About the show
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.
Whether you are already experienced with Elixir or just exploring the language, this show is created with you in mind. We discuss community news, Functional Programming, transitioning from OOP, coding conventions, and more.
Guests visit the show to help challenge our assumptions, learn about new developments and grow in the process.
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Episodes
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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!
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118: Making Users Anonymous Upon Request
September 27th, 2022 | 39 mins 36 secs
anonymous, database, ecto, elixir, gdpr, redact
Honoring a user's “right to be forgotten” may be a legal requirement. We talk with Clément Quaresma about how the ecto_anon library can help solve that particular GDPR requirement in our Elixir apps using Ecto!
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117: PhxLiveStorybook
September 20th, 2022 | 46 mins 43 secs
components, elixir, live view, phoenix, storybook, umbrella
A UI Storybook for Phoenix LiveView components? Christian Blavier joins to share what his team created and made OpenSource. What is it? It may end up in Phoenix so tune in!
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116: Remote Development and Elixir
September 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
development, docker, docker compose, elixir, localhost, remote
Making Elixir work for remote development doesn’t mean the end of localhost development? That’s what Carter Bryden explains as we examine the arguments in favor of remote development.
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115: ElixirConf 2022 Recap
September 6th, 2022 | 38 mins 42 secs
announcements, conference, elixir, machine learning, native
ElixirConf just finished! We cover the big announcements, talk highlights, and other relevant tech news. We cover Elixir 1.14, Livebook, Phoenix 1.7, ML, and the surprise announcement of Phoenix LiveView Native!
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114: Countdown to Conf
August 30th, 2022 | 21 mins 11 secs
breaking change, conference, elixir, soft deprecation
We cover the news and look forward to ElixirConf US which is about to start! We cover breaking changes that somehow don't break things, and the announcements and conference activities we’re looking forward to.
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113: Livebook Desktop
August 23rd, 2022 | 53 mins 55 secs
burrito, cross-platform, desktop, elixir, livebook, livebook desktop
Livebook Desktop makes it much easier for people to start using Elixir and Livebook. Wojtek Mach explains what Livebook Desktop is, how it works, if it makes sense to "desktop" our own apps and more!
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112: Putting LiveView in a Chrome Extension
August 16th, 2022 | 54 mins 34 secs
chrome, elixir, extension, iframe, live view, liveview
Google Chrome extension that displays a LiveView and integrates with Gmail? Steve Bussey shares how he did just that! We learn how and why he did it. He shares tips for others who want to do it too!
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111: Deploying a PR for Review
August 9th, 2022 | 40 mins 57 secs
deploy, elixir, fly, iterate, pr, render, review
Deploying a PR to a temporary server sounds like a great way to iterate faster! Jason Axelson shares how he did that on Render.com. We cover benefits to the team, workflow, testing, doing it on Fly.io and more!
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110: The End of Localhost Development?
August 2nd, 2022 | 51 mins 13 secs
complexity, development, elixir, infrastructure, local, localhost, simplicity
Is the “end of localhost development” inevitable? How does that apply to Elixir and Phoenix projects? We think it's more likely they are trying to solve the wrong problem.