Cade Ward
Co-Host of Thinking Elixir Podcast
Cade Ward has hosted 189 Episodes.
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130: Bumblebee Buzz with José Valim
December 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 15 mins
axon, bumblebee, elixir, machine learning, nx
The buzz around Bumblebee is energetic! Listen to José Valim, Paulo Valente, and Jonatan Kłosko explain and share what this means for the Elixir community! We can easily add advanced AI models to our Phoenix apps for one!
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129: Time series data with Timescale DB
December 13th, 2022 | 53 mins 44 secs
elixir, postgres, time series, timescaledb
Add value to your Elixir project with Timescale DB! This PostgreSQL extension brings time series tools to your regular database. Dave Lucia shares why it's a smart choice, how to get started, and more.
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127: Ecto gets Lively in Livebook
November 29th, 2022 | 53 mins 26 secs
ecto, elixir, kino, livebook, spawnfest
Ecto gets Lively in Livebook because of a SpawnFest team! Generate an ERD in Livebook from Ecto schemas in code? Cool! Visualize a complicated Postgres EXPLAIN result? Yes! And more!
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126: Working at a Software Agency with the Wizards
November 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 44 secs
agency, elixir, etl, product
Meet the Wizards Sundi Myint and Owen Bickford and hear what it’s like working at a Software Agency like SmartLogic vs a Product Company. Get to know them better and what they are working on today!
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125: Elixir at the Royal Bank of Canada
November 15th, 2022 | 58 mins 56 secs
elixir, finance, liveview, performance, phoenix
Thanos Vassilakis explains how Elixir is used at @rbccm. We cover LiveView’s incredible performance, adoption, "scaling teams", and how vendor "body shops" are a limiting factor in Elixir being accepted.
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124: Caching Things Anywhere with Nebulex
November 8th, 2022 | 57 mins 52 secs
caching, distributed, elixir, redis
Carlos Bolaños shares how his caching library Nebulex solves common problems in new ways. From decorating a function to cache the results to supporting multiple caching backends through adapters!
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123: Ash Framework Models Resources
November 1st, 2022 | 55 mins 20 secs
api, ash framework, elixir
Zach Daniel explains Ash Framework, how 2.0 is the real 1.0, and the philosophy behind it. Surprisingly, it benefits LiveView apps in addition to REST and GraphQL APIs!
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122: Securing Elixir and Teaching the Team
October 25th, 2022 | 45 mins 50 secs
elixir, security, training
OpenSource, Livebook based, Elixir security training for my team? Holden Oullette works at Podium and is creating this as a community resource. Required security training doesn’t have to suck!
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121: Self Taught Coder to First Elixir Job
October 18th, 2022 | 54 mins 45 secs
beginner, elixir, job, mentor
Learning to code to get a full time job in Elixir is no small feat! Kimberly Johnson shares her journey. We pick out guide posts along the way of her non-traditional path to programming for others who want to follow!
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120: Localize and Personalize Your Elixir Apps
October 11th, 2022 | 56 mins 25 secs
cldr, elixir, localize, money, numbers, personalize
Localizing and personalizing an application is separate from the language in the UI. Kip Cole explains how our app can be unintentionally offensive! He shares the tools created to localize and personalize our Elixir apps!
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119: NPM CLI Maintainer Moves to Phoenix and Rust
October 4th, 2022 | 51 mins 13 secs
elixir, live view, npm, phoenix, rust
Kat Marchán was the NPM CLI maintainer for 5 years before moving to Elixir, Phoenix and Rust. Kat started Banchan Art to address the exploitation of artists. Oh, and it’s written in Elixir and is OpenSource!