Elixir Mix

Elixir Mix

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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

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Exploring Elixir Type Validation with Domo and Ivan Rublev - EMx 271

January 24, 2025 • 49 mins
Welcome to another insightful episode of Elixir Mix, part of the Top End Devs podcast. In today’s conversation, our host Charles Max Wood and panelist Sasha Wolf welcome Ivan Rublev, a backend Elixir engineer with a particular focus on business domains like real estate and B2B.

Ivan dives deep into the Domo library—a project he started to address certain gaps he felt existed within Elixir’s type system. He explains how Domo provides...
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Elixir and Python interoperability with Alvise Susmel - EMx 270

January 8, 2025 • 44 mins
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!

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Riak Core and Partisan with Mariano Guerra - EMx 269

January 1, 2025 • 46 mins
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.
 
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    Embracing Erlang with Todd Resudek - EMx 268

    December 25, 2024 • 42 mins
    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.

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    Nerves Powered Mechanical Keyboards with Chris Dosé - EMx 267

    December 18, 2024 • 51 mins
    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.

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    Elixir Education with Adolfo Neto - EMx 266

    December 11, 2024 • 46 mins
    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.

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    Finding the Silver Lining in Hard Times - EMx 265

    December 4, 2024 • 43 mins
    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.

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    Elixir Education with Adolfo Neto - EMx 264

    November 27, 2024 • 46 mins
    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.

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    Pluralsight, Courses, and Elixir the Big Picture ft. AJ Foster - EMx 263

    November 20, 2024 • 40 mins
    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.

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    Elixir as a General Purpose Language - EMx 262

    November 13, 2024 • 35 mins
    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.


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    Mentorship and Teaching in Technology with Bruce Tate - EMx 261

    November 6, 2024 • 58 mins
    Dive into an enlightening conversation with Allen, Adi together and special guest Bruce Tate as he shares his passion for teaching underrepresented communities in tech. In this episode, Bruce discusses the transformative power of mentorship through Alexa Chat, a weekly volunteer-driven session aimed at fostering inclusivity and learning among aspiring coders. Discover how creating a safe space can lead to profound personal and prof...
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    What Time Is It? Dealing with Date, Time and Timezones in Elixir with Lau Taarnskov - Emx 260

    October 30, 2024 • 41 mins
    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.

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    Learning and Loving Elixir with Randall Thomas - EMx 259

    October 23, 2024 • 48 mins
    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

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    Nerves Powered Mechanical Keyboards with Chris Dosé - EMx 258

    October 16, 2024 • 51 mins
    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.

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    What it means to be a Senior - EMx 257

    October 9, 2024 • 51 mins
    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.


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    • 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 appro...
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    Milestones in Elixir's Evolution - EMx 256

    October 2, 2024 • 39 mins
    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.

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    Learning and Loving Elixir with Randall Thomas - EMx 255

    September 25, 2024 • 48 mins
    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!

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    Embracing Open Source and WebAssembly - EMx 254

    September 18, 2024 • 44 mins
    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.


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    The Future of Data Transformation: Inside the Development of Babel - EMx 253

    August 15, 2024 • 46 mins
     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 d...
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    Exercism’s Tools and Features: A Deep Dive into Concept Exercises and Learning Tracks - EMx 252

    July 17, 2024 • 47 mins
    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 ...
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