

Beam Radio
Lars Wikman
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
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
Episodes
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Jun 22, 2023 • 53min
Episode 53: Cowboy, Bandit, Ranch and Thousand Island - The Panel Talks with Mat Trudel
Cowboy, Bandit, Ranch and Thousand Island - The Panel Talks with Mat Trudel
Mat Trudel: @mtrudel@mstdn.ca
ElixirConf 2021 - Mat Trudel - bandit on the loose! Networking in Elixir demystified
: https://youtu.be/ZLjWyanLHuk
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Jun 9, 2023 • 52min
Episode 52: Live from New York (almost) with Sigu Magwa!
The BeamRadio Panel chats with Sigu Magwa about Elixir in Kenya as well as lions, giraffes and more...
Who's in for an ElixirKenya Safari! Get the deets here!
Reach Sigu at https://podiihq.com for info on consulting and @s_igu on Twitter.
Elixir Africa: @ElixirConfAfric
GigCityElixir23 Talks
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Apr 28, 2023 • 59min
Episode 51: Elixir In Action with Saša Jurić!
The Beam Radio panel talks about Elixir In Action (3rd edition!) and teaching Elixir with Saša Jurić.
Manning Publicaitons has graciously offered a 35% discount code "podbeam23" for Saša's book - go get it!
Also, listen to the full pod for an offer you won't want to miss!
Saša's Clarity Keynote: https://youtu.be/6sNmJtoKDCo
Upcoming events:
GigCityElixir - May 19-20 - Chattanooga, TN
EmpexNY - June 9 - Brooklyn, NY
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Apr 12, 2023 • 1h 6min
Episode 50: The BeamRadio Panel Talks Observability
Join the BeamRadio Panel for an engaging and thorough discussion on all things observability!
Conferences - come join us!
GigCityElixir, Chattanooga TN - May 19-20 https://www.gigcityelixir.com #GigCityElixir23
Empex NYC- June 9 https://www.empex.co/new-york
Show Notes:
https://hex.pm/packages/prom_ex
https://opentelemetry.io/
https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/
https://elixirschool.com/blog/instrumenting-phoenix-with-telemetry-part-one
https://hex.pm/packages/phoenix_live_dashboard
https://hex.pm/packages/telemetry
https://hexdocs.pm/oban/Oban.Telemetry.html
https://github.com/zhongwencool/observer_cli
https://github.com/Appliscale/xprof
https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/telemetry.html
https://fly.io/phoenix-files/opentelemetry-and-the-infamous-n-plus-1/
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Mar 31, 2023 • 57min
Episode 49: Let's Hear it for Paul Dawson and Genserver.social!
The Beam Radio team has a great conversation with Paul Dawson about Genserver.Social
Paul Dawson: @paulyd@genserver.social
GigCityElixir ticket drawing -
toot to @redrapids@genserver.social with the hashtag #GigCityElixir2023
drawing will be April 12, 2023
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter and Mastodon
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Mar 16, 2023 • 49min
Episode 48: The One and Only José Valim
The Beam Radio Panel has a long lovely Elixir chat with the creator of Elixir - José Valim and we welcome our newest host - Meryl Dakin!
Follow Jose´ at
@josevalim@genserver.social
Come see us at these conferences:
GigCityElixir Conference - Chattanooga, TN
May 19-20 (training day with Bruce Tate May 18)
https://www.gigcityelixir.com
Empex - CFP is open! NYC
June 9
https://www.empex.co/new-york
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Mar 2, 2023 • 41min
Episode 47: Security with Michael Lubas
The Beam Radio Panel has a fascinating conversation about security in Elixir with Paraxial Founder, Michael Lubas.
Show notes:
Paraxial
Michael's Elixir Conf Talk
Elixir and Phoenix Security Training ElixirConf EU 2023
Twitter: @paraxialio
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@akoutmos
@lawik
@meryldakin
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
@_StevenNunez
and on Mastodon
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
@steven@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Feb 18, 2023 • 53min
Episode 46: Meryl Dakin: Building Healthy Elixir Teams
The Beam Radio Panel talks with Meryl Dakin about building healthy Elixir teams and adopting Elixir.
Meryl Daykin is a software enginner at Knock.
Meryl's Codebeam Talk: https://codebeamamerica.com/participants/meryl-dakin/
Follow her on Twitter: @meryldakin
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Feb 2, 2023 • 45min
Episode 45: Dave Lucia and Elixir's Superpowers
The Beam Radio Panel talks with Dave Lucia about Elixir's Superpower and the Elixir Community
Dave's website: https://davelucia.com
Twitter: @davydog187; Kept Elixirin’ CTO @bitfocrypto
Mastodon: @davydog187@genserver.social
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@genserver.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

Jan 20, 2023 • 44min
Episode 44: Flora Petterson Talks Nerves and Puppets
The BeamRadio Panel talks with Flora Petterson, technical writer and puppeteer, about using Nerves to animate puppets.
We want to connect with you!
Twitter: @BeamRadio1
Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox
Keep up to date with our hosts on Twitter
@_StevenNunez
@akoutmos
@lawik
@RedRapids
@sm_debenedetto
and on Mastodon
@steven@genserver.social
@akoutmos@fosstodon.org
@lawik@fosstodon.org
@redrapids@techhub.social
Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord