Elixir Outlaws is an informal discussion about interesting things happening in Elixir. Our goal is to capture the spirit of a conference hallway discussion in a podcast.
Episode 74: A Tale As Old As Time
Chris recently replaced some Ruby with some Elixir. The guys discuss what it takes to rewrite a service, why Elixir is a good choice when you need to do more than one thing at a time, and the benefit of choosing tools that your team understands. Transcript is available as a blog on Binary Noggin's website: https://binarynoggin.com/blog/episode-74-a-tale-as-old-as-time/
Episode 73: A very forgetful god
This week, Chris is eating while recording. Luckily, the bar for this podcast has been set so low that no one will be surprised. Amos wants to know when you should use telemetry instead of sending metrics directly from your app code. This leads to a discussion on how Bleacher Report uses telemetry, some established telemetry conventions, and how those conventions may be changing. There’s a quick detour into DDD or whoever it was that said, “the database doesn’t matter”. Chris isn’t sure who made that claim, but he is sure that they’re wrong. On the way out the door, the guys talk about Dune, Baby Yoda, and what makes for a good Dungeon Master. A transcript is available for this episode here: https://binarynoggin.com/blog/episode-73-a-very-forgetful-god/
Episode 72: Now you know what a monad is
This week Amos is joined by friend of the show Martin Gausby for a discussion on types, open source projects, and emacs. Transcript is avaiable as a blog on Binary Noggin's website: https://binarynoggin.com/blog/episode-72-now-you-know-what-a-monad-is/ Special Guests: Connor Rigby and Martin Gausby.
Episode 71: Double Speed
The Elixir Outlaws now have a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5332239). If you’re enjoying the show then please consider throwing a few bucks our way to help us pay for the costs for the show. A transcript for this episode is available on Binary Noggin's website: https://binarynoggin.com/blog/episode-71-double-speed/
Episode 70: The Gardening Outlaws
This week the hosts talk about quarantine. Because, what else would they be talking about. Amos and Chris somehow get on the subject of gardening. They both agree that fresh broccoli is amazing, but the cost is just too great. Everyone talk's about their anxieties and how the pandemic is affecting their lives. They share a few ways to escape from the stress of isolation. Also slack’s new UI is hella weird. A transcript of this episode is available on Binary Noggin's website: https://binarynoggin.com/blog/episode-70-the-gardening-outlaws/
Episode 69: Dream big on your own time
Chris and Amos kick this week off with a discussion on the challenges of working from home. Chris thinks you loose a lot of fidelity when you move to remote work. Way more than anyone wants you to believe. Plus you need to get used kids yelling all the time. After a brief detour to discuss Ben Franklin's lesser known contributions to science, Amos explains his strategy for deploying elixir apps. The guys discuss the various platforms and techniques one can use to put elixir into production. Both agree that Terraform is basically the worst, but that its also, probably, the best.
Episode 68: Impedance Mismatch
Chris is doing a lot of blocking and tackling, which, it turns out, isn’t about pulleys. For the purposes of this discussion, blocking and tackling means adding telemetry events to elixir projects. Neither Amos or Chris want to be the ones who have to work out these details and would rather play with chatbots. The main topic this week is abstractions. Chris thinks that the same people who misuse phrases like “Impedance mismatch” also misuse terms like “abstraction,” but he also admits that he’s wrong about everything he says. The guys talk about the differences between abstraction and encapsulation. In the end, Chris only wants to write SQL queries and run them. Somehow the conversation devolves into comparisons between type systems. Chris has a moment of self-awareness, then regresses to standing on soapboxes and shaking his fist at the clouds.
Episode 67: Wizards and Outlaws
Live from Lonestar Elixir (https://lonestarelixir.com) with Elixir Wizards (https://podcast.smartlogic.io). Congratulations to Eric on the birth of his first child. Video recording of this episode available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eM5ceRmFig&t=848s The Elixir Outlaws now have a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5332239). If you’re enjoying the show then please consider throwing a few bucks our way to help us pay for the costs for the show. Special Guests: Bruce Tate, Justus Eapen, Susumu Yamazaki, Tim Mecklem, and Melvin Cedeno.
Episode 66: Boredom and Anger
Chris and Anna discuss strategies for dealing with long running projects. Chris asks Anna for advice on being a better mentor.
Episode 65: Is that a trochee?
This week kicks off with a discussion on productivity and habits. Amos is trying to learn how to focus and Chris decides that the best way to be productive is to be productive. The main topic this week is about refactoring and TDD. Chris believes refactoring isn’t a real word and goes to great lengths to explain why.
Episode 64: Shakemups
This week the hosts discuss weekly reviews, telemetry, recent shakeups in the community, and how to make service communication more efficient.
Episode 63: Voir dire
This week Chris and Amos are joined by friend of the show and author of Real-Time Phoenix, Steve Bussey. They discuss Steve's book release, Phoenix Channels, creative ways to use GenStage, and the best (worst) practices to use when building a library. Special Guest: Steve Bussey.
Episode 62: High on the platitudes
This week kicks off with Chris explaining why Ultimate Frisbee is a dumb game. The hosts talk about Norm updates and why we should re-write everything in rust. Chris explains the thesis of So Good They Can’t Ignore you. This leads to a discussion about how to find challenging problems. Finally Amos brings up the southern tradition of Hoppin’ John. Which is boring and you can easily skip it. The host want to get questions from you! So send those to us via the feedback form on our website or message us on twitter: @ElixirOutlaws (https://twitter.com/elixiroutlaws)
Episode 61: Friends don’t let friends use cons
This week Chris and Amos discuss the benefits of vectors and the life changing magic of using a runtime with a good concurrency model.
Episode 60: Yes and!
Chris is back on coffee and is coming in hot. Amos attempts to talk through the new features in Elixir 1.10 while Chris constantly interjects, makes jokes and generally tries everyone’s patience. Eventually Chris settles down long enough to have a real conversation. The hosts describe the benefits of Elixir becoming a stable and boring choice. They also make fun of Go.