
Beam Radio
A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem.
Featuring a panel of hosts including Alex Koutmos, Andrew Ek, Bruce Tate, Lars Wikman, and Meryl Dakin.
Edited by Maggie Tate
Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord
Latest episodes

Feb 13, 2024 • 59min
Episode 70: Brian Cardarella and LiveView Native
The Beam Radio panel has a lively discussion with Brian Cardarella, CEO of DockYard about LiveView Native!
DockYard: https://dockyard.com, @DockYard
Brian Cardarella: Twitter @bcardarella
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Jan 30, 2024 • 47min
Episode 69: No Downtime with Brent Anderson
In this episode, Brent Anderson shares his Elixir journey and discusses a major migration project he undertook at Knock. The team successfully upgraded their Postgres database from version 11.9 to 15.3 without any downtime. Brent highlights the advantages of using the Beam and Elixir in managing concurrent systems and the flexibility it provides.
@brentjanderson
@knocklabs
Blog post: https://knock.app/blog/zero-downtime-postgres-upgrades
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Jan 17, 2024 • 47min
Episode 68: Katelynn Burns and Apprenticeship
Show Notes:
The panel talks about apprenticeship, curiosity and problem solving with Katelynn Burns!
Email: katelynnburns655@gmail.com
Github: k-burns
ElixirConf 2023 Keynote: Motion Commotion: Motion Tracking with Bumblebee and LiveView https://youtu.be/zztzvQ1sNuU?si=8lCdyfbQ4MbXLqXp
https://launchscout.com
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@steven@genserver.social
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Jan 5, 2024 • 60min
Episode 67: Brian Cardarella - Elixir and Racing Sailboats
The BeamRadio panel has a fascinating conversation about Elixir and sailboat racing with Brian Cardarella, CEO of DockYard.
In this episode, Brian discusses his journey to Elixir and the innovative work happening at Dockyard. He shares the origin of the company's name, which is inspired by his passion for sailing. Brian explains the challenges and complexities of the sailing, including data tracking, performance prediction and race review.
There is a little chat about LiveView Native at the end of episode.
We'll have Brian back for a full episode on LVN at a later date.
https://dockyard.com
Twitte: @DockYard
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Dec 20, 2023 • 56min
Episode 66: Chris McCord and Flame
Show Notes:
In this episode, Lars, Sophie, Steven, and special guest Chris McCord discuss the concepts of LiveView and Flame. They explore the problem with serverless architectures and how Flame aims to provide a solution.
"Imagine if we could auto scale simply by wrapping any existing app code in a function and have that block of code run in a temporary copy of the app." Chris McCord
https://fly.io/blog/rethinking-serverless-with-flame/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1xt_rkWdic&pp=ygUSY2hyaXMgbWNjb3JkIGZsYW1l
Currently Away - Bruce's new book about The Great Loop: https://pragprog.com/titles/btloop/currently-away/
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@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
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Dec 15, 2023 • 28min
Episode 65: Live From CodeBEAM in Berlin!
Lars takes the stage with Saša Jurić and José Valim for a live recording of the pod at CodeBeam!
CodeBEAM America
March 7-8 2024 | San Francisco, CA & Virtual
Tutorials: March 5-6
CodeBEAM Europe 2024
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Nov 30, 2023 • 49min
Episode 64: Nerves and Elixir with Frank Hunleth
Listen to the Beam Radio Panel chat with Frank Hunleth, the creator of the Nerves Project. They discuss challenges in loading beam on embedded systems, advancements in IoT and machine learning integration, focusing on smart devices at scale, and contributions to the open-source community. Dive into the world of Elixir and explore the future of integrated machine learning components in SOCs.

Nov 13, 2023 • 49min
Episode 63: Jonatan Männchen and OpenID
Jonatan Männchen leads technology @ Sustema and is a member @ ErlEF security working group
Look at oidcc on GitHub.
Catch him at CodeBEAM in SF
Find him on LinkedIn
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Oct 27, 2023 • 52min
Episode 62: Jenny Bramble Talks Testing
The panel has an enlightening discussion with Jenny Bramble about testers and developers and how to make code better!
Find Jenny Bramble at @jennydoesthings on Twitter
See Jenny's ElixirConf 2023 talk: Black Box Techniques for Unit Tests
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@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
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Oct 4, 2023 • 57min
Episode 61: Zach Daniel and the Ash Framework
Welcome back to the panel Alex Koutmos!
Alex, Lars and Zach have a lively discussion about the Ash Framework.
Zach's ElixirConf23 talk: https://youtu.be/c4iou77kOFc?si=oHPKBv0x60VQXY6R
Ash Framwork: https://www.ash-hq.org
Ash Forum: https://elixirforum.com/c/elixir-framework-forums/ash-framework-forum/123
Zach on Twitter: @ZachSDaniel1
Ash Framework on Twitter: @AshFramework
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