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)
Looking back on Season 8 with Sundi, Owen & Dan
It’s the season finale show! Can you believe it? Join us this week as Sundi, Owen, and Dan take a look back at this season of Elixir Wizards! You’ll hear their discussion about favorite moments over the season and learn about this season’s theme and its origin, and what they learned throughout the season. Enjoy and we hope to see you back for Season 9!
Key Points From This Episode:
Reflection on the guests experiences with all different types of language
How the team landed on the theme of Elixir in a Polyglot Environment
Having expectation of guests vs how the conversation turned out
The discovery that environment influences the strength of the code that is being written
We dig deeper into the flexibility of all of these companies
How the hosts enjoyed the dream language combination answers from guests
We hear about the teams experience with their first in-person recording
Hearing about guests personal experiences and projects vs just their at-work experience
We find out what birds do when they’re excited in a tree
Flutter as a solution for building mobile applications
The hosts likes, dislikes, experience with Flutter and the difference it brings to the table
We reflect on a guest applying gamification
The hosts discuss the guests range of experience, from a year to decades in the field, and how many different perspectives were shown with different backgrounds
A recurring theme of the guests: structuring teams to fit the needs of the company - recurring theme
Hearing about products and projects guests are working on
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
SmartLogic on Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic_com
SmartLogic on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartlogic-io/
SmartLogic on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/smartlogic/
Dan Ivovich on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundimyint/
Dan Ivovich on Twitter — https://twitter.com/sundikhin
Dan Ivovich on Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic_com
SmartLogic on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartlogic-io/
SmartLogic on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/smartlogic/
Owen Bickford on Twitter — https://twitter.com/owenbickford/
Owen Bickford on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/c/OwenBickford/
Sundi Myint on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundimyint/
Sundi Myint on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/sundikhin/
Sundi Myint on Twitter — https://twitter.com/sundikhin/
Sundi Myint on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/sundimyint/