Elixir Wizards is an interview-format podcast, focused on engineers who use the Elixir programming language. Initially launched in early 2019, each season focuses on a specific topic or topics, with each interview focusing on the guest's experience and opinions on the topic. Elixir Wizards is hosted by Eric Oestrich and Sundi Myint of SmartLogic, a dev shop that’s been building custom software since 2005 and running Elixir applications in production since 2015. Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smartlogic.io/phoenix-and-elixir?utm_source=podcast)
Lonestar ElixirConf 2019 Lunchisode
We sat down with numerous developers, including José Valim and Chris McCord, during the Saturday lunch at Lonestar ElixirConf 2019. Hear what they had to say about the state of Elixir!
Guests:
José Valim - Creator of Elixir
Chris McCord - Creator of Phoenix
Paul Schoenfelder - Creator of Distillery, Timex, Libcluster, and many others
Chris Keathley - Host of Elixir Outlaws, developer at Bleacher Report
Amos King - Host of Elixir Outlaws
Jim Freeze - Organizer of ElixirConf, ElixirConf EU, and others
Susumu Yamazaki - Creator of Hastega
Brian Cardarella - CEO of Dockyard
Osa Gaius - Engineer at Mailchimp
Spectating:
Bruce Tate and Ben Marx
00:00 - Intro
01:47 - LoneStar begins
02:03 - Panelists introduce themselves
09:15 - Where is Elixir going?
10:14 - Releases
19:04 - The issue with hype
26:30 - Osa Intro
29:00 - Define lists
40:00 - How can Elixir displace Java?
Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir.