Thinking Elixir Podcast

News and interviews for the Elixir community

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

  • 221: From Keynotes to Job Listings

    September 24th, 2024  |  27 mins 53 secs
    elixir, liveview, liveview native, news, nvidia, openai

    News includes ElixirConf keynotes on YouTube, ErrorTracker v0.3.0 release, José Valim on ChatGPT UX with Phoenix LiveView, LVN Go for LiveView Native, job opening at Nvidia mentioning Elixir, and more!

  • 220: The EEF Has Your Regulatory Back

    September 17th, 2024  |  59 mins 28 secs
    eef, elixir, erlang ecosystem foundation, government, news, regulations

    News includes a major Gettext update, the release of ErrorTracker v0.2.6, ChatGPT UI issues discussed by José Valim, and insights from Alistair Woodman of the EEF on upcoming software regulatory shifts, and more!

  • 219: Coming Out of ElixirConf

    September 10th, 2024  |  36 mins 50 secs
    ai, axon, elixir, elixirconf, livebook, news, nx, phoenix sync

    News includes Phoenix Sync by José Valim, new Elixir type system developments, Algora.tv for developers, future of Nx/Axon/Bumblebee, a new Livebook Fly.io integration, and more!

  • 218: Creating an Opening

    September 3rd, 2024  |  18 mins 15 secs
    apple, elixir, ftc, google, liveview native, news, sql, windows

    News includes signed installers for Elixir on Windows, Telemetry v1.3 release, LiveView Native 0.3.0 announcement, Google’s new SQL syntax, legal updates on non-compete bans, and more!

  • 217: One Language Server to Rule Them All

    August 27th, 2024  |  19 mins 24 secs

    News includes the official Elixir Language Server team, Oban v2.18.1 with auto-retries, the upcoming "Elixir Patterns" book, CodeBEAM Lite conference, and more!

  • 216: Ecto Soft Deletions Masterclass

    August 20th, 2024  |  23 mins 48 secs
    ecto, elixir, livebook, news, zigler

    News includes a new video from José Valim on Livebook deployments, Chris McCord's "Pawsitively" project with Livebook, the release of Zigler 0.13.1, an AI-centric library Honeycomb, and more!

  • 215: Bob gets busy and Google's in trouble

    August 13th, 2024  |  23 mins 40 secs
    antitrust, bob, elixir, google, macros, news

    News includes a new video on Elixir macros, updates on the Hex.pm “Bob” project, ElixirLS v0.23.0 release, Sonic Pi sponsorships, Google's antitrust ruling, ElixirConf 2024 preview, and more!

  • 214: Stack Overflow Results

    August 6th, 2024  |  33 mins 2 secs
    elixir, elixirconf, gleam, oban, stack overflow, survey

    News includes the latest Stack Overflow Survey on Elixir, Reddit buzz on Phoenix, updates for Lexical LSP & Gleam, a new LiveScript library, a website for businesses using Phoenix, and more!

  • 213: Can Mnesia remember using CRDTs?

    July 30th, 2024  |  26 mins 11 secs
    crdt, elixir, llama, mnesia, news, oban

    News includes Chris McCord's llama2-7b speedrun, Tyler Young's new parameterized_test, Oban Pro updates, CRDTs in Mnesia, Igniter for code generation, and ElixirConf 2024 preview, and more!

  • 212: Dueling with Wizards over ElixirConf!

    July 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins
    elixir, elixirconf, news, wizards

    New Nx Metal support, Chris McCord on deploying Elixir with YugabyteDB, Paraxial.io’s free tier, and a special collab with the Elixir Wizards crew previewing ElixirConf 2024! Tune in for top insights and tips!

  • 211: A Passion for Testing

    July 16th, 2024  |  49 mins 26 secs
    elixir, integration tests, liveview, news, tdd, testing, tests

    News includes Elixir 1.17.2, Livebook v0.13 updates, Explorer's remote dataframes, Phoenix tips, and Gleam 1.3.0. Plus, German Velasco shares his journey, Elixir contributions, and TDD philosophy. Tune in for more!

  • 210: A Bloom'n Fancy UI

    July 9th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    bloom, elixir, livebook, liveview, news, ui

    Get a big whiff of Bloom UI with Chris Gregori, an extension of Phoenix core components for Elixir and LiveView projects. Plus, catch news on Livebook 0.13.x, the "2 Million Checkboxes" project, updated Parameterized Tests, and more!