Mark Ericksen
Co-Host of Thinking Elixir Podcast
Mark Ericksen is the creator of ThinkingElixir.com and the podcast. He works at Fly.io and loves working in Elixir and helping others too.
Mark Ericksen has hosted 233 Episodes.
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185: InstructorEx for LLMs
January 16th, 2024 | 54 mins 35 secs
elixir, instructor, json, llm
Explore InstructorEx's approach to harnessing LLMs for structured JSON data and Elixir's role in refining AI interactions. Uncover strategies for enhancing tasks and integrating Python skills with Elixir potential, and more!
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184: Magic Links
January 9th, 2024 | 23 mins 4 secs
elixir, magic links, news
News covers Testcontainers making testing with DBs a breeze, to bulk updates in Ash Framework, and a Windows library with Azure in mind! Then we go deeper into effortless authentication with "magic links" in Phoenix apps.
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183: Thinking Elixir News
January 2nd, 2024 | 18 mins 23 secs
elixir, news
This episode dives into Elixir's new 1.16.0 release, machine learning with Llama.cpp, memory-smart benchmarking with Benchee 1.3.0, Adobe's Elixir Styler for code formatting, and unveils the all-inclusive Membrane SDK for multimedia, and more!
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182: Year End Review
December 26th, 2023 | 31 mins 9 secs
elixir, news
Tune in to the latest in the Elixir world, featuring Supabase's innovative Supavisor and their partnership with Fly.io for a managed Postgres option, the exciting beta release of LiveView Native, plus a "Year End Review"!
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181: FLAME with Chris McCord
December 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
aws, elixir, flame, lambda, serverless
Dive into the Elixir ecosystem's latest innovation: Chris McCord's FLAME for the Phoenix Framework—is it a game-changer in serverless computing? We discuss its unique approach, scalability, how it compares to job queues, and much more!
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180: Thinking Elixir News
December 12th, 2023 | 19 mins 57 secs
elixir, liveview, news
What's behind Chis McCord's latest tease? Explore José Valim's proposed Elixir addition, Supabase's "libcluster_postgres" for Elixir node discovery, and see how others tackle this year's Advent of Code with tools and Livebooks, and more!
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179: Future of AI with Elixir?
November 28th, 2023 | 33 mins 50 secs
ai, elixir, openai, opensource, proprietary, risks
How does the AI revolution affect Elixir devs? We discuss the risks of proprietary AI, the power of self-hosted open-source models with Elixir, the strategic benefits they bring, why Elixir may be really well positioned, and more!
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178: Safe Ecto Migrations and AI Updates
November 21st, 2023 | 29 mins 54 secs
ai, ecto, elixir, langchain, migrations
Updates on Safe Ecto Migrations, the importance of OpenSource AI models and the latest on Elixir's LangChain library.
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177: Thinking Elixir News
November 14th, 2023 | 13 mins
bandit, discord, elixir, livebook, news
News delves into Discord scaling with Elixir, Oban's Phoenix.PubSub update, a peek at LiveView Native tutorials for mobile dev, Livebook's Bandit endorsement, and more!
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176: Thinking Elixir News
November 7th, 2023 | 20 mins 47 secs
1.16-rc.0, elixir, news, release candidate
Covering the Elixir v1.16.0-rc.0 release's compiler improvements and enhanced docs, including anti-patterns. Discover updates on Lexical LS, FlameOn, OTP's potential for built-in JSON support, and latest on LiveView Native, and more!
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175: Thinking Elixir News
October 31st, 2023 | 20 mins 11 secs
bandit, elixir, news, webserver
News includes the major release of Bandit 1.0, upcoming dev experience improvements in Elixir v1.16, comparisons of Language Server alternatives, integration of Mistral with Bumblebee and the introduction of Permit – an authorization library for Phoenix apps, and more!
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174: DockYard's BeaconCMS
October 24th, 2023 | 54 mins 14 secs
beacon, cms, elixir, heex, wordpress
Discover the new OpenSource CMS in the Elixir community! We chat with Leandro Pereira about Beacon, a Phoenix LiveView project with features to rival Wordpress. Includes Admin and HEEx template editor for non-developers.