Meryl Dakin on Token Alchemist – Elixir Internals

Bryan Joseph on ElixirScript – Elixir Internals: Today on the show we continue our series on the inner workings and various libraries of Elixir and are very happy to welcome Bryan Joseph of Revelry to talk about his very own ElixirScript. ElixirScript is essentially an Elixir to JavaScript compiler, allowing users to run Elixir online more easily. by Elixir Wizards

24 min listen

Season Two Wrap: Welcome to the last episode of Season 2 of the podcast! We are taking this opportunity to recap what we covered in the season and talk about what we liked and what we didn't like so much. We do not have a guest for today's show so it is just Eric and Justus doing some reflection. We do want to take this opportunity to thank all of our guests that have appeared on this season and shared their expertise with us, we definitely feel we learned a lot during this time! In Season 3 we will be focussing on functional programming, performance and teaching Elixir, so make sure to keep an eye out for when that drops in the future! by Elixir Wizards

12 min listen

Frank Hunleth - Elixir in Production: We talk with Frank Hunleth from the Nerves core team about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

29 min listen

Dan Ivovich from SmartLogic - Elixir in Production: We talk with developers from here at SmartLogic about our current practices on deploying Elixir and Phoenix in production. by Elixir Wizards

28 min listen

Brooklyn Zelenka from SPADE Co. - Elixir in Production: We talk with Brooklyn Zelenka from SPADE Co. about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

28 min listen

Ryan Billingsley from ClusterTruck - Elixir in Production: We talk with Ryan Billingsley from ClusterTruck about their current Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

33 min listen

Elixir in Production Recap: With this season over, we bring Dan Ivovich back to talk about what we learned. by Elixir Wizards

20 min listen

Jeffrey Matthias from Community - Elixir in Production: We talk with Jeffrey Matthias from Community about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

44 min listen

Season 2 Trailer: We’re excited to announce our season two topic, Elixir Internals. In this season we talk with developers behind some of the most popular Elixir libraries, including Witchcraft, ElixirScript, Distillery, Ecto, and more! by Elixir Wizards

1 min listen

Todd Resudek from Weedmaps - Elixir in Production: We talk with Todd Resudek from Weedmaps about their current Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

26 min listen

Meryl Dakin on Token Alchemist – Elixir Internals: Today on the show we continue our series on the inner workings of several different Elixir libraries and are happy to be joined by Meryl Dakin, Software Engineer at the Flatiron School and author of Token Alchemist. In this episode, we discover how Meryl got started with Elixir and what the process was like for her transitioning from Ruby to Elixir. We learn more about the internal functions of Token Alchemist within the school context and discuss the unique opportunities Meryl has discovered in Elixir, as well as the trickier language features that programmers are likely to experience in their learning process. Meryl also shares the challenges that Token Alchemist attempts to overcome – delving deeper into LTI, the Learn.co platform, OAuth and JSON. For all this and more, be sure to click play! by Elixir Wizards

28 min listen

Sean Lewis from Divvy on Performance, Hiring and Training: Today on Elixir Wizards we are delighted to be joined by Sean Lewis, a senior backend architect at Divvy. One of the many impressive facts about Sean is that he is entirely self-taught, from dabbling in Python and coding to eventually writing a bunch of Ruby tests and working his way up in the product development sphere. In his free time, he likes to play around with electronics and work on other tech-related projects such as developing custom smart home devices. In this episode, Sean discusses his recent Meetup talk on the implementation of Broadway and explains Divvy’s tech stack choices that include React, Elixir, and Python. He dives into the topic of hiring for Elixir, outlining the challenges and providing strategies and resources to equip new developers in the area of functional programming. by Elixir Wizards

35 min listen

René Föhring on Credo – Elixir Internals: Welcome back to the SmartLogic Podcast where we talk about the latest developments and best practices in the web and mobile software industry. In continuing with our theme of Elixir Internals, we’re having a conversation about the inner workings of one of the most popular Elixir libraries, Credo, and we are joined by the author René Föhring. René shares the story of how he was introduced to Elixir while doing his PhD and looking for a new programming language and then shares the philosophy and inspiration Credo was developed on. by Elixir Wizards

30 min listen

Shanti Chellaram on Pri-Queue and raft_erl – Elixir Internals: Today on the show we welcome Shanti Chellaram to talk about a couple of Erlang libraries she has created! We hear from her about Pri-Queue and raft_erl, and her motivation behind making them and some of the things we wishes she did differently! Shanti shares some of her background, early coding experiences, affinity for open source and her current work situation. From there we look at Pri-Queue, the problem it addresses and what a priority queue is. by Elixir Wizards

29 min listen

Dave Lucia on Rustler – Elixir Internals: Our guest today on the show is Dave Lucia, who is currently the Vice President of Engineering at SimpleBet. He is here as part of Elixir Internals series, to talk to us and all our listeners about Rustler and the contribution he made to the library! According to our guest, Rustler acts as a bridge between Rust and Elixir and allows users to employ the power of Rust within Elixir and a great example of this can be found in Dave's work at SimpleBet. He explains some of this application and the functionality and improvement it offers and the big difference the machine learning models make to this work. by Elixir Wizards

33 min listen

Jay Ashe from Cava - Elixir in Production: We talk with Jay Ashe from Cava about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

17 min listen

Lonestar ElixirConf 2019 Lunchisode: We sat down with numerous developers, including José Valim and Chris McCord, during the Saturday lunch at Lonestar ElixirConf 2019. Hear what they had to say about the state of Elixir! by Elixir Wizards

49 min listen

Paul Schoenfelder on Distillery – Elixir Internals: Welcome back to show everyone and today in our exploration of Elixir libraries we are talking to Paul Schoenfelder! He is here to unpack Distillery, his own creation from the world of Elixir and tell us about how it works. We also discuss how Paul made the transition from bigger corporations into the startup world, his early experiences of different coding languages and the initial steps he took in writing Distillery. Paul is very honest about the unclear future of the library and he shares his hopes for it for the short term as well as clarifying its key concepts and functions. He gives great advice and directions for learning more about the resource and how you can help him and his projects out if you use them. For all this and then some, be sure to join us today for the show! by Elixir Wizards

30 min listen

Smart Software Season 1 Trailer: Welcome to the first season of Smart Software with SmartLogic. We'll be interviewing several companies about how they use Elixir in Production this season. In this preview episode, we introduce ourselves and some of the topics we’ll be covering. by Elixir Wizards

1 min listen

Season 3 Trailer: Welcome back to Season 3! Our theme this time around is Working with Elixir. Listen for more on our theme, upcoming guests, and our new name. by Elixir Wizards

2 min listen

Todd Resudek on Hex – Elixir Internals: Today on the show we get stuck into the inner workings of Hex 1.0 and are happy to be joined by returning guest, Todd Resudek. As you might already know, Todd is the Senior Software Engineer at Weedmaps, a regular speaker on the conference scene, and one of the three core team members at Hex. With the total downloads sitting at 641 million, the Hex community is growing rapidly and shows no signs of slowing down. In this episode, we discover what makes the Hex packages some of the most popular packages out there today, as well as the new and improved features currently in the pipeline. In addition, we find out how Todd first got involved with the Hex team and how the team makes decisions and problem solves. by Elixir Wizards

34 min listen

Chris Keathley on Wallaby and Raft – Elixir Internals: In this episode of the podcast we are joined by Chris Keathley to continue our exploration of Elixir internals as he tells us about two very popular libraries that he developed, Wallaby and Raft. We start off with some background and his initial experiences with Elixir and open source projects before diving into Wallaby and some of the biggest lessons that Chris learned during and after his work on the library. by Elixir Wizards

27 min listen

Brooklyn Zelenka on Witchcraft - Elixir Internals: Hey everybody and welcome back to Season 2 of the podcast! This season we will be talking about Elixir internals, libraries and the inner workings of the language. In our first episode we are very happy to be joined by Brooklyn Zelenka to start off our journey on the subject with an exploration of her very own Witchcraft. by Elixir Wizards

30 min listen

Mark Ericksen - Elixir in Production: We talk with Mark Ericksen about their current and past Elixir projects and how they are deployed. by Elixir Wizards

37 min listen

José Valim, Creator of Elixir: Today on Elixir Wizards we are joined by none other than José Valim, the inventor of Elixir! Coming from the Ruby on Rails world, José found his way to functional programming and we hear all about the evolution of his philosophy and thought process around the time of the creation of the language. He gives us some great insight into why functional programming is so appealing to him and the problems he wanted to solve by creating Elixir. We chat about other languages and his use of Erlang, Elixir's three biggest influences and some important characters in the story. José also shares a bit of personal, behind the scenes stuff about his schedule and how he tries to stay as productive as possible. We finish off the chat, talking about performance and the measures José has taken in this regard. For all this and more from a true Elixir wizard, be sure to tune in! by Elixir Wizards

44 min listen

Sophie DeBenedetto on Excrypt and Railway – Elixir Internals: Welcome to another episode of the podcast everybody! As we continue our journey into Elixir internals in Season 2, we welcome Sophie DeBenedetto to tell us about the two libraries she and the Flatiron School created! We talk about Encrypt and Railway and a bunch of other great stuff from the world of Elixir and open source and Sophie shares so much about why she is particularly excited about things at the moment. by Elixir Wizards

31 min listen

Lizzie Paquette on Compiling, Microliths, and Macros: Imagine being hired into a rocketship startup using Elixir as its primary language. Today, we speak with Lizzie Paquette, a system software engineer, about how she got into coding and her role at Brex. by Elixir Wizards

48 min listen

Eric Meadows Jönsson on Hex and Working with Elixir: We are happy to be joined in this episode by Eric Meadows Jönsson, creator of the hexpm package manager, and an amazing resource who works tirelessly to build the Elixir community. Eric presently works at Brex and was part of the core team at Forza previously. In keeping with our current topic of all things working with Elixir, Eric takes a deep dive into the work he is doing to optimize various interfaces at Brex. by Elixir Wizards

37 min listen

Pattern Matching - Johanna Larsson: A special episode of Elixir Wizards highlighting Pattern Matching with Todd - a short format interview where our friend, Todd Resudek, asks different guests the same five questions. This week Todd spoke with Johanna Larsson. Johanna is active on the Elixir scene and is currently working as a Software Engineer at Duffel. by Elixir Wizards

15 min listen

Eric Oestrich on ExVenture – Elixir Internals: This season on Smart Software Season 2, we are focused on the inner workings of Elixir and the inner workings of popular Elixir libraries, or Elixir internals. Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing my colleague, Eric Oestrich who's responsible for the wildly successful Elixir MUD framework ExVenture. by Elixir Wizards

29 min listen

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Meryl Dakin on Token Alchemist – Elixir Internals

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