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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205: Elixir 1.17 RC and Other News
June 4th, 2024 | 27 mins 55 secs
elixir, imdb, otp, performance, release candidate
Dive into Elixir 1.17-rc0's type system and new functions, OTP 27's compiler boosts, Erlang Docs on ExDoc, Elixir's 12th birthday celebration, and more!
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204: OTP 27 and Blend for Lib Maintainers
May 28th, 2024 | 56 mins 8 secs
blend, ci, dependency, elixir, library, otp
After the news of OTP 27 and more, we chat with Marcelo Dominguez about the "Blend" library, aiding Elixir devs supporting multiple versions of a dep. Inspired by the Rubygem "appraisal", it fits into CI systems making library maintenance more manageable.
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203: Thinking Elixir News
May 21st, 2024 | 27 mins 8 secs
aws, elixir, flame, liveview, news, oban
News includes Phoenix LiveView 1.0 release, José Valim's ElixirConf EU keynote on design patterns, Chris McCord’s FLAME-based World Page Speed Test, Ash 3.0 release, Oban support moving to ElixirForum, and more!
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202: Thinking Elixir News
May 14th, 2024 | 26 mins 47 secs
aws, bloom, elixir, ftc, news, phoenix
New ElixirLS launch boosts coding efficiency, José Valim hails type system upgrades, “Bloom” extends Phoenix, Chris McCord demos global hot code deploys, plus FTC and AWS updates, and more!
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201: Thinking Elixir News
May 7th, 2024 | 18 mins 30 secs
elixir, ftc, lexical, lsp, news, slack, soul of erlang
Explore Lexical 0.6.0's release, Elixir's smarter Slack bots, Saša Jurić’s “Soul of Erlang/Elixir” at 5 years, and we dive into the FTC's ban of non-competes. Tune in for these tech insights & more!
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200: Ready for a new frontier?
April 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
elixir, ios, jetpack, liveview native, mobile
Is Elixir ready to expand into a new frontier? Learn about LiveView Native’s potential for Elixir on mobile with Brian Cardarella & Carson Katri. Get updates on EEF elections, and Livebook integrations. Plus, tech insights & more community news.
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199: Websockets' Late Hero and Elixir's Fresh Updates
April 23rd, 2024 | 40 mins 35 secs
ai, cloudflare, elixir, langchain, migrations, mox, news, websockets
Elixir 1.17.0-dev changes, ExDoc v0.32's sleek features, Cloudflare's late heroic websocket entry post-Phoenix fame, a new BEAM-focused DevOps book, and more! —tune in for tech deep dives and laughs!
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198: Cade Gets the Last Word
April 16th, 2024 | 21 mins 24 secs
ash, cade, elixir, news, redis
New Elixir v1.17.0 features, Kino Benchee for @Livebookdev, 🐦🔥 Phoenix emoji's debut, Ash Framework v3 RC news, plus a heartfelt host update from Cade. Don't miss out!
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197: Thinking Elixir News
April 9th, 2024 | 20 mins 39 secs
ai, bumblebee, elixir, xz
Discover at-home AI projects with Bumblebee, averted tech crises, Elixir IEx customization, the buzz about ElixirConf EU and NervesConf US, and more!
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196: Thinking Elixir News
April 2nd, 2024 | 21 mins 26 secs
elixir, json, news, redis
Dive into the latest Elixir developments with Erlang OTP 27.0-rc2's new json module, more on Phoenix Live Reload, the pivotal Redis licensing change, insights from an Elixir refactoring survey, and more!
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195: Migrating from Next.js to Phoenix
March 26th, 2024 | 52 mins 44 secs
elixir, news, nextjs, operational, phoenix, simplicity, vercel
In this episode, Ben Reinhart discusses his shift from Next.js and Vercel to ElixirLang, Phoenix, and Fly.io, highlighting how Elixir's simplicity and features streamlined his AI product's operations at AxFlow.
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194: Operational Elixir: Knowing When to Grow Up
March 19th, 2024 | 52 mins 46 secs
elixir, growing, kubernetes, monitoring, operations
In our series finale, Zach Daniel talks the operational side of Elixir, from startup agility to midsize company structure. Discover key insights on scaling your app's support systems, mistakes made, mastering deployments, and more!