The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it. We cover news and interview guests to learn more about projects and developments in the community.
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Inside Elixir Radar with Hugo Baraúna
We cover the news then talk with Hugo Baraúna, the guy behind Elixir Radar, to get the inside scoop. Would you like to increase the chances of your blog post being featured by Elixir Radar? Hugo shares how! We also discuss his observations of Elixir adoption in companies, better understanding our own community, sustainability in OpenSource, his efforts to fund his time on Elixir Radar, and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/015-inside-elixir-radar-with-hugo-barauna/ The post #015 Inside Elixir Radar with Hugo Baraúna appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
LiveView and Airtable with Ricardo Garcia Vega
Huge batch of new then we talk with Ricardo Garcia Vega about how he paired a Phoenix application with no database Repo to an Airtable backend to quickly solve a problem but without compromising on speed or reliability. Includes great discussion of ETS tables, GenServers for syncing a caching, LiveView for live updates, links to great resources, a github repo for doing it yourself and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/014-liveview-and-airtable-with-ricardo-garcia-vega/ The post #014 LiveView and Airtable with Ricardo Garcia Vega appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Video chat using LiveView with Jesse Herrick
We talk with Jesse Herrick about creating a video chat app using WebRTC and Phoenix LiveView. We cover the WebRTC protocol, how Phoenix helps, JS hooks, pushing events from the server and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/013-video-chat-using-liveview-with-jesse-herrick/ The post #013 Video chat using LiveView with Jesse Herrick appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
All a Flutter over NIFs and Ports with Connor Rigby
We catch up with Connor Rigby and learn about his recent Flutter work for Nerves. We take this opportunity to get his perspective on when to choose NIFs or Ports for native integrations, how to make NIFs more portable, get a recommendation for multimedia processing and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/012-all-a-flutter-over-nifs-and-ports-with-connor-rigby/ The post #012 All a Flutter over NIFs and Ports with Connor Rigby appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
New Ecto features in 3.5 with Mike Binns
Learning about some new features coming in Ecto 3.5 from Mike Binns. Mike explains Ecto.Enum, what a ParameterizedType is, the new "redact" option on fields and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/011-new-ecto-features-in-3-5-with-mike-binns/ The post #011 New Ecto features in 3.5 with Mike Binns appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Frontend vs Backend and Business Value of LiveView
News and discussion about why the talk of "Frontend vs Backend" is wrong, Single Page Apps, seeing the business value of LiveView, and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/010-frontend-vs-backend-and-business-value-of-liveview/ The post #010 Frontend vs Backend and Business Value of LiveView appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Decomposing models with Maciej Kaszubowski
Decomposing models based on lifecycle with Maciej Kaszubowski. He shares tips on finding the lines, how DDD can help, ideas for modular designs, simple ways to start a PubSub architecture, avoiding "donkey code" and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/009-decomposing-models-with-maciej-kaszubowski/ The post #009 Decomposing models with Maciej Kaszubowski appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
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We discuss career development as programmers, how COVID may change things, our dev setups including editors, resources, asdf, docker, and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/008-careers-and-dev-environments/ The post #008 Careers and Dev Environments appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Background Jobs with Miguel Palhas
We talk with Miguel Palhas about lessons learned while working with background jobs in production systems. He shares some tips he’s learned through experience. We share other mistakes made and what we learn from them. We cover background job options, choosing tech based on the team you have, IEx tips to remind yourself you’re on… The post #007 Background Jobs with Miguel Palhas appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Elixir at FontAwesome with Rob Madole
FontAwesome, the internet’s most popular icon toolkit, uses Elixir behind the scenes. We talk with Rob Madole to learn how they got there and Rob shares insights to what goes on behind-the-scenes. We cover how they teach Elixir to their team, Rob shares helpful resources, tips on giving good code reviews, pairing, how to find… The post #006 Elixir at FontAwesome with Rob Madole appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Learning Elixir with Ricardo Trindade
We talk with Ricardo Trindade about learning Elixir and GraphQL. We discuss learning on personal interest projects, GraphQL vs REST, executing Ruby or Python from Elixir, helpful learning resources and much more! Show Notes online - https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/005-learning-elixir-with-ricardo-trindade/ The post #005 Learning Elixir with Ricardo Trindade appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
ElixirConf 2020 with Jim Freeze
ElixirConf US 2020 was announced! This will be our first virtual one. We talk with the organizer Dr. Jim Freeze to get the behind the scenes information on how it will work. We cover the current challenges facing conferences, how do you replicate the “hallway track”, submitting topics, what they are looking for this year,… The post #004 ElixirConf 2020 with Jim Freeze appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
Elixir 1.11 Preview with Wojtek Mach
Elixir 1.11 is shaping up to be a huge release with a number of “big deal” features. We are joined by Wojtek Mach to help us understand the significance of some of the new features. These include an improved recompilation process, when alias is preferred over import, improved compiler checks for structs, Erlang help docs… The post #003 Elixir 1.11 Preview with Wojtek Mach appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
REST vs GraphQL with Ben Wilson
REST Controllers vs GraphQL. You’ve probably heard of GraphQL but maybe you haven’t played with it yet. We talk with Ben Wilson, co-creator of Absinthe, a GraphQL library for Elixir and the book Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe to get a better idea of how REST and GraphQL compare. In this episode we… The post #002 REST vs GraphQL with Ben Wilson appeared first on Thinking Elixir.
News and Meet the Hosts
Welcome to the Thinking Elixir Podcast! My name is Mark Ericksen. This is our first official episode together. We cover the community news and introduce ourselves. Subscribe in your favorite podcast player and join us! Show Notes Elixir Community News bytepack.io elixirtalk.com/episodes – Episode #165 – Interview with José Valim getoban.pro github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_dashboard/pull/136 github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/809 github.com/dashbitco/nimble_publisher dashbit.co/blog/welcome-to-our-blog-how-it-was-made… The post #001 News and Meet the Hosts appeared first on Thinking Elixir.