This episode of Beam Radio features a conversation between Lars Wikman and Michał Buszkiewicz, discussing the adoption and impact of the Elixir programming language. They explore the Elixir Hub initiative, Elixir survey results, and the language's role in the tech community.
Take the Survey: https://elixir-survey.typeform.com/2025-edition
Curiosum: https://www.curiosum.com/
Elixir Hub: https://elixir-hub.com/
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Erik Stenman joins the BeamRadio pod to discuss The BEAM Book (you can read it for free!). Erik started programming in 1980 and has a rich history in tech and shares his journey with the BEAM.
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In this episode Mike Hostetler shares his journey into the Elixir ecosystem and the development of Jido, the Elixir autonomous agent framework.
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Learn more about Jido: https://agentjido.xyz/
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In this episode, Lars, Andrew, and Chris discuss various aspects of Elixir development,
including the journey of transitioning to Elixir (you'll never guess), the aesthetics of programming languages, and the
importance of community engagement through meetups.
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In this episode of BeamRadio, hosts Andrew Ek and Alex Koutmos are joined by German
Velasco. They chat about the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix
for software development and explore the onboarding process for developers transitioning
from other languages.
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In this episode of Beam Radio, Andrew Ek and Bruce Tate welcome Zach Daniel to
discuss his journey with Elixir, the impact of the Ash framework, and the introduction of Igniter, a
code generation and patching tool.
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In this episode of Beam Radio, hosts Andrew Ek and Lars Wikman welcome Josh Price from Alembic. They discuss the recent AlchemyConf, the value of smaller conferences, and the importance of community in the Elixir ecosystem. Josh shares insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs projects.
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A fabulous converstation with Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot about AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices.
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NX provides a powerful framework for machine learning in Elixir and Lars, Andrew and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into it!
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GigCityElixir and NervesConf US - May 8-10, Chattanooga, TN
GigCityElixir.com
Goatmire Elixir and NervesConf - Sept 10-12, Varburg, Sweden
Goatmire.com
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In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing.
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Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth.
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In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.
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Designing Elixir Systems with OTP (Gray/Tate)
https://www.pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/
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The panel chats about making Elixir easy to learn for devs from other languages and how to talk about Elixir in the greater development community. This the episode to share with all your friends that need to learn Elixir and companies that should be using it.
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How it started and how it's going - an enlightening chat with Björn Gustavsson about Erlang/Elixir history.
Read the Erlang/OTP blog
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Lars talks with Brian Underwood about EctoWatch, his library.
"EctoWatch allows you to easily get notifications about database changes directly from PostgreSQL."
Find more from Brian at [Brian-underwood.codes](Brian-underwood.codes)
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In this conversation, Lars, Zach, and Rebecca discuss the Ash framework and their upcoming book. They also touch on the Igniter tool. The book, titled 'Building Web Applications with Ash', will provide a comprehensive tutorial and reference for using Ash and is expected in beta by the end of the year with @pragprog
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The panel explores Poka Yoke with Bryan Hunter - the concept of mistake-proofing and its application in Erlang and Elixir.
Bryan Hunter [GigCityElixir24] Poka Yoke, STAMP and the BEAM
Engineering A Safer World by Nancy G. Leveson
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Lars and Bruce have a fabulous chat with Marcel Fahle creator of Bold Video and Pidro, a classic multiplayer card game for iOS and Android.
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Sophie DeBenedetto and Steven Nunez chat with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste, authors of Engineering Elixir Applications.
https://pragprog.com/titles/beamops/engineering-elixir-applications/
"After reading this book, you’ll understand how to apply the BEAMOps principles in your daily work, creating reliable, scalable, and easy to understand applications in a cooperative team environment." - pragprog.com
Ellie and Josep are giving a keynote at ElixirConf 2024.
https://2024.elixirconf.com/#keynotes
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Lars chats with Alex McLain and Jon Carstens about NervesConf 2024.
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Nerves MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/nerves/
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