Episode Archive
236 episodes of Thinking Elixir Podcast since the first episode, which aired on June 17th, 2020.
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92: Temple with Mitchell Hanberg
March 29th, 2022 | 48 mins 19 secs
browsers, elixir, templates, testing, wallaby
Mitchell Hanberg talks about his Temple library for creating alternate Phoenix markup templates and the Wallaby browser testing project that he now maintains.
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91: Reviewing Elixir with José Valim - Part 3
March 22nd, 2022 | 59 mins 20 secs
anniversary, elixir, erlang, inspect, protocols, releases
José Valim returns to continue with part 3 of our 5 part series as we count down to the 10 year anniversary. We thought this would be a short episode but found there was a lot to talk about and learn!
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90: Elixir Cards with Tetiana Dushenkivska
March 15th, 2022 | 42 mins 19 secs
elixir, flashcards, learning, liveview, meetup
Tetiana Dushenkivska talks about how she created Elixir Cards and why. She shares how LiveView plays a role, how the flashcards can be used for both personal learning and fun competitions!
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89: Reducing the Friction in Your Flow
March 8th, 2022 | 49 mins 3 secs
api, application design, clustering, distributed computing, elixir, friction, postgres, read replicas
We talk about the business value and personal happiness received when reducing the friction in our applications. It starts with the application design and LiveView plays a big role!
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88: Phoenix Debug Toolbar and LiveView Forms with Michael Crumm
March 1st, 2022 | 53 mins 1 sec
debug toolbar, elixir, forms, liveview, phoenix, phoenix live dashboard
Michael Crumm talks about his new project PhoenixProfiler that helps profile performance, expose route info, show crash info and more. We also talk about his work to improve LiveView forms!
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87: Reviewing Elixir with José Valim - Part 2
February 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
anniversary, code formatter, elixir, testing, unicode
José Valim returns for part 2 of 5 in the countdown to Elixir's 10 year anniversary! Part 2 covers releases 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6. Learned some great tips and even touched on upcoming features!
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86: SavvyCal and Indie SaaS with Derrick Reimer
February 15th, 2022 | 50 mins 35 secs
calendar, elixir, indie, saas, venture capital
Derrick Reimer talks about Savvycal and how it’s built in Elixir. We talk about how simplicity and being nimble are competitive advantages. He shares what it’s like being an indie SaaS developer, what that means, and more!
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85: Computer Vision in Elixir with Cocoa Xu
February 8th, 2022 | 27 mins 5 secs
computer vision, elixir, nerves project, opencv, robotics
We talk with Cocoa Xu about his PhD robotics project and his related Evision project that creates Elixir bindings to the OpenCV library making computer vision in Elixir much easier and more!
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84: LiveBeats with Chris McCord
February 2nd, 2022 | 57 mins 52 secs
accessibility, liveview, music, phoenix, web development
Chris McCord created an awesome LiveView showcase project he used to help develop new features. Learn about LiveBeats and how it can be a great resource for the community!
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83: Zig and Zigler with Isaac Yonemoto
January 25th, 2022 | 45 mins 43 secs
cross-compiling, elixir, erlang, nifs, openapi, webasm, zig, zigler
Isaac Yonemoto joins us to talk about Zig and Isaac's library Zigler. We learn where they both come from and discuss where the native, cross-compiling, NIF tool might go next and more!
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82: Reviewing Elixir with José Valim - Part 1
January 18th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 secs
changelog, elixir, features, releases
José Valim joins us to kick off part 1 of a 5 part series counting down to the 10 year anniversary of Elixir! In Part 1, we cover the releases of 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. We discuss the significant changes in each release and more!
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81: Elixir in a Burrito with Quinn and Digit
January 11th, 2022 | 53 mins 44 secs
burrito, security analysis, zig
Quinn Wilton and Digit wrap up Elixir in the Burrito project making it easier to run Elixir projects in more environments! Burrito has a great origin story and possibilities for it's use. Check it out!