
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.
Latest episodes

Sep 29, 2020 • 49min
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.comGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Panel Alex KoutmosJosh AdamsLars Wikman Picks Alex Koutmos: What’s new in LiveView – Chris McCord | ElixirConfEU Virtual Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Sep 22, 2020 • 44min
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.comGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Panel Alex KoutmosMika KalathilBruce TateLars WikmanSophie DeBenedetto Guest Lau Taarnskov Links www.creativedeletion.comhttp://twitter.com/lauthttps://github.com/lau Picks Alex Koutmos: Dynamically Configure Your Plugs at Run-timeAn IoT Birdhouse with Elixir Nerves & Phoenix LiveView Components Bruce Tate: Why Things Fail, a series on failure with Brian Troutwine and Bruce TateThe Problem with Time & Timezones – Computerphile Sophie DeBenedetto: You might not need the Calendar or Timex libraries Lau Taarnskov: We’re hiring – TheRealRealDomain 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/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Sep 15, 2020 • 50min
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.comGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Panel Alex KoutmosJosh AdamsBruce TateSteven NuñezLars Wikman Guest Desmond Bowe Links Using Maps in Typespecspayitoff.io Picks Alex Koutmos: From Elixir to Erlang – experience report – Michal Muskala | Code BEAM V 2020echarts.apache.org/en/index.html Lars Wikman: A text about BlåvittNight Circus – Erin Morgenstern Bruce Tate: youtube.com/groxioprojects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecastgrox.io/language/liveview/course Desmond Bowe: youtube.com/c/RickBeatoTransparent OLED Digital SignageFollow Desmond on Twitter > @desmondmonster Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Desmond Bowe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Sep 8, 2020 • 49min
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 CodersCacheFly Panel Josh AdamsBruce TateSteven NuñezLars WikmanSophie DeBenedetto Guest Adolfo Neto Links https://social.biologianaweb.com.br/@adolfonthttps://t.me/elixirconferenceshttps://github.com/adolfont/elixir_cop/blob/master/telegram.mdAdolfo Neto: My three favorite resources for learning Elixirhttps://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/courseKeynote: 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 AlchemistsEducation Working Group of the Erlang Ecosystem FoundationElixir Resources in Portuguese Follow us on Twitter: @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Adolfo Neto. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Sep 1, 2020 • 44min
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 CodersCacheFly Panel Alex KoutmosJosh AdamsBruce TateLars WikmanSophie DeBenedetto Guest Todd Resudek Links What Elixir is about – José Valim – Erlang User Conference 2015GOTO 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/courseProgrammer 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/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Aug 25, 2020 • 34min
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 CodersCacheFly Panel Alex KoutmosSteven NuñezLars WikmanSophie DeBenedetto Guest Jon Lunsford Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: ElixirConf 2020 Alex Koutmos: The State of Elixir HTTP ClientsPortable ACs Steven Nuñez: FansTailWind UI Jon Lunsford: gen-smtp/gen_smtpSyndicate App Follow us on Twitter at @elixir_mixSpecial Guest: Jon Lunsford. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Aug 18, 2020 • 60min
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 ScoutGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Picks Alex Koutmos: tailwind UI Josh Adams: @MisterTechBlogPineTime 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_mixSpecial Guest: Justin Schneck. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Aug 11, 2020 • 55min
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 ScoutGroxio.io | Career Rocket Fuel For Curious CodersCacheFly Links iCalendarGitHub Chris DoséGitHub ElixirSeattle/xebow Picks Steven Nunez: The Art of Agile James ShoreUS History YouTube Lars Wikman: Hurry SlowlyPeter 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_mixSpecial Guest: Chris Dosé. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Aug 4, 2020 • 47min
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 ScoutCacheFly Links Course Creator ProHow To Write & Launch Your Book To $10,000 in 90 DaysThe MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer JobAuthorityCorona Dev JobsRemote: Office Not RequiredHackernoon 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 Vayahttps://devchat.tv/hustle use Promo Code: HUSTLE Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mixAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.

Jul 28, 2020 • 2min
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 ScoutCacheFly Links EMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James GrayEMx 019: Brooklyn Zelenka: Elixir I assume Witchcraft, Exceptional, and so on?EMx 027: ExVenture with Eric OestrichEMx 025: Rethinking App Env and more with Sasa JuricEMx 084: Beyond LiveView with Sophie DeBenedettoUnderjordGitHub keathley/norm Picks Sophie DeBenedetto: Hostile Developer Josh Adams: Pine PhonePineTimeGitHub 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 PlaybookWarbreaker Follow on Twitter: Elixir Mix - @elixir_mix Josh Adams - @knewterAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/elixir-mix--6102049/support.