German Velasco

German Velasco, a software developer known for Elixir contributions, discusses transitioning from Rails to Elixir, Test-Driven Development philosophy, creating Elixir Streams, and upcoming ElixirConf talk. Topics cover Elixir updates, Livebook enhancements, Phoenix tips, Gleam features, and Protos library update.

German Velasco, a software developer specializing in Elixir projects, dives deep into the world of test-driven development and pair programming. He shares his transition from Rails to Elixir and highlights the significant benefits of adopting test-driven strategies, especially with his creation, Phoenix Test. The conversation touches on meaningful code coverage, the balance of testing behavior versus implementation, and how AI tools are reshaping programming workflows. German's insights make it clear that effective testing leads to more maintainable applications and better team collaboration.

German Velasco, creator of a new macro-inspired video, joins authors Alex Koutmos and Hugo Baraúna, who are releasing the 'Elixir Patterns' book. They discuss the launch of an official Elixir Language Server team and its potential impact on the community. They dive into the significance of enhancing database resilience with the latest Oban update, which adds automatic transaction retries. Additionally, Velasco shares insights on the unquote splicing technique in Elixir, sparking excitement for the upcoming CodeBEAM Lite conference.