/leandrocesquini https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Michael Ries: https://dudewheresmydesk.live/ https://pragprog.com/book/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp Josh Adams: https://github.com/antoyo/relm Home Warranties Mark Ericksen: Chris McCord Keynote: Phoenix LiveView - Interactive, Real TIme Apps - No need to write Javascript https://elixirforum.com/ Leandro Pereira: https://pragprog.com/book/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp Special Guest: Leandro Pereira. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
6/4/20191 hour, 1 minute, 59 seconds
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EMx 053: Building beautiful systems with Phoenix Contexts and DDD with Andrew Hao

Sponsors 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 Joined by Special Guest: Andrew Hao Summary Andrew Hao joins the panel to discuss a recent talk he gave; he shares his background and his origin story with domain driven design. Andrew introduces an exercise that helped him called “Context Mapping”. The panel discusses how to context map and the benefits of doing this exercise with your team. Andrew explains what to model as methods and functions in context style mapping. Andrew explains aggregate roots. The panel discusses using these design tools in GraphQL and Phoenix Live View. Andrew warns against overusing these tools, leading to a discussion about how much is too much. Links ElixirDaze 2018 - Building beautiful systems with Phoenix contexts... by Andrew Hao Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software   https://www.g9labs.com https://twitter.com/andrewhao https://github.com/andrewhao https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2019/04/whats-new-in-elixir-apr-19/ Josh Adams: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop Andrew Hao: Domain-Driven Design Distilled https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Linear-Algebra/dp/1593274130 Special Guest: Andrew Hao. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/28/201950 minutes, 20 seconds
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EMx 052: Production Pitfall Pontification

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Michael Ries Josh Adams Summary Michael Ries and Josh Adams share mistakes they have made and common pitfalls developers fall into during production. They start by discussing Heroku and Josh explains what pushed him away from Heroku. They discuss alternatives to Heroku and give tips on finding that “deployment sweet spot”. Moving on to configuration, they discuss the most common configuration error and their favorite configuration tools. Michael and Josh share the ways they use clustering. Using their own experiences they explain how they fell into these pitfalls warning new elixir developers, giving advice and sharing career hacks. Links https://nanobox.io/ https://gigalixir.com/ https://hex.pm/packages/conform https://github.com/bitwalker/toml-elixir https://github.com/keathley/vapor https://github.com/coryodaniel/bonny https://hex.pm/packages/libcluster http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2019/04/whats-new-in-elixir-apr-19/ https://jenkins.io/projects/jenkins-x/ https://hex.pm/packages/lbm_kv https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Michael Ries: http://www.erlang-in-anger.com/ https://hex.pm/packages/recon Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm Josh Adam: https://noagendaplayer.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/21/201952 minutes, 47 seconds
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EMx 051: Nerves and Farmbot with Connor Rigby

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guest: Connor Rigby Summary Connor Rigby, a core member of the Nerves team, answers the panel's questions about Farmbot and his experience working with Nerves. The panel discusses the great things about nerves. Connor shares his favorite tools for productions and testing practices. The panel discusses NervesKeys and NervesHub. Connor tells the panel what it was like working with NASA. Known for experimenting with Nerves, Connor talks about some of his projects. Links https://farm.bot/ https://github.com/nerves-project http://wiki.ros.org/sig/Embedded https://elixirforum.com/t/sqlite-ecto2-new-maintainer/15611 https://github.com/elixir-sqlite/sqlite_ecto2 https://www.rosepoint.com/ https://github.com/RosePointNav ElixirConf 2015 - Embedded Elixir in Action by Garth Hitchens Mocks and explicit contracts https://www.nerves-hub.org/ https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/personal-food-computer/overview/ https://smartrent.com/ https://github.com/boydm/scenic https://opencv.org/ https://www.verypossible.com/ https://github.com/ConnorRigby/elixir-opencv https://github.com/elixir-circuits/circuits_gpio https://github.com/elixir-circuits/ https://www.grisp.org/ https://beagleboard.org/black https://codesync.global/media/clixir-mixing-c-and-elixir-code/ https://twitter.com/pressy4pie https://github.com/ConnorRigby https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://twitter.com/FrancescoC/status/1119596234166218754 Charles Max Wood: https://twitter.com/NervesMeetup https://podwrench.com/ Michael Ries: Cees de Groot - Clixir - mixing C and Elixir code | Code BEAM SF 19 Connor Rigby: https://www.gbstudio.dev/ Special Guest: Connor Rigby. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/14/20191 hour, 1 minute, 49 seconds
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EMx 050: Elixir Origin Story with José Valim

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Michael Ries Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Joined by Special Guest: José Valim Summary José Valim, the creator of Elixir, shares his story with the panel starting with why he built Elixir. The panel wonders why José did not just use Erlang. José discusses what he wanted from Elixir and what problems he wanted to solve. The panel discusses concurrency, Metaprogramming, ad hoc polymorphism, and run times. José talks about what it was like as elixir grew in popularity and maintaining Elixir. José shares his goals for Elixir for 2019 and discusses his role in different projects. The panel shares their love for the friendliness and openness of the Elixir community and asks José how it became that way. The history of the signature heart emojis is shared. José shares a little about his everyday life and the things he enjoys to do. The episode ends with an update on the Erlang Ecosystems Foundation.  Links https://erlef.org/ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dwz1DqVWkAAT4tr.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_polymorphism https://github.com/dynamo/dynamo https://github.com/grych/drab https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto https://phoenixframework.org/ https://github.com/beam-telemetry/telemetry https://hex.pm/packages/broadway https://hexdocs.pm/broadway/0.2.0/Broadway.html https://hexdocs.pm/gen_stage/0.14.1/GenStage.html https://hexdocs.pm/flow/0.14.3/Flow.html https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_pubsub/pull/121#issuecomment-466673652 https://github.com/nashby/jose-vs-oss http://pages.plataformatec.com.br/elixir-development-subscription https://twitter.com/josevalim https://github.com/josevalim https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted Josh Adams: RubyHack 2019 - Ruby3: What's Missing? by Yukihiro (Matz) Matsumoto The Giant Chicken Brahma Charles Max Wood: https://www.theblaze.com/news/scientists-create-first-3d-printed-heart https://podwrench.com https://podcastmovement.com/ Michael Ries: Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix "Triste" ALBA ARMENGOU SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND (JOAN CHAMORRO DIRECCIÓN) José Valim: Chris McCord Keynote: Phoenix LiveView - Interactive, Real TIme Apps - No need to write Javascript Nintendo Switch Special Guest: José Valim. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
5/7/20191 hour, 21 minutes, 10 seconds
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EMx 049: Standard Library Treasures

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Josh Adams Michael Ries Summary Josh Adams and Michael Ries discuss some of their favorites found in standard libraries and other tools. Michael starts by defining Ets, Dets, and Mnesia. They share the best ways to use these tools and when to use them. They also share uses cases and stories from times they have used these tools. Josh shares his work with UI’s and Michael discusses his work with nerves. They end by discussing the right time for new developers to learn how to use the tools discussed. Links https://showoff.riesd.com/ https://hex.pm/packages/lbm_kv https://gist.github.com/mmmries/54c2110bb93af61ebfa1aff36acec9ca https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Michael Ries https://blog.usejournal.com/elixir-scenic-snake-game-b8616b1d7ee0 Josh Adams https://tylerscript.dev/ecto-filtering-tutorial/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR2Gc6_Le2U Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/30/201945 minutes, 55 seconds
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EMx 048: Introducing Newest Panelist: Michael Ries

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Joined by Special Guest: Michael Ries Summary Mark Ericksen interviews the newest member of the Elixir Mix panel, Michael Ries. Michael shares a bit of his background and how he got into Elixir. While sharing what he loves about Elixir, Michael gives advice to developers new to Elixir. Mark asks Michael about all his experimental projects. Michael discusses his play with TCP subscriptions, monitoring, nerves, and robotics. Michael talks about Hackaway, a cabin retreat for developers, how he runs it and how it all got started. Links https://github.com/mmmries/gnat https://github.com/mmmries/roombex https://pragprog.com/book/elixir16/programming-elixir-1-6 https://nats.io/ https://www.youtube.com/user/birdnandnerd https://gist.github.com/mmmries/08fe44fdd47a6f8838936f41170f270a https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Process.html#monitor/1 https://github.com/elixir-ecto/postgrex https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Supervisor.html#module-strategies https://twitter.com/NervesMeetup https://github.com/mmmries/roombex https://www.irobot.com/about-irobot/stem/create-2 https://github.com/chrismccord/phoenix_live_view_example https://github.com/mmmries/gnat/pull/79 https://twitter.com/mmmries https://twitter.com/brainlid https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc Michael Ries https://hex.pm/packages/telemetry Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/23/20191 hour, 10 minutes, 23 seconds
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EMx 047: Property Based Testing with PropEr and Fred Hebert

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Joined by Special Guest: Fred Hebert Summary Fred Hebert shares his experience writing “Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide” and “Stuff Goes Bad: Erlang in Anger”. He talks about why he wrote these books and explains the whimsical illustrations in “Learn you some Erlang”. Mark Ericksen asks Fred about his latest book “Property-Based Testing with PropEr, Erlang, and Elixir: Find Bugs Before Your Users Do”. Fred gives an overview of property-based testing, explaining what it is, why it is important and sharing tips for getting started in property-based testing. Mark and Fred discuss PropEr and Fred’s inclusion of Elixir in this book. The ecosystems of Erlang and Elixir are explored and Fred shares what he would like to see from the Elixir community as an Erlang developer. They end the episode by discussing Fred’s time at Heroku and Fred’s current interests. Links https://learnyousomeerlang.com/ https://github.com/ferd/recon https://www.erlang-in-anger.com/ https://propertesting.com/ https://github.com/proper-testing/proper https://propertesting.com/toc.html https://erlef.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR2Gc6_Le2U https://twitter.com/mononcqc https://twitter.com/elixir_mix https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix Picks Fred Hebert https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/metamorphic-testing/ Mark Ericksen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brailsford Special Guest: Fred Hebert. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/16/201958 minutes, 26 seconds
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EMx 046: Don't Repeat Your Domain Knowledge with Yiming Chen—

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Joined by Special Guest: Yiming Chen Summary Yiming Chen and the panel discusses his recent blog post about not repeating domain knowledge. Yiming Chen describes what he means by domain knowledge and how this differs from the well known “do not repeat yourself” rule. The panel discusses how this changes the code and this leads to a conversation about good testing practices. Live view is discussed and the panel asks Yiming Chen what he is looking forward to in elixir. Yiming Chen talks about what the elixir community is like in China and his experience switching from ruby to elixir. Links https://dsdshcym.github.io/blog/2018/10/26/dont-repeat-your-domain-knowledge/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself https://pragprog.com/book/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer https://github.com/schrockwell/bodyguard https://thoughtbot.com/blog http://bikeshed.fm/186 https://github.com/plataformatec/mox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SbWapbXhKo http://dsdshcym.github.io/ https://twitter.com/dsdshcym https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen https://twitter.com/chris_mccord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VgbSgo71E Josh Adams https://elixirforum.com/t/code-beam-sf-2019-talks/20984 https://2018.elm-conf.us/schedule/matthew-griffith/ Yiming Chen https://contexts.co/ https://thoughtbot.com/blog/books-free https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/accelerate/9781457191435/ Special Guest: Yiming Chen. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/9/201953 minutes, 42 seconds
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EMx 045: Where the Wild Things Are with Johnny Winn

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Joined by Special Guests: Johnny Winn and Michael Ries Summary Johnny Winn share his story with the panel starting with how elixir fountain got started. The panel compares elixir to other languages and share what they appreciate about it. After Johnny talks about what he is working on and his love for experimenting with elixir, the panel reveals some of the dumb, fun experiments that they have done in the past. Johnny shares how he burned himself out and the panel picks Johnny’s brain on signs that a someone might be burning out. This leads the panel into a deeper discussion of Johnny’s story and how he overcame that hard time in his life. Johnny shares a lot of tips and advice about how to stay positive and live a happy productive life. The panel ends with a throw back to the elixir fountain by doing a “five behind the code” with Johnny. Links Exercises for Programmers: 57 Challenges to Develop Your Coding Skills by Brian P. Hogan   https://github.com/nurugger07/inflex https://vimeo.com/108441214 https://github.com/nurugger07/calliope https://erlangcentral.org/videos/viva-la-evolucion-replicating-life-with-otp-by-johnny-winn/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh68a1UKY5w https://elixirforum.com/ https://twitter.com/elixirfountain https://twitter.com/johnny_rugger https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Charles Max Wood https://www.vrbo.com https://www.hotwire.com/ Las Vegas, NV Josh Adams https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19414775 http://www.liquidity-lang.org/ Michael Ries https://elixir-circuits.github.io/ https://embedded-elixir.com/ https://twitter.com/NervesMeetup Johnny Winn https://preloaded.com/work/science-museum-rugged-rovers/ Science Museum of London https://www.cruiseamerica.com/ Special Guests: Johnny Winn and Michael Ries. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
4/2/20191 hour, 25 minutes, 28 seconds
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EMx 044: Dangers of GenServers in Elixir with Mika Kalathil

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH – Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Joined by Special Guest: Mika Kalathil Summary Mika Kalathil introduces genservers and how they are misused. The panel plays with an analogy that explains how people think genservers work versus how genservers actually work. Mika Kalathil shares some ways to avoid the common mistakes with genservers. Tasks are introduced and explained by Mika Kalathil; the panel adds their input on the usefulness and the importance of tasks. Mika Kalathil shares his background and his transition to elixir from javascript. The panel asks Mika Kalathil questions about the libraries he uses, the types of projects that he works on and what improvements he would like to see in elixir. The episode ends with a discussion about the wonderful elixir community. Links https://lure.is/blog/elixir/dangers-of-genserv https://lure.is/blog/elixir/dangers-of-genservers https://elixir-slackin.herokuapp.com/   https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpv1fxCV3sI&feature=youtu.be https://brainlid.org/elixir/2019/03/06/pattern-match-format-text.html Josh Adams https://twitter.com/TaylorPearsonMe Charles Max Wood https://podfestexpo.com/ https://podcastmovement.com/ Find a positive place charlesmaxwood.com Mika Kalathil exercism.io https://github.com/discordapp   Special Guest: Mika Kalathil. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/26/201942 minutes, 54 seconds
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EMx 043: Using GenServers and Tasks Together to Create Fault-Tolerant Apps with Jack Marchant

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan Triplebyte offers a $1000 signing bonus .TECH - Go.tech/Elixir and use the coupon code “ELIXIR.TECH” and get a 1 year .TECH Domain at $9.99 and 5 Year Domain at $49.99. Hurry! CacheFly Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Joined by Special Guest: Jack Marchant Summary Mark Ericksen and Josh Adams ask Jack Marchant, a software engineer from Australia, about a few of his blog articles. Jack Marchant compares supervision trees to react component trees using his background in both the frontend and the backend. The panel exchanges views on what these observations might look like and how they can help elixir developers. Mark Ericksen turns the discussion to Jack Marchant's articles on genservers, and the lessons he learned in working with genservers. Jack Marchant explains that there are so many different uses for a genserver. The panel considers when it is useful to use a genserver and when it is better not to. Jack Marchant shares a way to better manage work using a task and genservers for asynchronous work.  The panel reviews a few things that they appreciate about elixir and how productive it makes developers. Jack Marchant shares his experience working in an elixir based company, in hiring, training, and productivity. The panel discusses the experience of switching to elixir and asks Jack Marchant about his experience coming from PHP. Jack Marchant shares and discusses with the panel some highlights from the lonestar elixir conference and updates the panel on phoenix live view. Links https://reactjs.org/ http://absinthe-graphql.org/ https://reactjs.org/docs/error-boundaries.html https://www.jackmarchant.com/articles/you-might-not-need-a-genserver https://www.jackmarchant.com/articles/using-a-genserver-to-handle-asynchronous-concurrent-tasks https://www.jackmarchant.com/articles/lonestar-elixir-conf-2019-highlights https://medium.com/@Bettio/atomvm-how-to-run-elixir-code-on-a-3-microcontroller https://twitter.com/jackmarchant10 https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Josh Adams https://github.com/spencertipping/writing-self-modifying-perl Mark Ericksen Deep Work by Cal Newport Jack Marchant https://www.jackmarchant.com Special Guest: Jack Marchant. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/19/201954 minutes, 1 second
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EMx 042: Updates on ExVenture with Eric Oestrich

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit Triplebyte CacheFly Panel Josh Adams Mark 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 achievements. Eric shares his experiences getting ExVenture set up with a continuous integration (CI) server. Panelists agree having side projects help developers try out new technology without deadline pressure. Eric does live development every Monday at 12:00 pm EST on smartlogictv. Eric and Mark both share their experiences with live coding. Josh mentions an article he liked on live coding: “Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch” by Suz Hinton. Eric talks about what he has been working on outside of ExVenture and Grapevine. They briefly compare ease of shelling out in Python, Elixir and Ruby. SmartLogic now has a podcast called “Smart Software with SmartLogic” and Mark was a guest on one of the episodes “Elixir in Production”. Links http://erlang.org/doc/man/sys.html#get_state-1 http://oestrich.org/ http://blog.oestrich.org/ https://twitter.com/ericoestrich https://www.smartlogic.com/ https://exventure.org/ https://grapevine.haus/ https://blog.oestrich.org/2019/01/exventure-updates https://prometheus.io/ https://grafana.com/ https://travis-ci.org/ https://semaphoreci.com/ https://jenkins.io/ https://twitter.com/alicegoldfuss/status/1098604563664420865 https://circleci.com/ https://about.gitlab.com/ https://github.com/Trevoke/dwarlixir https://www.twitch.tv/smartlogictv Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by Suz Hinton https://obsproject.com/ https://github.com/alco/porcelain http://bert-rpc.org/ https://github.com/mojombo/bertrpc https://podcast.smartlogic.io/ https://github.com/oestrich/ex_venture/ https://www.clustertruck.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Josh Adams: https://github.com/beerriot/goma Mark Ericksen: http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2019/02/announcing-broadway/ Eric Oestrich: http://www.restfest.org/ Special Guest: Eric Oestrich. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/12/201942 minutes, 13 seconds
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EMx 041: What Really Makes Erlang and Elixir Fault Tolerant and Scalable with Francesco Cesarini

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit Triplebyte CacheFly Panel Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Charles Max Wood Guest: Francesco Cesarini Episode Summary In this episode of Elixir, Charles Wood, Josh Adams and Mark Ericksen chat with guest, Francesco Cesarini, Founder and Technical Director at Erlang Solutions about how to build reliable and scalable systems within the Elixir and Erlang world. Erlang Solutions provides consultancy to customers who are not familiar with Elixir and offers training when necessary. With their WOMBATOAM tool that can handle very large-scale systems like WhatsApp with its fault tolerant capability. Francesco talks about how he likes Elixir which is an up and coming language that focuses on UI/UX usability and compares Erlang and Elixir languages.  Francesco mentions he is impressed with the emphasis Elixir community places on user-friendliness. The guest discusses pros and cons of handling shared memory and concurrency. Supervisors and OTP help handle errors by creating escalation strategies. Going beyond the software, Francesco then shares some of his favorite real life experiences of power outages and switch failures he faced while building fault tolerant systems. Links https://www.erlang-solutions.com/ https://www.erlang-solutions.com/products/wombatoam.html https://github.com/erlang/otp https://github.com/francescoc https://twitter.com/FrancescoC   Picks Josh Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics The Origins of Opera and the Future of Programming by Jessica Kerr Mark Ericksen: Mark’s Blog: https://brainlid.org/elixir/2018/01/17/people-are-processes.html Charles Max Wood: https://www.vrbo.com/ Canon EOS M6 Francesco Cesarini: Property Based Testing by Fred Herbert https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19105908 Special Guest: Francesco Cesarini. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
3/5/20191 hour, 8 minutes, 20 seconds
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EMx 040: Elixir Outlaws and Adopting Elixir with Chris Keathley

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit Triplebyte CacheFly Panel Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Charles Max Wood Joined by special guest: Chris Keathley Episode Summary In this episode of Elixir Mix, Chris Keathley introduces himself briefly and starts with talking about his work at Bleacher Report - a company specializing in sports culture - with respect to handling web traffic during major sports events and the implications of moving from Rails to Elixir as a backend system. He briefly touches on scaling issues, performance and the services they are running on their website. He then describes his Elixir journey until now and certain new areas he is working with, such as property based testing and distributed systems. He talks about maintaining the Wallaby library which is developed by him, mentions existing and upcoming exciting things in Elixir, and explains a few features of the Distillery and Vapor libraries. He also gives advice to people that are starting to work with Elixir on what must be learnt and more, and discusses certain projects and topics he wants to pursue and build knowledge in, in the near future. Links Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix: Rethink the Modern Web App Lance Halvorsen Bleacher Report Wallaby Distillery Vapor Elixir Outlaws Lonestar ElixirConf – Chris Keathley ElixirConf EU Benefits of Elixir: How Elixir helped Bleacher Report handle 8x more traffic Picks Josh Adams: Axe - tool GraphQL – Zero to Awesome Mark Ericksen: Bash command “cd -” to go back to the last working directory Charles Max Wood: Zapier Canon EOS M6 Camera Rode Microphone Chris Keathley: Moka Express Coffee Maker Picross S2 Stamping on Event-Stream Special Guest: Chris Keathley. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/27/20191 hour, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
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EMx 039: Types in Erlang / Elixir with Zachary Kessin

Sponsors Sentry use the code "devchat" for $100 credit   Episode Summary In this episode, the panelists, Josh Adams, Mark Erickson and guest Zachary Kessin, author of the book "Building Web Applications with Erlang", discuss types in Erlang and Elixir. Expert inputs with examples of implemented projects that use the Erlang and Elixir data types, were discussed. Here are the highlights of the discussion: Different data types in Erlang and Elixir such as structs, tuples. Differences in the Erlang/Elixir data types to other languages. Using data types to generate error messages Decoding and validating input data into functions. Getting type information from a running application. Coding patterns and rules engine in Erlang/Elixir. Dialyzer testing tool that validates code and catches any bugs. Changes in Erlang and Elixir code over the years Elixir ecosystem and the Beam Community Links Dialyzer PropEr Sheriff Dialyxir Typed_Struct Beam_Types GB_Trees Programming Languages on the BEAM A reactive game stack: Using Erlang, Lua and Voltdb Robert Virding Zachary Kessin BEAM Channel - Erlang & Elixir https://github.com/ejpcmac/typed_struct Picks Josh Adams Elixir Components: A 12 minute introduction aws-lambda-elixir-runtime Mark Ericksen BalenaEtcher Zach Kessin Elixir Release Ecourse  Shalva Band Special Guest: Zachary Kessin. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/19/201947 minutes, 54 seconds
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EMx 038: Slax and SAX Parsers with Ben Schmeckpeper

Sponsors Sentry use the code "devchat" for $100 credit Panel Charles Max Wood Josh Adams Mark Ericksen Joined by special guest Ben Schmeckpeper Episode Summary Charles would expressed how in this episode they had a good time learning about “SAX parsers and about some of the issues with migrating and sharing space between systems.” They discussed the benefits of using SAX (Simple API for XML). One of these benefits is that of being event based. Elixir and Ruby are also discussed, with a greater focus on Elixir. One benefits of using Elixir is that of pattern matching. Lots is also shared on “containers” and the pros and cons of these. Links Ben Schmeckpeper Twitter Ben Schmeckpeper blog https://photos.app.goo.gl/17v3dnxGoYsgkTvn6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/zH17oda67NKPr1rL9  xmerl XML parser  Erlsom - Erlang library to parse XML documents  BERT - Binary ERlang Term  BERT and BERT-RPC 1.0 Specification  Saxy - an XML SAX parser and encoder in Elixir   Genstage  Slax SAX - Wikipedia Picks Josh: Who gives an F*** about rails in 2019 Mark:  Mental model for understanding Elixir GenServers   Charles: Episode 400 of Ruby Rogues  Villinous Disney Game  Ben: The Soul of a New Machine Reflections on Trusting Trust The Rise of Worse is Better   Flameshot  Special Guest: Ben Schmeckpeper. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/12/201947 minutes, 22 seconds
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EMx 037: The Elixir Language Service with Mitchell Hanberg

Sponsors Sentry use the code "devchat" for $100 credit TripleByte offers $1000 signing bonus Cachefly Panel: Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest:  Mitchell Hanberg Notes: This episode welcomes guest Mitchell Hanberg, software developer for SEP in Carmel, IN. Currently, he is working with Rails at his job and writes Elixir at home. Mitchell wrote a blog post about how to use Elixir LS with Vim. He is working on integrating ALE and Elixir LS for Vim. The panelists discuss some problems they are having with Elixir LS crashing. The panelists conclude by discussing their favorite features of the Elixir/ALE integration and their favorite features of VIM. Terms: Erlang VS CODE Github Vim ALE (asynchronos linting engine) Visual Studio Code Vim LSP NeoVim OniVim intelliJ ASDF Emacs Picks: Mark https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ Josh https://urbit.org/primer/ https://xi-editor.io/xi-editor/ Mitchell Hanberg http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/ https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Kindle-Paperwhite-Waterproof-Storage/ Special Guest: Mitchell Hanberg. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2/5/201938 minutes, 3 seconds
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EMx 036: Gremlex and Graph Databases with Kevin Moore & Barak Karavani

Sponsors Sentry use the code "devchat" for $100 credit TripleByte Panel Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Joined by Special Guests: Kevin Moore and Barak Karavani Summary Kevin Moore and Barak Karavani start by introducing Gremlex; they also define graph databases and explain what graph databases are used for. The panel asks Kevin and Barak about their work with chatbots and why they chose to use a graph database for this project. Amazon Neptune is introduced, Kevin and Barak explain why they chose to use Neptune and its role in them using Gremlin. The panel discusses open sourcing. Kevin and Barak share what it was like to open source Gremlex and the benefits they have seen in their company because of it. They discuss licensing and give advice for developers who would like to convince their company to open source. The features of Gremlex are discussed and Kevin and Barak share sources for getting started with Gremlex, including recommendations for running Gremlex and test support recommendations. The episode ends as Kevin and Barak explain why they chose elixir and how they teach elixir. Links Gremlex Home Page Gremlex Github Repo Gremlex Medium Post https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/ https://gremlex.carlabs.ai/ https://www.carlabs.ai/ https://neo4j.com/ https://dgraph.io/ https://orientdb.com/ https://medium.com/carlabs/introducing-gremlex-6f685adf73bd http://tinkerpop.apache.org/ https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir http://plataformatec.com.br/ https://www.manning.com/books/the-little-elixir-and-otp-guidebook https://github.com/rrrene/credo http://erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html https://github.com/nccgroup/sobelow https://github.com/hmemcpy/milewski-ctfp-pdf https://github.com/kevmojay https://github.com/barakyo https://twitter.com/kevmojay https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen https://www.makemkv.com/ Josh Adams https://github.com/infinitered/torch https://blog.ispirata.com/get-started-with-elm-0-19-and-phoenix-1-4-291beebb350b   Kevin Moore https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-preface/ Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Barak Karavani http://haskellbook.com/ Special Guests: Barak Karavani and Kevin Moore. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/30/201952 minutes, 22 seconds
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EMx 035: Adopting Elixir with Tiago Duarte

Sponsors Sentry use the code "devchat" for $100 credit TripleByte Special Guest: Tiago Duarte. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/24/201959 minutes, 8 seconds
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EMx 034: My First Nerves Project with Anders Smedegaard Pedersen

Sponsors 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 Joined by Special Guest: Anders Smedegaard Pedersen Summary Anders Smedegaard Pedersen shares how he got into Elixir and his experience joining the elixir community. He shares with the panel his initial frustration with the community and his confusion on the “correct” way to do things. He tells the panel of his experience at elixir conf meeting Claudio Ortolina, the advice he got, and how this led him to his first nerves project. Mark Ericksen and Josh Adams give advice to new elixir developers. The three of them compare umbrella structure and poncho structure. Links http://erlang.org/doc/apps/jinterface/jinterface_users_guide.html https://elixirforum.com/t/do-you-really-need-a-database/4567/15 https://smedegaard.io/my-first-nerves-project-pt-2/ ElixirConf 2018- My first Nerves Project Bioreactor - David Schainker https://farm.bot/ https://hexdocs.pm/nerves/user-interfaces.html https://embedded-elixir.com/post/2017-05-19-poncho-projects/ https://smedegaard.io/anders-smedegaard-pedersen/ https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen Set a larger goal (like 30-day goal) and do something every day to move you toward that goal. Even if only 10 minutes. Keep your momentum. Josh Adams https://levelup.gitconnected.com/a-recap-of-frontend-development-in-2018-715724c9441d https://elm-lang.org/ Anders Smedegaard Pedersen Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) Property-Based Testing with PropEr, Erlang, and Elixir  Special Guest: Anders Smedegaard Pedersen. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
1/15/201958 minutes, 11 seconds
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EMx 033: Databases and Elixir with Kamil Lelonek

Panel: Mark Ericksen Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Kamil Lelonek  In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Kamil Lelonek who is a full-stack developer and programmer. Chuck, Mark, and Kamil talk about Elixir, Postgrex, databases, and so much more! Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  0:48 – Chuck: Hello! Our panel today is Mark and myself. Friendly reminder to listeners: check out my show the DevRev. Our guest today is Kamil Lelonek! 1:23 – Guest. 1:43 – Chuck: Today, we are talking about databases. 1:55 – Guest. 3:10 – Mark: We have your blog that you wrote in our show notes. Talk about your experience with exploring these features? 3:39 – Chuck. 3:46 – Mark: I didn’t know those features are in Postgrex. Can you talk about your experience and your journey? 4:10 – Guest. 6:17 – Mark: I am curious, what problem were you trying to solve? 6:31 – Guest. 8:12 – Mark: I like you saying: rather than modifying the application code itself, you created a separate application. I think Elixir is a good fit for that – what’s your experience with this? 8:40 – Guest: I agree with this, but let’s think about it in the other way. 9:48 – Mark: Yeah I can see that. It’s good to be aware of the upsides and downsides. It’s an interesting idea. 10:40 – Guest. 11:38 – Chuck: My experience is mostly in Rails. The other way I have solved this problem is “pulling” but this way is more elegant. Before we have talked with Chris McCord about LiveVue. Is there a way to hook this handler up to LiveVue to stream the changes all the way up to the frontend of web application with Phoenix? 12:20 – Guest. 12:55 – Mark talks about Elixir and GenServer. 13:29 – Guest. 13:49 – Mark: Please go and read Kamil’s blog post because it’s simple and it’s written well! Mark: I think Elixir is a great usage for GenServers. 14:28 – Guest. 14:35 – Chuck: You setup a store procedure, which I don’t see a lot of people doing within the communities. How necessary is that store procedure that you’ve created there? 15:00 – Guest. 16:16 – Chuck: What if you want to do targeted notifications? 16:28 – Guest. 17:33 – Mark: I am curious if you have experimented with the practical limitations of this? Like at one point does it start to break down? 18:00 – Guest. 20:00 – Chuck: I will be honest I am kind of lazy. Outside of the general use I don’t go looking for these, but when I hear about them I say: wow! 20:09 – Guest. 20:57 – Chuck. 21:15 – Guest talks about solutions that he’s found. 22:08 – FreshBooks! 23:17 – Mark: What other kind of databases have you had experience with for comparison reasons? 23:40 – Guest. 24:56 – Mark: You talked about defaults and I want to come back to this topic. 25:08 – Mark asks Chuck a question. 25:12 – Chuck: I don’t know. 25:23 – Mark talks about the databases that his work utilizes. 26:45 – Mark and Chuck go back-and-forth. 27:49 – Guest mentions a solution to the before-mentioned problem that Mark gave. 28:47 – Mark: It can get messy. I don’t repose this as a permanent solution, but it allows you do a staged-migration. 29:15 – Chuck: Do you run into problems with Postgrex? Most technologies if you don’t run into problems you aren’t pushing it enough (at least that’s my experience). 29:29 – Guest answers the question. 30:26 – Mark talks about active, active, active. 31:14 – Guest. 33:25 – Mark: In Elixir, we talk about the things that are in the box and one thing that comes up is “mnesia.” Can you talk about this please? 33:47 – Guest talks about mnesia. 35:17 – Mark talks about mnesia some more. Mark: It is an available option (mnesia), but I don’t know if it’s something that people want when they are looking for something more traditional. 37:04 – Guest. 37:30 – Mark: Yeah something people should be aware of. If you are encountering problems it’s good to know the different tools that are out there and available. 38:42 – Mark: One question: What are some of your favorite features of Postgrex? 38:57 – Guest. 41:08 – Mark talks about Postgrex’s features. 42:14 – Guest. 43:10 – Mark: I had a case where Elixir and Erlang and you can convert term to binary and binary to term. I took some data structure and converted it to a binary and using Ecto and tell it: serialize this and when it loads back out it is a native Elixir type. It’s not always the right solution, but in my cases it actually worked. 43:59 – Guest talks about a library that he wrote back-in-the-day. 44:40 – Chuck: Anything else? Nope? Okay – Picks! 44:52 – Ad: Lootcrate.com END – CacheFly! Links: Ruby Elixir Elixir: GenServer GenServers Elm JavaScript Visual Studio Code React “How to use LISTEN and NOTIFY PostgreSQL commands in Elixir?" By Kamil Lelonek Guest’s Medium Blog Postgrex.Notifications Redis.io Event Store PostgreSQL MongoDB Erlang: mnesia GitHub: cachex GitHub: meh / amnesia PostGIS When to use Ecto, when to use Mnesia PostgreSQL Ecto.Type GitHub: Exnumerator YouTube: Entreprogrammers Kamil’s Twitter Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books CacheFly Picks: Mark Being professionally proactive! Chuck Get A Coder Job eBook Challenge: Pomodoro Technique Kamil Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman My Blog My Site Special Guest: Kamil Lelonek. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/25/201851 minutes, 4 seconds
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EMx 032: Using Ecto with Edgar Pino

Panel: Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest: Edgar Pino    In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Edgar Pino who talks with the panel about the latest version of Ecto! They discuss Ecto’s new features and how easy of a transition it was to go from the previous to the newest version. Edgar Pino is a software engineer who currently resides in Utah! Check out today’s episode! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  1:04 – Mark: Hello! Please give us your background? 1:16 – Guest: I have been in Elixir for the past year or two and I have been living in Utah. 1:48 – Mark: I love the nature and state parks. Winter is coming, so I hope you are ready! 1:58 – Guest: Winter...hopefully it will be great! 2:20 – Panelists and guest go back-and-forth. 2:30 – Mark: Let’s talk about your blog posts about Ecto. What are your new announcements? 2:52 – Guest: Our new version was released a few weeks ago. 3:32 – Panel. 3:38 – The guest talks about the old and new versions of Ecto. 4:03 – Panel: What is new and how is this going to affect me (the new version)? 4:11 – Panel: The transition was pretty painless for me. The only change was the breaking-up of the adapter ad also the timestamp bit. That was it. 4:34 – Panel: Yeah that micro-timestamp surprised me for a second, but it wasn’t that bad after all. 4:52 – Guest: Yeah it was painless for me, too. 5:19 – Panel: Edgar can you talk about the change and what they did with the timestamps? 5:32 – The guest answers the question. 5:54 – Panel: Elm opted to use the micro-millisecond, too. Time zones aren’t a thing. 6:24 – Mark. 7:08 – Panel: My tests are the only reason why I care about the millisecond. 7:21 – Mark: With the upgrade don’t do what I did. Mark talks about how he updated and the issues he had. 8:47 – Guest: Pattern matching? 8:53 – Mark: Yep that sort of stuff. I didn’t need to do it and it was a learning experience. Edgar, please give us an introduction to the blog posts? Why did you want to document it? 9:18 – Guest: I always used Ecto with Phoenix but started learning Ecto by itself. I jotted down notes that I thought was interesting. That’s how it started. 10:17 – Mark: See links in the show notes. Using a gen to use the repo – this is one thing that I didn’t know was an option. 10:46 – Guest. 11:01 – Mark asks a question. 11:10 – Guest: Not really PHP applications but listening to web messages and hot topics but you are doing the database and serving data... 11:40 – Guest talks about Ecto and the different versions and features. 12:09 – Mark chimes-in. 12:23 – Panel: Yep – it’s under the hood and it’s for business logic and doesn’t have a web piece. Stop writing tings for the web – it’s a fad. 12:50 – Mark: It’s an umbrella and saw this through the Phoenix generators. 13:54 – Guest talks about web applications. 14:06 – Mark: Let’s talk about schema and databases? 14:23 – Panelist chimes-in. 14:51 – Panelists and guest talk about schemas, apps, and more. Check it out here. 16:13 – Guest: You will get the data and pass it in as a structure and... 16:23 – Mark: Here is a map of what I’d like you to do on my behalf. It goes to a chain set and I will turn it into a string and this is why it’s failed. 17:25 – Panel. 17:31 – Mark: It’s not hard and it’s pretty easy. Let’s talk about blog posts.  18:10 – Panel. 18:22 – Mark: I use Absinthe in the library in Elixir to support GraphQL. 18:50 – Panel. 19:06 – Guest: The total number of results and only once did I need a more complicated thing. 19:34 – Mark: I haven’t had a need for those. 20:01 – Panelists and guests talk about the hypothetical situations where and how they would use certain features for said situations. 20:23 – Guest: You don’t have to understand right out-of-the-box. 20:40 – Panel: Have you used stored functions as meta-columns in an Ecto schema? 20:48 – Panelist explains. 21:24 – Guest: I have used them in the past and now I don’t. For me it was hard to debug – maybe it’s just me. 21:43 – Panel: I was introduced to them through a colleague of mine. 21:53 – Mark chimes-in and talks about him being a DOT NET developer. 22:18 – Panelist chime-in, too! 22:50 – Mark. 23:16 – Panel: It was an awful time and not a good idea. 70 pages! Debugging it was hard. 23:35 – Mark: That experience was apart of that burn that I had before. I wanted to stay far away from it as far as I could. 24:00 – Panel: When I was doing it in DOT NET we didn’t have migrations. 24:12 – Panelist continues. 24:32 – Guest: I wonder if... 24:37 – Panel: It’s just a sequel – it’s not just an Ecto specific feature. 24:48 – Guest. 24:53 – FreshBooks! 26:01 – Mark: Edgar you were interested also in HOW Ecto was built. What experience did you have? 26:21 – Guest answers the question. 28:22 – Panel: No you typed REPO there. 28:30 – Guest: Whenever you save or make an update it’s a method. Unlike Ecto you have to all it something else. 28:47 – Panel: Hey let me get those article posted and someone did it in Loop and that is a lot of queries. 29:03 – Guest: Yeah that’s a good point. 29:45 – Mark: Something I’ve noticed is that they talk about performance improvements and better memory usage. Go read about it- it’s great. They talk about HOW Ecto is working and what is behind the scenes. 31:15 – Mark: Another feature that I have seen is UPSERTS. 31:50 – Guest talks about UPSERTS, too. 32:34 – Mark: Say I have a system that has 3 servers and it’s rolling updates (it will take down one and put up the new code, etc. and it will cycle) one thing they added was a lock on the migration table. I don’t know if you’ve had this – once it hits production data it is slow. Mark continues. 33:20 – Panel: I think it was just luck of the draw. 33:30 – Mark continues. 33:57 – The guest talks about his experience with the above-mentioned scenario. 34:20 – Mark: I like that you both have had goo experiences with your upgrades. I want people to be excited and know that there are great features out there. 34:49 – Guest: Yes, I have found that the blog post is helpful. It’s good to get adapted to the new changes. 35:17 – Panel: Yeah I normally don’t have teasers up to the actual upgrade. 35:28 – Panel: The community is nice and people made a good effort to communicate and help people. They did a GOOD job of helping people to feel comfortable within the transition from one version to the next! 41:37 – Ad: Lootcrate.com END – CacheFly! Links: Ruby Elixir Elixir: GenServer GenServers Elm JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Edgar Pino A sneak peek at Ecto 3 Ecto Active Record Pattern Repository Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books CacheFly Picks: Mark Plex Josh This Erlang Life Guest Ecto Documentation! Edgar Pino – My blog! Special Guest: Edgar Pino. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/18/201846 minutes, 22 seconds
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EMx 031: Lessons from a Decade of Erlang with Brujo Benavides

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Special Guest: Brujo Benavides  In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Brujo Benavides (Argentina) who is a software engineer and uses a mix of Elixir, Erlang, and GO. They talk about the similarities and differences between Erlang and Elixir. Brujo talks about conferences that he organizes. You can find the guest through GitHub, Twitter, and About Me. Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  0:58 – Chuck: Our special guest is Brujo B.! Let’s talk about the topic today, which is: Lessons from a decade of Erlang! We really haven’t talked about Erlang in the past. 1:47 – Mark: Can you give us your introduction, please? 1:55 – Guest: I started programming at 10 years old. I translated a guest to Spanish. Then after school I started working with other languages, until I did my thesis at the university. I got hired and then while there they taught me Erlang. After 2 years the company went away and died. When that happened I had my honeymoon plan to go to Europe. I went to Poland and found a company that interviewed me, I passed the test, and got hired. The best solution I could ever make. I moved from developer to another position, to director and then to CEO. 6:16 – Chuck: You have been doing Erlang for a while. My brain said 10 years of Elixir and that’s not possible – my bad. When Erlang came onto the scene how did that affect you? 6:40 – Guest answers Chuck’s question. 9:06 – Chuck: See show note links, please. It’s cool to see that you took cautious approaches to the language. What’s the balance between Erlang and Elixir? 9:33 – Guest: It’s about 45/45, because I also do GO. I don’t really like GO, but it’s whatever. 9:59 – Chuck: What has changed in the last 10 years? 10:09 – Guest: It’s my personal view on this and what I see at conferences. I saw a change from beginning Elixir as much acceptance and the community is more open. The people are already so developed already. 11:53 – Mark: I know there is an effort to make the beam languages more compatible. I know using a colon in the name and there’s a lot of communication there. At the last conference, they were talking about this. I think it’s neat that the community is not fighting this. In the early days it seems that the Erlang community were fighting it – what’s that transfer been like? 13:00 – Guest: There were other languages outside of Elixir with the beam. They failed and didn’t catch-on. 15:00 – Panel: How have you liked/disliked coding in Elixir vs. Erlang? 15:14 – Guest: I like many things that Elixir and Erlang can offer. Elixir is a mature and young language. There are many things that they corrected from day one. One thing I don’t like about Amber is that... 17:36 – Mark: I also use it b/c it does give that consistency. It normalizes all the different ways you can code. When I review people’s code I will take the code formatter and get it to be normalized. I am happy with it and I will take it. 18:17 – Guest: Everybody understands everybody’s code. 18:48 – Guest mentions Elvis. See links below. 19:00 – Chuck: It’s interesting. It comes down to community and in some ways it’s not that Erlang community isn’t a good one, but sounds like... 19:17 – Guest: The other thing that happened with the Erlang community is the topic of building websites. In 2015 it was in the Elixir Conference in San Francisco – I think – this is what happened... 20:47 – Mark: I think it’s a credit to both communities. I’ve watched those talks before. I was watching these Erlang Conferences and there have been Elixir speakers there. Good collaboration and I’m happy for that. 21:19 – Chuck: Will these 2 technologies grow together? 21:30 – Guest: Great mix of talks from Erlang and Elixir and talking about how to build systems. 22:49 – Mark: This blog post that you wrote – see show note links before. Can you mention the main topics that you wrote within this blog post? General lessons you’ve learned? 23:23 – Guest: The most important is how we start building stuff over common abstractions. 26:07 – FreshBooks! 27:11 – Mark: You mentioned the behaviors and the abstraction that is available through OTP is through the genserver. Those are and yes it’s true to educate people you will start with a spawn to see how simple things are. Yes, you don’t build a system on that. 27:55 – Guest: I recommend the talk to Spanish speakers. See links below. I asked for a translation but he said no. 29:10 – Mark: You talked also about test-driven development. How has testing in the Erlang community from the past and how has it been influenced by Elixir if at all? 29:53 – Guest: I am not sure. 32:34 – Mark: I don’t know how to spawn another node and have a disconnect in a testing framework? There might be other ways to do it? I would like to borrow that between the two. I’ve built some code that is cluster aware. Yeah I would love to have integration tests. Maybe that is available through Elixir- thanks for talking about that! 33:27 – Chuck: Anything else? Let’s talk about the Sawn Fest! 33:40 – Guest: It started in 2011 and started with a contest that anybody could participate. Judicators judged it and then awards were given. 34:38 – Chuck. 34:44 – Guest: The next year in 2012 the sponsors gave prizes. We were eagerly waiting but there was no contest that year. 37:47 – Chuck and guest go back-and-forth. 37:57 – Guest: There is a team of four now. If you go to the website it actually looks amazing unlike last year!! 39:19 – Mark: People will not hear about this, though, at the time it broadcasts b/c your episode is coming out after Nov. 24th - 25th. Can you do the game/contest remotely? 39:54 – Guest: Yes, people are playing from around the world from India, Denmark, Romania, Africa, and China! So yes you can do it from your house. 40:18 – Mark: What can people do or see or read about the winners? And after-the-fact? 40:32 – Guest: Yes when judges are judging we make the depositories public!! 42:05 – Chuck: My Sunday’s are usually pretty full. 42:19 – Guest: Yes that happened to me. As an organizer I cannot quit b/c I still have to be there. Time with my wife and kid is important, but yes it’s fun! 42:43 – Mark: Yes that shows how passionate they are about the community and the language. 42:56 – Chuck: Mind-blown! 43:10 – Chuck: You organize some conferences right? 43:17 – Guest: Yes. 44:25 – Chuck: Anything else? 44:30 – Mark: Dialyzer and curious about you organizing a Meetup? I have organized an Elixir Meetup. With Meetups how can you tell us how to make it successful? Are you doing both Erlang and Elixir? How are you running it? 45:10 – Guest answers the question. 51:53 – Chuck: How can people find you? 52:00 – Guest: GitHub! Twitter! About Me! (See links below.) 52:19 – Chuck: Picks! 52:20 – Ad: Lootcrate.com END – CacheFly! Links: Ruby Elixir Elixir: GenServer GenServers Elm JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Erlang Solutions Inaka Inaka Credo_Server Erlang Solutions Elvis 114 RR Elixir Show 048 RR Show 10 Lessons from Decade with Erlang YouTube Video in Spanish Erlang: Common_Test ExUnit Smalltalk SpawnFest 2018 SpawnFest Zoom Brujo’s Twitter Brujo’s Website Credo Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books CacheFly Picks: Mark Zoom Meeting Charles Mastodon Brujo Katana Test Special Guest: Brujo Benavides. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/11/201857 minutes, 8 seconds
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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 Devon Estes 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 Elixir, testing, and much more! Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  0:49 – Chuck: I am starting a new show called The DevRev. Check it out here! Our special guest today is Devon Estes. Episode 18 is a past episode you’ve been on – check it out here! 1:26 – Devon: I am American but live in Berlin, Germany for about 4 years now. I was a freelancer, but now I am at a “real” job now where I am a software developer using Elixir. 1:50 – Chuck: Cool! 2:05 – Guest: Something to always talk about testing – it’s evergreen! 2:15 – Chuck: What are the benefits you get from testing and what is your approach? 2:24 – The guest answers the question. 3:53 – Panelist chimes in. 4:18 – Panel: I like playing around and I know when something is terrible. I have to poke around to figure out if I like it or not. I am an exploratory developer. I write a test and it looks great at first but the implementation is terrible or something. 5:54 – Mark comments on developers and how they interact with their code. 7:15 – Mark: How do you approach that? I heard you talking about tests, spikes and other things. 7:22 – Guest: If it is something that is small I will write the test first. If it’s larger I will usually do 2-3 spikes to figure out what is going on. The guest continues with this topic. 8:54 – Panel: I found that over the years I couldn’t do that. 9:21 – Guest: With the topic of testing in Elixir I have these “rules” but I break them all the time. Sometimes you get better, cleaner tests out of it if you were to break the rule(s.). Tests are only there for 90% of the time, in my own opinion. Sometimes you have to play around to see what’s going on. 10:36 – Panel: I agree a lot, especially with integrations. 10:49 – Guest. 12:18 – Panel: You have these guidelines or rules and you know when to break those rules. You talked about these specific rules and I thought it was interesting. I was reading through these and I have the same rules but you codified them with examples. Can you walk us through your guidelines? 13:00 – Guest: To be super clear I am talking about unit tests. When I think of testing there is this testing pyramid. 13:52 – Panel. 14:57 – Guest: Like I said, these rules are meant to be broken, if appropriate. 16:39 – Guest continues with unit testing and other types of testing. He talks about easier to more difficult kinds of tests. 17:42 – Guest (continues): Sometimes the tests are accurately true, and sometimes not. It can be easy to get into those traps. Hopefully they will tell you what is expected. 18:25 – Panel: In Ruby, there is a test that would modify your code and remove stuff? Was it Mutant? Mutant testing. 19:03 – Guest answers the question. 19:38 – Guest: I don’t know if Elixir has anything like that, yet, but it would be pretty cool. It would be a good idea for someone to take on! 20:00 – Chuck: I have had conversations with a colleague – they both pushed back and talked more about Cypress.io and integrated tests. 21:04 – Chuck: I think it’s interesting to see the different approaches! 21:14 – Guest: We are lucky to have great tooling in Elixir!! The guest mentions Wallaby.js! 24:39 – The guest talks about unit levels. Check it out here! 26:35 – Panel. 26:48 – Chuck: How does it affect my workflow? I like end-to-end tests. The efficiency, if it’s repeating stuff – I don’t care – as long as it’s fast enough. If it ruins my workflow then it’s a problem. 27:22 – Panel. 28:12 – The topic “test coverage” is mentioned by Chuck. 28:25 – Panel. 29:02 – FreshBooks! 30:10 – Guest talks about Wallaby.js.  32:24 – Panel: We’ve had you on before, and the idea is that you are all into Elixir and its path. (EMx 018 – Episode with Devon Estes) 32:57 – Guest: I think testing in Elixir is simpler.  34:04 – Panel. 34:07 – Guest: You have commands and you have queries. The guest gives a hypothetical example! The guest also mentions GenServers, too. 35:42 – Guest: There are two ways that you can interact with the process: command & queries. 37:00 – Guest talks about different libraries such as: MoX. 37:41 – Panel: Any tips on testing the servers; just any GenServer? 38:25 – Panelist shares his approach with this. 39:54 – Guest: I don’t test name servers b/c they are by definition global state. The guest goes into great detail about testing – check it out! 46:29 – Panel. 47:01 – Guest: I kind of hate the term dependency interjection in the functional context. 47:17 – Panel: I think it’s helpful, because... 47:28 – Guest. 47:49 – Panelists go back-and-forth! 48:20 – Panel: Sending a message to the testing process – this was something that was stated by Devon earlier. I find this really helpful. 49:00 – Chuck: Picks! 49:05 – Ad: Lootcrate.com END – CacheFly! Links: Ruby Elixir GenServers Elm JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Wallaby Cypress.io Mutation Testing – GitHub MoX MRS 003 – Episode with Devon Estes RR 295 – Episode with Devon Estes RR 330 – Episode with Devon Estes EMx 018 – Episode with Devon Estes Devon’s GitHub Devon’s Twitter Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books CacheFly Picks: Mark Get Alias Blog - Mox Josh GitPitch.com Slide Deck by Josh Charles Values Extreme Ownership Sit down with your team Discord server for DevChat Recommendation Page for Elixir Devon Dell Laptop XPS 13 Play Station Mini Test  - [email protected] Special Guest: Devon Estes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
12/4/201842 minutes, 43 seconds
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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 Sophie DeBenedetto 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 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  0:50 – Chuck: Welcome! Our panel is Mark, Nate, and myself. Our special guest, today, is Sophie! Please introduce yourself! 1:32 – Guest: Hi! I am Sophie and I am an engineer who works at the Flatiron School. We are growing and fast and offer a lot of different courses. We are an international school working with Elixir and Phoenix. 2:10 – Chuck: You gave us multiple topics: Joken and Elixir Packages. Give us please some background there. 2:33 – Guest: I will talk about the problems we were trying to resolve with Joken. The Guest goes into detail about this topic. Sophie mentions Rails, Joken, Guardian, Phoenix, and Erlang-Jose. 4:41 – Guest: We found this nice little library that we needed and that was Joken. Initially, we were trying to hit the nail with a racket and all we needed was a hammer. 6:48 – Guest: I am telling the whole Internet our problem we had, and how we resolved it. That’s why I am here today, because you all found my blog. 9:04 – Panel: There is a lot there! Some terms that you mentioned: JWT is referred to as a JOT – for those listeners who don’t know. Panelist asks question. 9:43 – Guest answers the question. 10:52 – Panel: When I used Joken before I did use it with the HMAC algorithm. You are on the fringe of what is mainstream and you can come across those rough spots. You are doing this service of saying yes I found this problem and I will try to help you with this problem. 11:25 – Guest: It’s an interesting feeling to say we solved this problem and then realizing we were wrong about it. I’m glad that happened because it’s real. As a teacher I saw students being reluctant to blog b/c they didn’t want to be wrong, but that’s how you grow! 12:22 – Chuck: We talked about the JWT and the dots. How is this different than Ruby gems and other things? 12:44 – Guest: I think anyone would have thoughts on this. There’s not a lot of resources, and look into the Ruby community. From the Flatiron School our focus has been Ruby, and we ask our students to contribute. We want to find an answer to any problem we are facing through Ruby and Rails. More or less you will find a solution from somebody through the Internet. Elixir is definitely different from this because it’s a newer framework.  14:26 – Panelist asks about the curriculum through the Flatiron School. 14:48 – Guest answers the question. 16:08 – Panel: We have had Kate Travers from Flatiron Schools on our podcast before. What has your path been? 16:30 – Guest: We graduated at the same time and I went to the educational-side, which I did for a year to about a year and a half. I thought I needed to get my hands dirty, though, to be a better teacher. I went to this company...and I recently rejoined the Flatiron School’s faculty. 17:40 – Panel: That’s great. I was with a company for 3 years, left for 2 years, and then I came back. It’s a testament to not burning bridges. There is value to leaving and going to get new and different experiences. You grow in the process, and that’s what happened for me. I like your path and thanks for sharing your story! 18:50 – Fresh Books! 20:00 – Chuck: Do you have any policies on how students (at Flatiron School) need to contribute? 20:06 – Guest: Not so much HOW but we encourage it. The guest goes into detail and mentions Elixir School (see links below). 21:33 – Panel: That is a good suggestion if a newbie wants to contribute and they are afraid to contribute. You can get involved and your suggestion will be reviewed. 22:10 – Guest: Yes! There is a team member, Matt, and he contributed to the code base. He was new to the Elixir community, and showed his thought-process. Contributing to open source is great because it helps the community, and opens a pathway for great feedback and conversation. 23:30 – Panel: I think that’s a healthy way to look at pole requests. I have worked with folks that don’t view it that way, though. They hold their code a little close to their chest and that’s it. I like the dialogue. 24:00 – Chuck: This stuff isn’t staying still b/c the Elixir community is constantly growing. I cannot recommend highly enough to learn something new. It can be just 20-30 minutes a day. If you aren’t doing that then you will fall behind. 24:57 – Panel: Question for Sophie. How did you get involved with Elixir School? 25:18 – Guest: I am definitely not an expert. It’s a group of people who thought that Elixir should be more accessible. I like it because it’s beginner-friendly. Find something to contribute to b/c there are tons of different levels to find what’s good for you. 27:09 – Panel: Has it be re-skinned/re-themed? 27:15 – Guest: Yeah, I think so. Along with the theme-related they have been putting high priority into different languages. 27:38 – Panelist comments about natural languages and translations. 27:52 – Chuck: Was this a project through the school or something else? 28:06 – Guest: It’s not through the school. 28:36 – Chuck: Any other projects through the school? 28:46 – Guest: Yes, the school has a lab and it’s neat to see it grow! 29:38 – Panel: Have you tried those other technologies before (and they didn’t work) or did you just anticipate it was a problem that you couldn’t solve without the Beam. 30:02 – Guest answers. 32:33 – Panel: That makes sense. You were reaching for Erlang when you were on the Ruby Stack. 32:49 – Guest refers to tooling and Rabbit. 33:00 – Chuck: You mentioned Rabbit – what does your typical stack look like? Are you running Phoenix? Or here is a job so here is Elixir? What is your process like? 33:23 – Guest: A Ruby on Rails app it has all the ups-and-downs and it’s kind of old. As we are growing and partnering with new companies/schools we are updating and seeing a need to grow even more. 34:49 – Panel. 34:54 – Guest: The video that Chris McCord put out! 35:03 – Chuck: Check the show notes’ links! 35:15 – Chuck: Picks! 35:23 – Ad: Lootcrate.com END – CacheFly! Links: Ruby Elixir Elm Atom.io Flutter.io JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Guardian Joken Erlang-Jose Flatiron School Flatiron School's Blog Flatiron Labs Elixir School Elixir School EMx 020 Episode Utah Elixir Meetup Blog: How We Built the Learn IDE in Browser Break_In The Great Code Adventure Rabbit Sophie’s Website Sophie’s Twitter Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books CacheFly Picks: Mark Utah Elixir Meetup Nate Racquetball Getting out and doing something Charles repurpose.io Sling TV Fox Sports Sophie Elixir School Learn IDE Blog Special Guest: Sophie DeBenedetto. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/27/201843 minutes, 38 seconds
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EMx 028: Elixir, Node, and Bitcoin with Pete Corey

Panel: Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest: Pete Corey In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Pete Corey 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 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!  0:50 – Mark: Welcome! Our panel is Josh Adams and our guest is Pete Corey! Pete, can you tell people about yourself? 1:12 – Guest: I am a software developer and I run a web development consultancy company. I use Node and React, and I use Elixir in my free time, and I blog about that and various projects. 1:38 – Mark: How did you get into Elixir? 1:40 – Guest: Node has its limitations. I found myself not understanding concurrency at all. I saw Elixir and I came around to it when it was around its 1.0 era. I have been hooked ever since. 2:43 – Josh asks a question. 3:00 – Guest. 3:42 – Josh: Yeah it felt like I was putting a s 4:03 – Mark: Letting the mantra of letting it fail or let it crash. How do I recover? You are mentioning about your Node situation that you have these complex situations and how do I get back to a good running state. That’s what I like about Elixir. I’m more concerned: how do I get back to a good running state. It’s a mental shift and I really appreciate it. Instead of worrying about this half, I am focusing more on how do I use it to make it run smoothly? 5:20 – Guest: I totally agree. Learning Elixir has really flipped my mind about developing. I know failure happens – figure it how it fails and then anticipating HOW they might fail to make things easier. In terms of bigger projects... The guest talks about the BIG project he is working on now! Listen here! 7:40 – Panel: That sounds cool! Are you building this by yourself or with other people? 7:54 – Guest: It’s a solo project and I want to keep it that way. I was into Bitcoin before and I bought Mastering Bitcoin. Started working through that – how to go through private keys and things like that. 8:40 – Panel: I think that it’s great that you are SHARING through the process. I think that’s awesome and you are showing what you are learning and the pitfalls and the gains. 9:11 – Guest: It’s been a learning process with pattern matching. 10:20 – Panel. 10:30 – Guest talks about bytes. 10:59 – Panel: One of the first things I did in Elixir was... 11:27 – Guest: ...moving bytes around and moving integers and things like that. Elixir is much nicer! 11:40 – Panel: Can you talk about Gen TCP, please? 11:55 – Guest: A goal of my project tis to dig into the underlining Erlang properties. I think it’s a shame that people don’t explore this. The guest talks about what Gen TCP is! 13:38 – Panel: I like using Gen TCP. 13:54 – Guest: Every problem that I had boiled down to my lack of knowledge. 14:29 – Panel: What do you mean: it worked out better? 14:35 – Guest: My Gen TCP connection would pass to the...the issue is that Gen TCP is a streaming protocol. It might contain multiple packets or 1½ packets, etc. Every time I received some data I would impend it to a buffer and I would look for head eliminators. After that would be the packet length and I would split that number of bytes from the original buffer. That’s hard to explain, but... The guest talks about a solution!! 16:21 – Panel: I think there are a few great points there. One, Erlang has a lot of rich history. What are available through Erlang already? Join the Elixir Slack Channel! 17:34 – Panel: Sounds like you are using property testing? I think that’s cool – I want to spend more time digging into this! What is it? 18:00 – Guest: It is pretty cool and new to me. The guest talks about unit testing and then property testing. 20:20 – Panel: What kind of experience have you had? 20:40 – Fresh Books! 21:48 – Guest: The one place where I am using property testing is... 23:41 – Panel: That’s awesome. I want to get into it more. 23:50 – Guest: Once I get going it falls together pretty easily. It’s hard to come up with the properties that I want to test. 24:11 – Guest: It’s far more eye opening than unit testing. When you have to think about these fundamental properties you see in a different light. 24:33 – Panel: I am dropping in a link to your blog articles that you tagged. Is there anything else you want to say about your project? 24:55 – Guest: It’s an ongoing project. I haven’t actually implemented the meat of the project, yet. Please stay tuned! 25:25 – Panel: Is it your website: petecorey.com? 25:35 – Guest: Yes www.petecorey/blog.com and my newsletter! 25:47 – Panel. 25:55 – Guest asks a question. 26:05 – Panel. 26:12 – Panel: What else to talk about? 26:40 – Guest: There is another project to talk about and it’s about guitar chords and things like that; if you want? 26:57 – Panel: Yeah, generating music with Elixir is simple. I know you did the distance between chords thing? What else is super cool about it? 27:27 – Guest: It programmatically generates these guitar chords. The coolest piece is the algorithm all of guitar fingers for a guitar chord and fret this fret, etc. Then I can take the chord with a specific fingering and measure the distance. 28:30 – Panel: Have you seen Google Wave Net? It’s fairly recent. 28:39 – Guest: Is it related to Google Labs? 28:47 – Panel: I doubt it. 29:18 – Guest: Very cool, but I don’t have the AI chops. 29:26 – Panel. 29:29 – Guest: Yeah it works my brain a bit. 29:40 – Guest: Yeah I play too much guitar. I had enough money to buy my own guitar and amp. 29:54 – Panel: Talk about the chord charts. I was looking for the word: tablature!  END – Ad: Lootcrate.com Links: Ruby Elixir Elm Atom.io Flutter.io JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Bitcoin Gen_TCP Stream Data Bitcoin YECC LEEX Music Rustler ElixirWeekly Jsonnet Ksonnet Pete Corey’s Blog Pete Corey’s Twitter Secure Meteor Grafonnet-lib Prometheus-operator The Sparrow Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books Cache Fly Picks: Josh JSonnet KSonnet Grafonnet Prometheus Operator Mark HSTR Pete The Sarrow Special Guest: Pete Corey. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/20/201845 minutes, 30 seconds
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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 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 special guest and that is Eric Oestrich. Tell us who you are, please! 1:55 – Eric: I work for Smart Logic, LLC. We are a consultancy who has moved to Elixir for the last 2 years. 2:14 – Chuck: Tell us what ExVenture is? 2:46 – Eric: Late 80’s to mid-90’s it’s like a MUD tech space game. Eric goes into detail of what ExVenture is. 3:28 – Panel: Familiar with MUDS. 3:36 – Panel: Audience can’t tell that Eric isn’t an old guy. Eric – you aren’t an old gentleman – how did you get into it?! 4:02 – Eric: The concept has fascinated me. It’s pure game mechanics. In school I wrote things in Python and try to make it threaded. Never got it going. After that I wanted to do a MUD but not good enough in C and couldn’t get it working in Ruby neither. But one faithful day (a year ago) I got an echo and chat server and now we have a MUD. 5:02 – Panel: Why should you be interested? I will tell you why. ExVenture is an open source... I encourage everyone to dig into and play with it! It is a game (so that makes it more fun) but you are dealing with game mechanics. I am also curious where you wanted this to go? What made you say: I want to create this and make it open source? 6:37 – Eric: I like it and work has mostly played for it. It’s MIT because of that. Early in the project (between client work) it was a common thread and that’s why it’s open source. 7:27 – Panel: I ran into you at the conference and you were showing me... Talk about getting metrics out of your system, please? 8:20 – Eric answers the question. 9:09 – Panel: When people are trying to get metrics out of their system – what EVEN makes a good metric? 9:21- Eric: I am trying to figure that out myself, actually. I want to know how long it takes for someone to login? Is that someone trying to hack into my system? If you speak at a global channel or something else... Eric goes into more detail. Eric also mentions Prometheus. 10:31 – Panel: You mentioned: What would you want to see on a dashboard? 11:01 – Eric answers the question and mentions Prometheus EX. 12:19 – Panel: As you starting building this you were pulling libraries out of it and making them separate libraries. Are you pretty proud of GOSSIP? 12:37 – Eric: Yes! Gossip is based on web sockets and it’s a cowboy socket. Eric talks about Gossip. 13:10 – Panel: What other clients are you trying to support? 13:15 – Eric: There is a JavaScript client and Node-based game called... There is a bundle system for that. There is also a Python option. The one thing we haven’t done yet is a C client. That is important b/c most of the games that you could connect to are 25-30 years old. 14:26 – Panel asks a question. 14:34 – Eric: That is the C client we are waiting for. 14:43 – Panel: You talked at the conference (see the show notes) you talked about things you learned along the way. Can you talk about your process? What kind of bottlenecks and how did you resolve those issues? 15:10 – Eric answers the question. 16:44 – Panel: Did you run out of processes? 16:47 – Eric: The VM shut-off – it was just done. That was the first go-around. 19:27 – Eric: After the ElixirConf, I wanted to see how far I could push it. Eric continues. 19:51 – Panel: I want to identify some of these principles you just talked about. First, the major block was the gen server is a single process. 20:21 – Panel. 20:24 – Panel: I think that is a common mistake when people come to Elixir in the beginning stages. How did you solve it? 20:50 – Panelist answers the above question. 21:30 – Panel: That’s one of the big things. It’s an architectural issue. Second, you mentioned really LARGE messages. You were sending around really large messages. 22:20 – Eric: For every 100 players was a gigabyte of ram – it was a lot. And that was mostly b/c every copy...when a new character enters the room then that message gets sent out then it gets copied again, and... 23:08 – Panel. 23:24 – Panel: The third one you mentioned was around data base blocking or...? Can you talk about this one a little more, please? 23:33 – Eric answers the question. 24:02 – Panel. 24:30 – Eric: It was always saving...I tricked Echo into saving...There is a lot of things that could be better to save specifically faster. 24:52 – Panel: I think people would hit those 3 points eventually – there is a lot of value to that. 25:09 –Eric: Yes that was near the end of my ElixirConf talk and my blog. 25:23 – Panel. 25:33 – Eric: It came out in May and I figured out that I needed to learn how to cluster in Elixir. That’s what the ElixirConf was a bout from single node to multiple nodes. Eric continues. 28:38 – Panel: When you have a cluster – and I join – when I transfer from one room to another room, I could be passed off to another server or node? 29:01 – Eric: Whatever you mean by “being passed off.” Whatever server you land on that’s the one you will be on. The magic is that... 30:08 – Advertisement: Fresh Books! 31:15 – Panel: I am going through the code base now and I am excited. It’s going to help me get better at Elixir. 31:32 – Eric: That’s the point of ExVenture. 31:48 – Panel: You host a server so people can see what it’s about – and that’s Mid Mud, right? 32:09 – Eric: Yep, the first hour of you playing. There is a town crier, you request, and then combat monsters. Also, it is plugged into Gossip and you can talk to them. 32:44 – Eric: Yep, there you go: player logged-in! 32:55 – Panel: Maybe not b/c it will turn into a new podcast soon. 33:07 – Panel: What if I want to use Gossip, what is involved there? 33:16 – Eric: Gossip.Haus/docs – Go there! Set it up and start sending and receiving events. 34:40 – Panel: When I was trying to understand the Prometheus metrics it helped. And then in downloading it (as a tip), for me, it was easy to use the DOCKER instructions. 35:32 – Eric: Yep, that was done by a community member. 35:40 – Panel: Are you looking for people to contribute? 35:50 – Eric: Yep, I have a public Trello board. There are 2 tags. 36:12 – Panel: Sounds like you have people involved? 36:22 – Eric: Bunch of people came on after the ElixirConf. 36:33 – Panel: If people download it (another tip) in the SEEDS file you will find out the admin username and password. I guess that’s something you can add. Login: ADMIN and Password: PASSWORD. What I thought was fun (playing with it) in the admin screen I got a sense that it’s generic enough that I could create a space game. Like playing with sectors of space. Does that make sense? 37:42 – Eric: I don’t want it to be tied JUST to fantasy b/c that’s what MUD is. Everything should be good for historical/ fantasy/ etc. any genre that you want to do! 38:13 – Panel: I could see a HackFest and the company could create one for their business. You could have a lot of fun with it. 38:38 – Panel. 38:44 – Panel: Hidden things on their websites. 38:50 – Eric: Search TEXT ADVENTURE in Google Search. See show notes below. 39:24 – Panel: There is a whole subculture that people are interested in and I didn’t know that these people existed. I think that is interesting. 39:45 – Eric: There are tons of games out there that are 20+ years old! 39:55 – Panel: What is your favorite old school MUD game? 40:02 – Eric lists his favorite old school games! One of them is Achaea! 40:51 – Panel: I like the status bars are really cool. If you haven’t played it you have a health bar. Also you have these expiring times and it’s very cool – modern MUD. 41:22 – Eric. 42:00 – Panel: You came from a Ruby background – what was your transition to Elixir like for you? How did you come to Elixir? What was that like for you? 42:15 – Eric: Yeah some of my friends were into Elixir from a functional standpoint about 2 years ago. They were reading about Phoenix and such. They wanted to see how it was going to go. 43:06 – Panel: Try by fire. Coming from Ruby to Elixir – what some advice would you give the same person? 43:37 – Eric: It was less of a culture shock b/c Phoenix was still kind of “Railsy.” 44:35 – Panel: When I was first learning ERLANG, and telling them that it was a standard library. 44:59 – Eric: It’s using Cowboys Ranch. 45:19 – Eric: There are a number of people out there that they want people to run to SSH b/c it’s more secure. 45:46 – Eric: I guess if we are on this topic about secure... 46:40 – Chuck. 46:51 – Panel: I think there is a lot of value, Eric, and the lessons you’ve learned and the path you’ve gone down. If you are new to Elixir going to ExVenture is a great way to start. 47:20 – Eric. 47:35 – Panel: Just run the format and we can do it that way. I encourage people to download it and see what it’s like as a user, and play with it as an admin. We have a Meetup coming up this Thursday. Eric is coming in virtually into our Meetup group. 48:29 – Eric: Gossip is open source. Grapevine and Raisin – check these out, too, b/c they are open source, too. 48:58 – Panel: Where can people contact you? 49:05 – Eric: Twitter! GitHub! Mudcoders.com. 49:39 – Picks! 49:44 – Ad: Lootcrate.com Links: Ruby Elixir Elm Atom.io Flutter.io JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Erlang ExVenture Ex_Venture ExVenture’s Trello Board Prometheus Prometheus EX Gossip GitHub: Gossip 2018 – Conference Talk @ Elixir Conf with Eric Oestrich Eric’s Blog Libcluster Raft – GitHub.io – The Raft Consensus Algorithm pg2 MidMUD Gossip/Haus/Docs ExVenture: Docker Environment Google: Text Adventure Achaea Cowboy SSH Grapevine Raisin ASDF Plugins Eric’s GitHub Eric’s Twitter Brooklyn Nine-Nine Elm Packages MetaBase Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books Cache Fly Picks: Eric MUD Coders Elixir LS Mark ASDF Library Josh Brooklyn Nine-Nine Elm UI Nate Mentoring and Paired Programming Metabase Charles Monster Hunters International Special Guest: Eric Oestrich. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/13/201855 minutes, 28 seconds
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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 you are famous? 1:16 – Guest: Here it goes...I have a diverse background. I have a background in hardware and went into software and it got me into Ruby. From there I moved to the software world and in constant contact with a Ruby project. Then I found an Elixir book and thought it was really cool. About a year ago I started working with a consulting company that uses Elixir. They have a cool entrepreneur group. Then about 3 months ago I transferred to another project. 2:41 – Panel: The MBTA? 2:49 – Guest: You thought I was using old crust technology, but they are using new technologies. 3:06 – Panel: You have this hardware background have you looked at NERVES? 3:17 – Guest: I have an interest in it. 3:34 – Let’s talk about deploying Elixir apps. Getting into Elixir might be interesting to talk about? Let’s talk about how you got into Elixir, please. 3:55 – Guest: I had an easy slide into it. The guest talks about how to structure code and how he learned about Elixir. 4:34 – Chuck: Where would have gotten into trouble if you didn’t have that? 4:39 – Guest: ...how do you organize code? It’s a bunch of modules with functions in them. 5:19 – Panel: You mentioned code reviews – and to me that’s how you learn something fast. 5:30 – Guest: I was lucky to have worked with a person who is really picky about code reviews. They were detailed and I learned a lot from him. 5:53 – Panel: I give code reviews, too. What makes a good code review from the receiving end? 6:12 – Guest answers the question. Guest: Don’t write the code for me, but...here is a general direction. 6:37 – Panel: I give the person a wrong review so they have to learn it. 7:00 – Chuck: Would have it been easier if it was a smaller project? 7:10 – Guest: I think it helped that it was a larger project. 7:29 – Chuck: We have talked about deployment and other tools that you’ve used. What I am curious about – you were using AWS and ECS can you talk about that, please? 8:00 – Guest: It was a wild ride for me. We knew we’d have to get there eventually and went for it. We never had deployed an Elixir app before. I had little knowledge with AWS, so there were thousands of new things I was learning in one week. I learned a lot from this guy and he said let’s get the app running, then let’s take it to an RDS, then let’s make sure this and that work. There is a lot going on there, but breaking it down you could figure it out when they came up. It was a lifesaver having his work b/c it would have taken me weeks instead of a few days. 9:28 – Chuck: My wife and I watched The Martian a few days ago. The character said: you solve one problem at a time. 9:47 – Guest: Yes. 10:00 – Guest: The article, “Guide to Deploy a...” 10:20 – Guest: I understood the pieces very well. 10:30 – Panel: Setting up an umbrella project. Is that how you have yours set-up? 10:48 – Guest: Single Phoenix application for me. 11:15 – Panel: Sounds like you were learning a lot of different technologies – any big “AH HA” moments? 11:30 – Guest answers the question. 12:15 – Panel: I like how the Distillery 2.0 Guide and the docker file... 12:30 – Chuck: Walk us through your structure of your talk? 12:39 – Guest: Yes, higher order functions - that’s what I was talking about. Where in the Elixir world you want to pass around functions. I had this idea that I had one task that was very similar but you had to do it multiple times. To do that I defined one piece of code that... It was a way to reuse a lot of code and... 13:51 – Panel: That is a pattern I enjoy using. Instead of using a mocking library I like a function that can direct it. The thing I enjoyed about it was that I could have a test data and a test interface in a production environment. I could create a customer... 15:06 – Guest. 15:44 – Guest: Gen state is pretty awesome. It’s not in Elixir Proper, yet. 16:55 – Chuck: I can see how that is helpful. You have to manage the pipeline on your own. 17:18 – Guest: You can upload a certain number of permits. That can be handled behind the scenes. 17:45 – Panel: Yeah the first state was manage the Q and then... 18:48 – Guest: That is what I am doing right now – one at a time right now. If I need more processing on this one node, I can... 19:20 – Panel: That’s when Elixir feels very powerful. 19:26 – Guest: That’s a talk I have a lot. Ruby is great, but when you dive into OPT in Elixir then it’s amazing. 19:54 – Chuck: We are starting to get there with Elixir. I don’t miss as much stuff with Ruby as I did before.  20:10 – Guest: What libraries I don’t need and I haven’t come across that just yet. 20:44 – Panel asks a question. 20:50 – Guest: I wasn’t directly involved. They are working with predictions for bust lines. And they grab data form many different sources. They are trying to combine all that data and it has been a good solution for them. 21:25 – Panel: Since you have a Ruby background and hardware – what is the Elixir system like for you? 21:41 – Guest: I haven’t come across too many problems. Elixir’s language tends to be smaller – which I like. I think people from JavaScript like having NEW things all of the time. Elixir is done and we are just adding small things here and there. 22:13 – Panel: Yeah, I agree. Elixir is a mature platform right now. 22:45 – Guest: Elixir is very mature – I agree. 23:10 – Panel: I think it being built with care is nice. 23:34 – Guest: I love diving into Elixir and source code. I know exactly what I need. In some Ruby libraries they are so heavily dependent on... 24:05 – Loot Crate! 25:13 – Chuck. 25:40 – Guest. 25:50 – Panel: Being explicit and concise at the same time I don’t feel so bad. 26:00- Chuck: ...I want to know that those are there. If it was – you have to go through all of this ceremony – that’s boilerplate that I feel doesn’t’ add a lot. 26:36 – Panel: Getting out a functional language...being able to see a module and it has every sort of path that I can run is nice. 27:00 – Guest. 27:37 – Panel: I did that a bit for my Rail code. People didn’t like that it wasn’t “normal.” 27:52 – Guest. 28:09 – Panel: Coming into this project where one of the developers likes using MACROS. It’s been a challenge b/c MACROS still let’s you create magic. We talked with Sasha and he queued me to this document and it’s the library guidelines. In the anti-patterns it says: avoid macros. 29:32 – Guest: ...but you should think twice before you dive into macros. 29:50 – Panel: I used macros once to enforce... 30:01 – Panel: What are your feelings on dialyzer – what do you think? 30:15 – Guest: I think it’s the way of the future - I love it. 30:58 – Panel: I am trying VS code and it does incremental dialyzer compilation.  31:27 – Guest: Of course the problem with dialyzer are the error messages. It can be frustrating. 31:40 – Panel. 31:43 – Guest: ...eventually I would figure it out. I went dialyzer front to back on my current project. A month into the project I wasn’t writing new specs, and then I realized I hadn’t done it in awhile, and of course I have a 500 error on the server. Turns out I was... 33:00 – Panel: Yes. I encourage people to... 33:07 – Guest: The way it captures things is that... 33:29 – Panel. 33:42 – Panel: We talked about that on the previous episode. It’s an RC right now, but it’s been helpful. There is a explained option. It will give me an example, I didn’t know how to fix it but... 34:14 – Guest: It can help you write simpler code. 34:47 – Panel. 34:52 – Guest: With an Elm background I think it helped me. 35:13 – Panel. 35:45 – Guest: My dream world would be... 35:55 – Panel: Josh, how does it do it? 36:03 – Panel: What is Elixir LS? 36:09 – Panel answers the question. 36:50 – Panel: I have used ATOM as an editor...how do you like visual studio code? 37:01 – Panel answers the question. 37:38 – Panel: I have used FLUTTER. 37:44 – Chuck: I like it. 38:20 – Chuck talks about Flutter and the advantages of it. 38:34 – Guest: What editors do you like, Bill? 38:36 – Guest answers the question. 38:54 – Panel. 39:00 – Guest says that it is something worth trying. 39:07 – Chuck: Try it you will like it – there is an ATOM plugin, too. 39:36 – Panel: I hate the name visual studio code. 39:43 – Panel. 40:02 – Panel: I know you have some feelings of Graph QL? 40:12 – Guest: It is love in every sense. One day in vacation... 41:14 – Panel: I like it, too. 42:01 – Guest: I haven’t much experience there. I played years ago with Graph QL and it looked encouraging and thought it was hard to build one of those things. To help debug as you are writing them is out of this world! 42:30 – Panel: I can look at the schema in Graph QL, here are the mutations I have available. 42:50 – Panel: The docs are right they can’t be wrong. 43:03 – Guest. 43:38 – Chuck: What are you working on now and what are you struggling with? 43:48 – Guest: None of them are super, super hard but today I am trying to learn how to send... 44:14 – Guest: There are a lot of new things for me like AWS, new technologies and a tight schedule. Trying to get new things done. 44:33 – Chuck: What do I learn next – that is a question that I hear a lot. 44:43 – Guest: Yeah, learning when I need them but the exception is Graph QL for me. Learn things as we go – nothing is too scary b/c there are proof of concepts out there. 45:32 – Chuck: People will ask this when they are trying to work on a project. 45:44 – Guest: I try to learn things on these side projects. I usually bail out before the really hard stuff. 46:00 – Chuck: Picks! 46:14 – Fresh Books! Links: Ruby Elixir Elm Atom.io Flutter.io JavaScript Visual Studio Code React Erlang Guide to Deploy a... YouTube Video – Bill Peregoy GenStage DockYard Article Library Guidelines Avoid Macros VS CODE Elixir LS VS CODIUM Graph QL Absinthe DIRENV HEX DOCS Bill’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot Crate Get a Coder Job! Fresh Books Cache Fly Picks: Mark Direnv Josh Flutter Bill Distillery Doc Charles Extreme Ownership Special Guest: Bill Peregoy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
11/6/201854 minutes, 14 seconds
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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 here! The panel talks about his book, past and current projects, in addition to configurations, and Elixir. Show Topics: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 0:50 – Chuck: Panel. Our guest is Sasa Juric. Introduce yourself to us please. 1:12 – Guest: I am known for writing my book and my blogs. I am president to the Elixir forum and helping people out. I have been using Elixir for 5 years; in the past I have used C++ and others. 1:46 – Chuck: App env and configuration and sounds like we could talk about more. Let’s start there, though. 1:59 – Guest. 2:03 – Panel: A little background with configuration b/c it’s been a topic in the community. There is a lot of discussion around it. What is the right way? And there is a change in how we deploy software. We have more docker containers and multiple stages of deployment and tons of configurations through environment settings. Anything you can talk about that? 2:51 – (Guest answers those questions. He discusses in detail about docker configurations. Also, the guest talks about the various settings per the different environments.) 7:25 – Panel: That was a thorough summary. 7:29 – Guest: I can talk more. 7:35 – Panel: So we have background on configuration is setup and the goals we have. What are some of the ways that a person with Elixir – how do they start? Tips / advice? They have their app and trying to go to production? 8:22 – (Guest answers the question.) Guest: 90% of the time, this is what you want to do. This is what you do...build it and put it in the folder structure, and you are good to go. Why is this good? You don’t have to have a bunch of... If you are using Phoenix than you need Node.js and you don’t want to have that on your production. You can easily run side-by-side different versions of Erlang and Phoenix. 11:40 – Panel: You can do that in a single docker file? 11:47 – Guest. 11:51 – Panel: You just copy the files... 11:56 – Panel: I learned I could do that by the distiller 2.0...I hadn’t encountered that before. 12:11 – Guest: Look into the distillery. I want to give compliments to Paul and the team is great. Go to Distillery and see the tutorials. 12:37 – Panel: People think I don’t want to use docker there is an option.... 13:01 – Guest. 13:04 – Chuck: Different types of configuration? 13:13 – Guest: Right this discussion too which is probably talking about my blog post, and I have this wild thought about configurations. We can discuss the issues and different solutions. We have these configurations files and they contain these time various configurations and... There is usually more than 1 configuration file. 17:53 – Panel: You only get agreement. I have had that problem, too, saying what is this configuration? What are THE Settings that are present and yeah that is a problem? You identify these problems in your blog, where it’s not checked in and the code will not... I have had to work around that in my projects. We are going to create a sample project and it will have defaults. So we can improve the situation. 18:45 – Panel: Class based configurations – I get angry. 19:05 – Guest: I try to challenge this status quo. Some people agree and others disagree. Some say this blanket statement. 19:54 – Loot Crate! 20:47 – Guest: Another thing to note is that configurations are free form key values. Remember, my point is that it boils down to some function being involved with these values. (Guest continues...) 23:36 – What is your direction that you are proposing? 23:40 – Guest: We are going to discuss other issues. 23:49 – Panel: As background, as apart of that whole configuration in those distillery docs... 24:41 – What is the next step in the discussion? 24:48 – Guest: Let’s take a step back. (Guest talks about Distillery 2.0.) 27:09 – Guest continues... 29:50 – Panel: That makes sense and flexible. 29:58 – Guest: The other complaint is that the Phoenix generator is pushing the community in the wrong direction by forcing a lot of things by default. When you generate your project with... My team we have used the configuration b/c it seems the right way to do, but what constitutes this? Should this go here and what is a configuration? 30:52 – Panel: I don’t have a synced answer – I don’t have a boundary to say what does or doesn’t’ go in there. 31:13 – Guest: Like the operator might decide to change the HPP port or maybe you want to...? You have to make the decision – what will those things be? 31:32 – Panel: React to a configuration change, it’s very clear to... 31:57 – Guest: It is very arbitrary by its nature. One of the main things (in the blog post) my coworker said it felt like a configuration. What does that mean? Should we have some sort of rules? What is a configuration and what isn’t? 32:33 – Panel comments. 32:55 – Guest: Now I am swinging in a new extreme. You started with parameters nothing more and there is nothing more than functions and parameters. 34:41 – Chuck: You keep bringing up JSON is there a reason why? 34:55 – Guest: I am not a super fan of JSON for various reasons but we decided on JSON b/c it’s fairly easy. Most of our clients and admin can add it. 35:18 – Chuck: Asks a question. 35:30 – Guest: Getting a configuration... 36:35 – Panel. 36:39 – Guest: With Distillery 2.0... 36:47 – Chuck: What formats do you like if you don’t like JSON? 36:58 – Guest: I am not sure. I would like to run everything in Elixir directly. 37:47 – Panel: I have been using Kubernetes. I like that I can have comments. 38:00 – Panel. 38:10 – Panel. 38:17 – JSON is terrible but you can use it and everyone can, too. 38:27 – Guest: I would probably pick JSON between those two. It’s the lesser of 2 evils. 38:40 – Panel. 39:03 – Guest: The key is to clean up this configuration in the first place. My impression is... 39:30 – Panel: I wrote a library, and there was configuration but it doesn’t belong – it’s not a configuration setting nor...so where should those kinds of settings be? I know they are just parameters, but...so we can pull out our configuration files? 40:11 – Guest: It should be grouped by scope. Take Phoenix application... 41:54 – Panel: That’s your exposed configuration – conceivably – but it should be hard coded. 42:04 – Guest: It won’t be hard coded, and the server will be different in production than your machine. 42:17 – Panel. 42:30 – Guest: Precisely. You have to ask: is this a configured parameter or not? 42:43 – Chuck: Can you talk about how to encrypt and/or protect these secrets? 42:56 – Guest: There are these secrets that are broad secrets via...and it depends on you how you’re going to protect them. Use some encryption scheme. 43:20 – Panel. 43:28 – Guest: Right. 43:31 – Chuck: In Rails it has a secret file, too and you have to provide the key to the app. Then your KEY is a secret. It feels like this circular problem. 43:53 – Guest. 44:54 – Panel: When you are dealing with that sort of thing...library will absolutely assume...and it limits flexibility. 45:17 – Guest: It’s not just an Elixir thing I have seen it in Erlang, too. 47:32 – Chuck: Any stories of people getting this wrong or right? I guess people don’t talk about that; any good stories? 47:54 – Guest: A lot of stories, actually!  49:52 – Panel: Being that Elixir is a more functional language, how do I put in a configuration that will be available at runtime and available very early. I think that is why we stick things up there by putting it in there. 50:35 – Panel. 50:43 – Panel: If it is a library and passes it to a configuration - where does it put it? 50:53 – Panel: A library and not an application... 51:05 – Guest. 51:45 – Panel: Where do I put it? 52:03 – Guest: There are some libraries that have to be configured before we start. The only case that needs some setting before we start is LOGGER. 53:00 – Panel. 53:15 – Guest. 54:00 – (Guest mentions à la Carte – check it out here! It’s just a factory.) 55:38 – Chuck: Let’s do picks! 55:46 – Fresh Books! Links: Ruby Elixir JavaScript React Erlang Kubernetes JSON Logger Docker Config Rethinking App Env Distillery Documentation Elixir in Action Elixir in Action – Book – 2nd edition Elixir – Library Guidelines Elixir Forum The 12-Factor App Distillery’s Documentation GitHub: Toml-Elixir GitHub: Riak_Ensemble GitHub: Elm – Beam GitHub: CodeC-Beam Library Guidelines – Elixir Configuring Elixir Libraries Handling Configurations Etcher Tweet Mashup Sasa’s YouTube Video Sasa’s Twitter Sasa’s GitHub Sasa’s Information at Elixir Conf Sasa’s LinkedIn Josh Adams’ Email: [email protected] Sponsors: Loot Crate Fresh Books Cache Fly Get a Coder Job! Picks: Sasa Run-time Library Guidelines Elixir in Action – Book – 2nd edition The Erlangelist Solid Ground Chuck Tweet Mashup My JavaScript Story Channel Shush App Mark Etcher.io Josh Elm Beam Special Guest: Saša Jurić. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy