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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173: Web App Security Best Practices and Sobelow
October 17th, 2023 | 47 mins 26 secs
best practices, elixir, security, sobelow
We're joined by Michael Lubas of Paraxial.io as we delve into cybersecurity! We talk about the EEF's Web Application Security Best Practices guide. We show Sobelow some deserved love as it helps all Elixir web apps and much more!
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172: Thinking Elixir News
October 10th, 2023 | 12 mins 28 secs
elixir, news
Latest in Elixir, from advances in Machine Learning and new Phoenix LiveView features, to a serverless to Elixir transition story that's making waves. Plus, get insights on ElixirConf 2023 and the upcoming CodeBEAM America 2024 and more!
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171: Thinking Elixir News
October 3rd, 2023 | 13 mins 42 secs
elixir, news
Featuring José's insights on Elixir's "strong arrows", updates on LiveView 0.20.0, Livebook's upcoming "Authentication" feature. Plus, 404 pages tips for LiveView, new ElixirConf videos, the SpawnFest contest, and more!
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170: Thinking Elixir News
September 26th, 2023 | 20 mins 13 secs
elixir, news, opensource, postgres, zig
ElixirConf 2023 keynote videos released, BEAM web security guide, a new Bun integration library for Phoenix, a LangChain library for Elixir projects, general OpenSource community happenings, and more!
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169: Thinking Elixir News
September 19th, 2023 | 16 mins 21 secs
elixir, elixirconf, news
News includes highlights from ElixirConf US 2023, locations for the 2024 conferences, a guide to Phoenix generators customization, valuable BEAM resources, and more!
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168: Thinking Elixir News
September 12th, 2023 | 11 mins 54 secs
async, elixir, h264, news
News includes a new "async" feature being added to LiveView, a new translation library called Kanta was announced, the Membrane framework released a pure Elixir H264 video plugin, and more!
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167: Customizing mix phx.new?
September 5th, 2023 | 52 mins 45 secs
elixir, generators, phoenix
Ever thought of customizing
mix phx.new? Tune in to our latest episode with Victor Björklund as we explore ways to customize Phoenix project generators! We also discuss tweaking generators for existing projects & more! -
166: Filtering, ordering and pagination via Flop
August 29th, 2023 | 50 mins 22 secs
ecto, filter, flop, order, pagination
Ever been tired of coding filter, sort, and pagination repeatedly in projects? Mathias Polligkeit crafted the 'flop' library, a portable and reusable Ecto solution. And the bonus is 'flop_phoenix' for filter forms & tables.
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165: Thinking Elixir News
August 22nd, 2023 | 13 mins 9 secs
elixir, news
News in the Elixir community! A new Livebook feature, daily bite-sized newsletter, and Supabase's Supavisor architecture. Learn about an OTP 26 PSA, Ecto tips, improved Elixir error messages, a cutting-edge Hex search tool, and more!
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164: Thinking Elixir News
August 15th, 2023 | 7 mins 58 secs
elixir, news
News roundup includes the ElixirConf schedule being published, Bumblebee gets streaming text support, Oban Web is getting a big update, Elixir for Cynical Curmudgeons blog post brings broader positive attention, and more!
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163: Job Queues using Oban with Parker Selbert
August 8th, 2023 | 55 mins 52 secs
elixir, job processing, oban, workers
Dive into the world of Elixir job processing with Parker Selbert, creator of Oban. Learn about the conception, architecture of Oban, its paid features in Web & Pro, and the scale companies reach (Spoiler: it's in 100s of millions of jobs!)
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162: Elixir to WebAssembly with Orb
August 1st, 2023 | 50 mins 4 secs
elixir, live view, wasm, web assembly
WebAssembly and Elixir can play nicely together? We talk with Patrick Smith about his Orb project that provides an Elixir DSL for building WebAssembly modules. Hear what Patrick thinks this can do for Elixir devs!