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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103: Vaxine.io and CRDT DBs with James Arthur
June 14th, 2022 | 54 mins 27 secs
antidote, crdt, database, distributed, elixir, vaxine
We learn about Vaxine.io, an Elixir layer built on top of a distributed CRDT-based Erlang DB called Antidote. We cover CRDTs, the CURE protocol, and what Vaxine brings to the party.
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102: Machine Learning in Elixir with Sean Moriarity
June 7th, 2022 | 42 mins 12 secs
ai, axon, elixir, genetic algorithms, machine learning, nx
Sean Moriarity explains Machine Learning in the Elixir space. It's a fast developing area and Sean helps us follow the important points even if we aren't doing ML ourselves… because our teams may still need it.
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101: Replicating SQLite using Litestream with Ben Johnson
May 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
backup, database, distributed, durability, elixir, replication, sqlite
Ben Johnson explains Litestream.io, his tool that replicates SQLite databases to remote servers and to backup locations like S3. We talk through using it with Phoenix applications and what that would mean.
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100: 10 Years of Elixir with José Valim
May 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 31 mins
1.14, 2.0, concurrency, dashbit, elixir, functional, machine learning
José Valim talks about 10 years of Elixir! 🎂🎉 We cover v1.13, upcoming v1.14, far future v2.0 and much more! We talk about the story and growth of Dashbit and share appreciation for the community we are a part of!
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99: Slipstream and Tree-Sitter with Michael Davis
May 17th, 2022 | 43 mins 49 secs
channels, elixir, parser, phoenix, syntax, tree-sitter, websockets
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98: Elixir in the iOS App Store with Dominic Letz
May 10th, 2022 | 47 mins 26 secs
blockchain, cross platform, desktop, elixir, live view, mobile
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97: Avro and Elixir with Dave Lucia
May 3rd, 2022 | 48 mins 36 secs
apache, avro, data lake, elixir, kafka, spark
Dave Lucia explains avro_ex, a library that helps Elixir hook into the JVM world of Kafka, Avro, Spark and data lakes. An overview of the tools and flow we may be asked to integrate our systems with.
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96: Reviewing Elixir with José Valim - Part 4
April 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
configuration, elixir, erlang, exceptions, otp, structs
José Valim in part 4 of 5 as we countdown to Elixir's 10 year anniversary! We cover 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12. Insights into Erlang’s design and history and how that impacts Elixir along with teases of upcoming things in 1.14!
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95: Rustler Precompiled with Philip Sampaio
April 19th, 2022 | 38 mins 54 secs
ci, cross-platform, libraries, precompile, rust, rustler
Philip Sampaio explains the Rustler Precompiled project and how its easier to use Rust libraries for NIFs in Elixir. We discuss what it means for internal company projects, libraries and much more!
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94: Benchee and OpenSource with Tobias Pfeiffer
April 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 22 secs
benchmark, elixir, performance
Tobias Pfeiffer talks about his popular performance benchmark tool Benchee. He explains why a single bug fix took so long, caused so much pain, and we discuss how many of us deal with similar challenges.
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93: Preventing Service Abuse with Michael Lubas
April 5th, 2022 | 52 mins 37 secs
abuse, credit card fraud, elixir, plug_attack, security
We talk with Michael Lubas about steps we can take to protect our Phoenix applications from common automated bot attacks.
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92: Temple with Mitchell Hanberg
March 29th, 2022 | 48 mins 19 secs
browsers, elixir, templates, testing, wallaby
Mitchell Hanberg talks about his Temple library for creating alternate Phoenix markup templates and the Wallaby browser testing project that he now maintains.