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Episode 18: EMx 018: Devon Estes: “All In On Elixir”
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guest: Devon Estes In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Devon Estes. He is an American programmer located in Berlin, Germany. Devon is coaching on Elixir, and his background is on Ruby Rails. Check-out today’s episode to hear how passionate Devon is about the Elixir program, and what he loves about it. Show Topics: 3:58 – Devon finds that the process of writing helps him find “bugs”. He tries to write once a month on various topics, such as what he has learned, and his freelancing work. 4:50 – One of the panelists says that he also writes, too, and how it helps him process what is going on. He treats it like a research paper, because he wants it to sound coherent. 5:43 – Devon used to work in PR and Marketing. What he learned from those fields is that: visibility creates opportunity. 7:19 – When you choose the technology, it’s about how easy previous resources to help support that if it’s the right tech. Finding Elixir developers is hard to find. Elixir ahs been that way for a while, but actually it is becoming the new and improved Ruby. You get the 10X productivity, but you aren’t held up by some factors. Have you ever had finding work in Elixir? 8:22 – Devon: Not in the last year-and-a-half. Being a freelancer, stay visible, because you are constantly looking for different projects, and so on. There are other countries out there where Elixir is more prominent than compared to the United States. Companies in San Francisco are having a hard time finding Elixir developers to work with them. 10:31 – How was your transition from Ruby to Elixir and your writing projects? How did you go down that path? 11:07 – Devon: The more I wrote in Elixir the more he liked the program. Ruby inspired Elixir, for sure. He likes how it’s comprehensive to him, and how productive he is with Elixir. For Devon, it fits well with how he writes code; and because he’s happy, his clients are happy, too. Elixir’s language fits well with his way of thinking and there are other benefits for Devon by working with Elixir. Devon likes feeling productive and it fulfills his needs. Finally, he also really enjoys the Elixir community! 16:51 – What do you not like about Elixir? 16:55 – Devon: He found his first thing he doesn’t love about Elixir, and he found it today, of all things! Listen to this timestamp to see what Devon shares. 20:47 – Question asked for Devon: How are other languages doing that, and what can we do to make that happen? 20:53 – Check-out Devon’s answer! 24:11 – Digital Ocean’s Mid-Roll Advertisement 24:48 – Devon continues his answer from 20:53. Programmers talk and, when more people are having certain experiences, the word is going to get out. The flexibility of the language is going to be great in the long run. Great sales pitch. 26:47 – Josh, you have a lot of experience of the years, pushing the eco-system, have you seen a pick-up from that or has it grown, how have you seen your involvement in these projects helped with the awareness... 27:19 – Josh: I don’t know how much of an influence I have, but it has doubled almost every year. Of course, this won’t happen every year, and at some time it will plateau. Elixir is rapidly growing now, though. 28:09 – Question to Devon: Let’s talk about your project, Fast Elixir. 28:16 – Devon talks about how he got involved with Fast Elixir and how it developed. 31:19 – Let’s talk about Benchy. 31:28 – Devon: We are very proud of it. Devon continues in detail about the before-mentioned question. 36:30 – Question to Devon – Let’s talk about reductions, so people can understand it better. 36:41 – Think of a reduction that it’s one thing the virtual thing does. It has a counter, and it does a certain number of things before it needs to take a break. That’s the most basic unit. One reduction is one instruction and it counts that. That’s how it manages its internal scheduler. 38:20 – Chuck: When you adopted Ruby did you feel the same way about it like you do about Elixir. Chuck says, “I totally get it...” It’s more a learning opportunity for Chuck. Have you found the next best thing? Or... 39:06 – Devon was an opera singer for a while, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Check out his full bio in LinkedIn, and other social media profiles. As Devon became an advanced programmer he started to develop his programming skills. He tried JavaScript, but the language didn’t appeal to him. The more he experienced in different programs, he found that the bigger picture for him boiled down to the community aspect for him. He could have fallen in-love with Clojure, but he’s not quite sure. Finally, it basically was the Elixir’s language and the community that he likes. 45:05 – It’s neat to see the progression that you went through. 45:25 – Let’s do picks! 45:30 – Code Badges' Advertisement! 46:11 – Picks! Links: Coder Job eBook by Charles Max Wood Elixir Code Badger with Charles Max Wood on Kickstarter! Devon Estes’ GitHub Devon Estes’ Twitter Devon Estes’ Website Devon Estes’ LinkedIn Devon Estes’ Refactoring Elixir – Lessons Learned from a Year on Exercism.lo Fast Elixir Ruby Rails Clojure Devon Estes’ Blog GitHub’s Elixir-Lang Exercism – Code Practice Elixir Sips: Learn Elixir With A Pro Devon Estes’ Heroku App Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Digital Ocean Code Badges Cache Fly Picks: Charles Lootcrate (once a month) Audible, Audio Book – “The ONE Thing” by Gary Keller Helps you focus on one thing to help you reach your goals. Mark Movie: (YouTube) Erlang: The Movie Retro Gaming – Original Nintendo Josh Follow-up on Mark’s pick (see above) – Posters / Harry Potter-Themed Tortoise Eric Legos! Funko POP Animation Bob’s Devon Toggl – Time-tracking Tool / It’s free! “Understanding Computation” by Tom Stuart Movie: Handmaiden
Episode 17: EMx 017: Daniel Spofford: "Thoughtful Logging in Elixir: A Phoenix Story"
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guest: Daniel Spofford In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Daniel Spofford who is a Senior Software Engineer through Very where he uses Elixir constantly. Daniel and the panel discuss the benefits of working from home, and they talk about different programs, such as Heroku. Check out today’s episode to get more information about Daniel, Very’s team, Elixir, Phoenix, and many other topics! Show Topics: 1:45 – Depending on the needs of Daniel’s client and/or project it depends on what program he uses. 2:34 – Daniel works from home and lives in North Dakota. 3:35 – There are benefits to working at home. It seems that if you have a healthy living environment, and a supportive family, it can work out very well and could be quite effective. People are naturally more social and when you reach out to someone it seems to be more intentional rather than small social talking in the office. 6:45 – One drawback from working at home, you have to make a point to go out and be social. 8:12 – Log Post. This was interesting to the panel for two different reasons: 1.) Narrative Process and 2.) Logging a lot of people take for granted. When they need information, and cannot find it, then they could get frustrated. 13:25 – Question to consider: “How will these logs be used?” 16:05 – There are different levels of experience among many different people. 16:17 – Daniel goes through the different types of logs, and when and where you would use a certain log. 18:36 – Question for Daniel: “Can you get stuff out of order from your log?” 19:19 – There is a feature written into Phoenix that is quite helpful. Check-out their different plugins. 22:09 – When various processes are trying to log, they call that the log line. 23:35 – Digital Ocean’s Mid-Roll Advertisement 24:17 – One issue that the panelist has had in the past, is that they have that tagging mechanism – is there a way to do that in Phoenix? 24:39 – There is metadata. 26:01 – We are talking about tagging and getting specific information there. Is there a way to override in one function how that logging happens? 26:40 – That question makes me thing of – Let it Crash – mentality that people have with Elixir. This is common. You want to let it crash until you care. If you let it crash too far you loose information as you go up. Rather than pattern matching, and hoping that it works, maybe you do you have a case where “x, y, z...,” etc. 30:19 – Daniel’s new log post submitted in June. What are the three things that we should be paying attention to? 30:31 – Daniel talks about what the company, Very, does to accomplish different projects and such. Very is always on the lookout to resolve issues right away, because not every situation works for every client/situation. Three things to Elixir: State in Memory, Scalability, and Hot Code Reloading. These are the buzzwords to Elixir. 35:37 – One of the panelists does like Docker now. 36:56 – If you are building a web app, it does not makes sense to do hot code reloading. 40:11 – Daniel has been playing with additional features, too, such as ECS. 41:08 – Other programs are mentioned by Chuck. 43:19 – Chuck asks Erick and Mark: “What infrastructure do you guys use for your Elixir stuff?” 43:27 – Heroku platform. It’s the baby step; and once we hit puberty, we will get out of Heroku in order to use Phoenix and Elixir. 45:31 – It is very acceptable to be using Heroku. Most panelists agree – do not be ashamed to use Heroku if that’s what you need. 48:10 – A deal from a non-sponsor? Check it out. 50:09 – Code Badger with Charles Max Wood on Kickstarter! 52:22 – There are benefits of using Heroku, but there are some disadvantages. 53:27 – One panelist mentions that it is nice to just copy and paste. 53:34 – Anyone heard of Stacker? It’s worth checking it out! 55:16 – Comments and questions about Stacker. 58:05 – Let’s go to picks! Links: Coder Job eBook by Charles Max Wood Elixir Docker Heroku Daniel Spofford’s Website Daniel Spofford’s GitHub Daniel Spofford’s LinkedIn Daniel Spofford’s Twitter Very Possible’s Team Code Badger with Charles Max Wood on Kickstarter! Stacker Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Digital Ocean Code Badges Cache Fly Picks: Charles Notion.so – Between a Wiki and a Google Docs Mark Meta Base Stacker’s Documentation Josh Better Call Saul Breaking Bad Smooth Terminal – Developer News! Erick Smooth Terminal – go signup to their newsletter! Version 3 – Meta Base - a must use in your developer career! App Signal – an online monitoring tool Daniel A dolly to help with your move! Uplift desk
Episode 16: EMx 016: Hubert Lepicki: "When to use Elixir language?"
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guests: Hubert Lepicki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Hubert Lepicki about his blog post "When to use Elixir language?". Hubert works at AmberBit where they traditionally created Ruby on Rails apps for their customers, and more recently, they switched to using Elixir to build custom apps for their customers. They talk about why they decided to switch to Elixir, his thoughts on Ruby now, and the difference between Elixir and Ruby. They also touch on what his Ruby code looks like now, compare Elixir with Node, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Huber intro Works at AmberBit Ruby on Rails to Elixir Why did you switch to Elixir? How did you stumble upon Elixir? Problems with scaling Ruby Looked at Clojure and other functional stacks before Elixir Used it as a means to optimize performance in the beginning What are your thought on Ruby now? Making things easier with Elixir and Erlang How was the learning curve as you started to get into Elixir? Learning curve was harder than expected “Elixir is nothing like Ruby” Elixir syntax is borrowed from Ruby Functional languages Going through a mental shift Does your Ruby look funky now? What does Elixir offer that Node doesn’t? Issues with Node What is it that Elixir is good at that makes you want to use it? Elixir provides great balance And much, much more! Links: "When to use Elixir language?" AmberBit Ruby on Rails Elixir Ruby Clojure Erlang Node @hubertlepicki Hubert’s GitHub AmberBit’s Blog hubert.lepicki@amberbit.com Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Digital Ocean Code Badges Picks: Charles Iron Druid Chronicles iPad Lock through guided access mode Mark Ongoing learning and continuing personal development Josh graphqelm Hubert Succession
Episode 15: EMx 015: Elixir with David Magalhães
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Eric Berry Special Guests: David Magalhães In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to David Magalhães about his experience with Elixir. David is a Java and PHP developer and learning Elixir was very easy and straightforward for him to pick up. They talk about how his Java background has affected how he learned Elixir, the first thing he noticed when he moved over to Elixir, and his article Phoenix with image upload to S3 in an API: Implementation and testing. They also touch on testing in Java, the Fakes3 gem, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: David’s history What brought him to Elixir Elixir is very straightforward Pattern matching Erlang Java background What has your experience been like coming from Java to Elixir? First thing he noticed when moving Had to change the way he did software Worked with Prolog in University Idea of accessors Working as an Elixir professional Phoenix with image upload to S3 in an API: Implementation and testing – blog post Using S3 His approach for how people should start with S3 Focus for his article Being able to create tests in Java Testing features Integration tests TDD Arc Library Fakes3 gem How do you handle the Fakes3 gem locally? And much, much more! Links: Elixir Erlang Phoenix with image upload to S3 in an API: Implementation and testing Arc Fakes3 puppeteer-pdf cybersource-sdk David’s GitHub @speeddragon David’s Medium Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Breath of the Wild The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne Framework Summit Get a Coder Job eBook Get a Coder Job Video Course Mark ex_doc Eric docsify David The Mechanism Biographies
Episode 14: EMx 014: Choosing Elixir with Bobby Juncosa
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Eric Berry Special Guests: Bobby Juncosa In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Bobby Juncosa about his article “Choosing Elixir.” Bobby is the CTO and co-founder of Edgewise, which is a new construction marketplace where builders can sell directly to buyers without the need of agents. They talk about how he got into using Nuxt.js, Elixir, and GraphQL, why Nuxt resonated so much with him, and how everything connects in his app. They also touch on dealing with web sockets, and the benefits to using them, where someone can go to figure out what he is doing, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Bobby intro CTO and co-founder of Edgewise Technology can do the job of agents Homie.com Using Elixir for a GraphQL API Using Nuxt.js on the front-end Why did you decide to use Nuxt on top of GraphQL? How did you get the conclusion of using Elixir, GraphQL, and Nuxt? Built originally in Drupal and PHP Symfony and Laravel Needed something more scalable Vue on the front-end and PHP on the back-end Resonated with GraphQL Moving to docker containers The decision to move to Nuxt Nuxt can stay on top of the boilerplate things for you Promise of performance and productivity Node The promise of universal JavaScript Phoenix and Absinthe How does everything connect? Nuxt has a server component Do you deal with web sockets? Sockets and GraphQL Where can someone go to learn how to do all this? And much, much more! Links: “Choosing Elixir” Edgewise Homie.com Elixir GraphQL Nuxt.js Drupal Vue Symfony Laravel Node JavaScript Phoenix Absinthe @bjunc Bobby’s GitHub Bobby’s Medium Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Get a Coder Job Course Podcast Movement Chuck@DevChat.tv South Pacific Mark Being able to meet with people in real life Bobby Audible Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Episode 13: EMx 013: Elixir Panel with Steve Bussey
Panel: Mark Erikson Eric Berry Josh Adams Special Guests: Steve Bussey In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Steve Bussey about Elixir Panel. Steve is a software architect at SalesLoft, which is a company that does sales enablement software to help teams grow and become sales organizations. They talk about how his company was introduced to Elixir, why Rubyists are leaving for Elixir, and sharing sessions. They also touch on how developers have reacted to new changes within the company, the biggest hurdles people face when getting into Elixir, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Steve intro Software architect at SalesLoft Started off with Ruby and now work heavily with Elixir What size is the engineer team at SalesLoft? How did Elixir get introduced to your company? Having a single advocate for a language promoting it in the company The idea of being a “champion” Shaping how other learn and consume What do you think the reason is for Ruby developers leaving for Elixir? Promises that Elixir provides Erlang A different paradigm JavaScript and React Sharing sessions Serving your users properly Their Rails application Microservices How have the developers reacted to these changes coming in? Slow process Professional development initiative Everyone that’s put in the time haven’t’ said anything bad about Elixir What was the biggest hurdle for people getting into Elixir? The importance of asking questions The XY problem And much, much more! Links: SalesLoft Ruby Elixir Erlang JavaScript React Rails Mockery stephenbussey.com Steve’s GitHub @YOOOODAAAA Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Mark Seafile Josh alchemist.el Steve Architecture the Lost Years by Robert Martin
Episode 12: EMx 012: Why Elixir matters with Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki
Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Josh Adams Special Guests: Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki. Osa is a software engineer at a company called MailChimp, is originally from Nigeria, and has been writing Elixir for a couple years now. They talk about his talk, Why Elixir Matters, how he came about writing this talk, and lambda calculus. They also touch on how Elixir compares to other functional programming languages, the idea of the genealogy of a language, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Osa intro Software engineer at MailChimp Elixir His talk – Why Elixir Matters His talk goes into the history of functional programming The heritage that Elixir has Clojure Curious about how Elixir came to exist Functional languages become popular for a year and then decline Lambda calculus His approach to functional programming At some level, you don’t have to understand lambda calculus The basis of lambda calculus Jim Weirich Y-Not talk How do we get to the high level stud we are doing with Elixir? Lisp, Steam, and Erlang Making ideas practical for use Approachable languages In your research, did you get a sense of organic growth? Genealogies of languages ML languages - Reason Resiliency of programs applied to the front-end And much, much more! Links: MailChimp Elixir His talk – Why Elixir Matters Clojure Jim Weirich Y-Not talk Erlang Reason @osagaius Osa’s Medium Osa’s GitHub Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Golf Chuck@devchat.tv - For podcast planning program Podcast Movement Anti-Pick – Amazon Prime Day Josh Building the Google Photos Web UI Eric Golf Clash app Osa Rich Hickey and Brian Beckman - Inside Clojure
Episode 11: EMx 011: Process and OTP pitfalls with Claudio Ortolina
Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Josh Adams Mark Erikson Special Guests: Claudio Ortolina In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Claudio Ortolina about Process and OTP pitfalls. Claudio works for Erlang Solutions where he is a developer consultant, working with customers on long projects, and he has been working full-time with Elixir for the past 3 years. They talk about OTP, the importance of reading the sources when working with Elixir, and if beginners should dive right away into OTP. They also touch on Process, how Elixir allows your code to be more available, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Claudio intro Works at Erlang Solutions Ruby Rogues Episode 208 Is there one thing that stands out to you as the easiest thing to fix? People pick up this language quickly Repetition Excited about OTP Pattern matching People come from Ruby background to Elixir How do you address people who won’t put the effort in to learn OTP Rare to find greenfield projects now Building blocks Reading the sources Do you recommend beginner dive into OTP or should they postpone getting into it? It’s okay to postpone The missing link Is the domain model inherently concurrent? Concurrency is not always an obvious tool Elixir Process Thinking about what needs to work no matter how your infrastructure is affected by problems Elixir gives you a lot of tools to make your code more available Elixir syntax And much, much more! Links: Erlang Solutions Elixir Ruby Rogues Episode 208 Ruby Elixir Process @cloud8421 Claudio’s GitHub Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Home Depot Tool Rental Podcast Movement Framework Summit Josh Evan Czaplicki talk at Elm Europe Brian Hicks talk at Elm Europe Elm Europe Talks Mark Absinthe Library Claudio Code Elixir London YouTube Channel to help animals
Episode 10: EMx 010: Docker with Julian Fahrer
Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Mark Erikson Special Guests: Julian Fahrer In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Julian Fahrer about Docker. Docker is a container platform, which you can imagine as a set of tools, services, and practices that help you to develop, ship, and run your applications using software container technology. They talk about the applicability for developers for using Docker, the two different ways people use Docker, and how he usually uses Docker. They also touch on the main idea behind containers, the basics of Docker, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is Docker? Containers are very lightweight Containers VS virtual machines How are people using Docker with Erlang and/or Elixir? What’s the applicability for using Docker? Ability to set up complex systems Docker works out of the box with Windows, Mac, and Linux 2 different ways people use Docker How do you usually use Docker? Working with Discourse Discourse uses Docker exclusively CodeFund Are you saying that the projects are headed more towards open source using Docker? Using Docker to have a front and backend separated experience Phoenix Main idea behind containers Running things in isolation John Papa Demonstration The value of deploying a release if you’re doing a Docker container The basics of Docker learndocker.online And much, much more! Links: Docker Erlang Elixir Discourse CodeFund Phoenix John Papa Demonstration learndocker.online Prometheus Twelve Factor App codetales.io @jufahr Julian GitHub Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Take time to code for fun Get away devchat.tv/elixir-docker Eric Cross Stitching Mark Dockerfile – his Gist Julian CNCF Landscape IndieHackers.com The UltraMind Solution by Mark Hyman
Episode 9: EMx 009: Jarno Lindqvist - GDPR
Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Jarno Lindqvist In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Jarno Lindqvist about GDPR. Jarno is works for SAS institutes in the Finland office working mostly on data management, technical architecture, and GDPR regulation. They talk about what GDPR is, what developers need to understand about it, and the type of data that must comply with GDPR regulations. They also touch on data security and protection, the right to be forgotten, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jarno intro Developers are concerned about GDPR Developers don’t have to completely understand it Data governance and data management Are there things that as software developers we need to understand? GDPR basic education Everyone behaving under the same laws What kind of data are we talking about with GDPR? Personal data definition Broad definition of what kind of data falls under “personal data” Regulations came into effect in May 2018 officially What are we talking about with “protecting data”? Data security Taking precautions about how you keep your data Keeping track of who you’ve displayed your data to The purpose behind collecting your data The right to be forgotten Do US companies have to only comply with this when it comes to EU data? What about EU citizens living abroad? Does GDPR apply to both electronic and physical files? What measures have you seen companies take to comply with GDPR? GAP analyses And much, much more! Links: GDPR SAS @datasquire Jarno’s blog at SAS Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles World Cup Sand Hollow State Park I Can Only Imagine Jarno Search GDPR on YouTube SAS research on GDPR compliance
Episode 8: EMx 008: Nerves! with Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck
Panel: Eric Berry Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck about Nerves! Frank is a software developer who, in his day job, focuses on C and C++ and now works for Smartrent using Nerves. Justin is currently working for Le Tote where he applies Nerves to the production there. They talk about what Nerves is, the two worlds you work within Nerves, the disadvantages to using Nerves, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Frank and Justin intro Looking into ideas on how to use Nerves in their own homes What is Nerves? Collection of tools and frameworks that help you build embedded devices Bridge from Elixir world to the physical world Access to the rest of the Elixir ecosystem FarmBot Nerves in farming Testament to the Nerves documentation Understanding where Erlang came from Can use a small size firmware Raspberry pi Two worlds to work in within Nerves Goal is to keep you in the Elixir world Where does Elixir fit in within the world of device programming? Are people starting to be drawn to Nerves? Nerves fits in with devices that are smarter Targeting the embedded Linux space Negatives to Nerves Python And much, much more! Links: Smartrent Nerves Le Tote Elixir FarmBot Nerves documentation Erlang Raspberry pi Linux Elixir Slack Frank’s GitHub @fhunleth Justin’s GitHub @mobileoverlord Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Eric Walking OverDrive app for ios Mark Dell XPS 13 Laptop Josh Should we adopt Dave’s way of building applications as a series of components? – Elixir Forum thread Frank Elixir Native UI Cees De Groot Justin Gardening Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Episode 7: EMx 007: Deployments, Distillery, and Open Source with Paul Schoenfelde
Panel: Charles Max Wood Eric Berry Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Paul Schoenfelde In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Paul Schoenfelde about deployments, distillery, and open source. Paul is an architectural engineer at Dockyard and was previously a .net developer for about 10 years. Since coming to Elixir, he has been dedicating most of his open source time and free time to the language and projects associated with it. They talk about how he got to where he is today, Distillery, core release tooling, configuration, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Paul intro Hot upgrades Interested in the idea of upgrading a whole system Timex Elixir Deployment Tools Update- Blog post by Paul Where are we at on the deployment story for Dockyard? Works primarily on Distillery Run-time configuration Making Mix.Config work with releases Trying to figure out the right way to deal with configurations How do we get to the end state we want to be at? Mix.Config support in Distillery Elixir Mix Pluggable providers Libraries need to expose something The need to sort through the options as a core team Core tooling built into Elixir coming soon Watchers Configuration may change, but the application and library used have to be built in a particular way Application callback module Config Change And much, much more! Links: Dockyard Elixir Erlang Timex Elixir Deployment Tools Update Distillery Vapor Nanobox.io Mix.Config Elixir Mix @gotbones Paul’s GitHub Bitwalker.org Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles DevChat.tv/blog CharlesMaxWood.com Getting outside Eric Fishing Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch Mark Spending time away from the computer Josh Turkeys elchemy Paul Vapor Raft Getting away from the keyboard Woodworking ElixirConf EU Code Beam STO
Episode 6: EMx 006: Elixir and Property-based testing with Vitaly Tatarintsev
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Special Guests: Vitaly Tatarintsev In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Vitaly Tatarintsev about Elixir and property-based testing. Vitaly is a back-end developer and who is currently still working predominantly with Ruby while he continues learns Elixir. He is fairly new to Elixir and likes to write articles about learning Elixir on his blog What did I Learn. They talk about what property-based testing is, where a person can get started with learning property-based testing, TDD with property-based testing, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Vitaly intro Blog - What did I Learn What is property-based testing? Run data to find etch cases that don’t work Are there tools for property-based testing? Not a lot of tools for this in Elixir Stream data library Quick Check Used in addition to unit tests Where do you get started with property-based testing? Start with stream data library PropErTesting.com Property-based Testing is a Mindset - ElixirConf EU Talk How does property-based testing fit into the work flow? TDD with property-based testing Trying to implement Java applications Where has property-based testing helped you? John Hughes YouTube Video Allows you to catch errors that you couldn’t predict to occur Helps you find cases you don’t think of What do you do when your property-based testing finds an error? And much, much more! Links: Ruby Elixir What did I Learn Stream data Quick Check PropErTesting.com Property-based Testing is a Mindset John Hughes YouTube Video Vitaly’s GitHub @ck3g Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson Mark Elixir in Action by Saša Jurić Josh John Hughes: Certifying your car with Erlang PropErTesting.com Movers Vitaly Find time to review your day and work toward your goals
Episode 5: EMx 005: Asynchronicity in Elixir - Best Effort vs. Guaranteed Execution with Sam Davies
Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Erikson Josh Adams Eric Berry Special Guests: Sam Davies In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Sam Davies about asynchronicity in Elixir. Sam has been programming for about six years and got into Elixir about a year ago. Before working with Elixir, he was a Ruby programmer and he currently works for a company called Nested and introduced them to Elixir there. They talk about asynchronous programming, different Elixir libraries, and his creation Rihanna. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Sam intro ProGolfMe Startup Contributor to Rails and Elixir core Worked in Ruby before Elixir Loved the Ruby community Why Elixir? Asynchronous programming Understanding the BEAM Erlang Idea of supervisors What you do when a job fails Is the company going to lose money if we implement this? Exq library Resque and Sidekiq Issues with Exq Codefund Rihanna Rihanna inspired by Que Delayed Job And much, much more! Links: Elixir Nested ProGolfMe Rails Ruby Why Elixir? Erlang Exq Resque Sidekiq Codefund Rihanna Que Delayed Job SamuelDavies.net Sam’s GitHub @samphilipd Picks: Charles Mattermost Documenting processes for the podcasts Spend time with the people you care about JavaScript Jabber, Adventures in Angular, React Round Up, and Views on Vue Mark gproc Eric CodePilot Working from home Josh Talk: Efficient data loading in Elixir using the deferrable pattern Event Sourcing made Simple by Philippe Creux Sam Node.js and Elixir presentation Talk: Elixir Umbrella
Episode 4: EMx 004: Blockchain in Elixir with Kamil Lelonek
Panel: Mark Erikson Eric Berry Justin Bean Special Guests: Kamil Lelonek In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kamil Lelonek about Blockchain in Elixir. Kamil is a software engineer from Poland who does full stack development with Elixir and JavaScript. He is also an educated dietician and is interested in topics such as biohacking, Bitcoin, and Blockchain. They talk about how he got into Elixir, how he decided to start implementing Blockchain in Elixir, and Bitcoin. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Kamil intro Elixir and JavaScript How did you come to Elixir? Between Clojure and Elixir originally Some experience with functional programming Experience with Java, Ruby, and Scala Wanted to use a functional language Full-time Elixir developer now How hard was it to transition to Elixir? Syntax of Elixir is similar to Ruby How long did it take you to go from an operational mindset to a functional mindset? Coding in a non-idiomatic way How did you get into Bitcoin and Blockchain with Elixir? Start everything from scratch Document journey through blog posts Haven’t had any problems so far with implementation Why Elixir is a good technology to implement Blockchain with Started off simple Leverage OTP in future Leveraging wit pattern matching and binary matching Blog posts to come Mastering Bitcoin Bitstring parsing And much, much more! Links: Elixir JavaScript Clojure Bitcoin Blockchain Ruby Scala Blockchain blog posts Mastering Bitcoin Kamil’s Blog kamil.lelonek.me Kamil’s GitHub @KamilLelonek Picks: Mark Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat Eric Six-Sided Fidget Spinner Justin Keyboard io Kamil Nonviolent Communication by Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg