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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5: Learning Elixir with Ricardo Trindade
July 21st, 2020 | 31 mins 55 secs
We talk with Ricardo Trindade about learning Elixir and GraphQL. We discuss learning on personal interest projects, GraphQL vs REST, executing Ruby or Python from Elixir, helpful learning resources and much more! -
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4: ElixirConf 2020 with Jim Freeze
July 14th, 2020 | 37 mins 11 secs
ElixirConf US 2020 was announced! This will be our first virtual one. We talk with the organizer Dr. Jim Freeze to get the behind the scenes information on how it will work. We cover the current challenges facing conferences,
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3: Elixir 1.11 Preview with Wojtek Mach
July 7th, 2020 | 46 mins 11 secs
Elixir 1.11 is shaping up to be a huge release with a number of "big deal" features. We are joined by Wojtek Mach to help us understand the significance of some of the new features. These include an improved recompilation process,
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2: REST vs GraphQL with Ben Wilson
June 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 secs
REST Controllers vs GraphQL. You've probably heard of GraphQL but maybe you haven't played with it yet. We talk with Ben Wilson, co-creator of Absinthe, a GraphQL library for Elixir and the book Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe to get a bette...
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1: News and Meet the Hosts
June 17th, 2020 | 13 mins 16 secs
Welcome to the Thinking Elixir Podcast! My name is Mark Ericksen. This is our first official episode together. We cover the community news and introduce ourselves. Subscribe in your favorite podcast player and join us! Show Notes -