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Lars Wikman

Stories and conversations around Elixir, Erlang and the BEAM ecosystem

  • 58 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education

    In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.

    James E. Gray II
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    https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-edward-gray-ii/

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    https://www.gigcityelixir.com/
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    Designing Elixir Systems with OTP (Gray/Tate)
    https://www.pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/

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    22 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 45 seconds
    Episode 84: Peter Ullrich: Making Elixir Easy to Learn

    The panel chats about making Elixir easy to learn for devs from other languages and how to talk about Elixir in the greater development community. This the episode to share with all your friends that need to learn Elixir and companies that should be using it.

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    8 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 53 minutes 7 seconds
    Episode 82: The B in Beam - A Chat with Björn Gustavsson

    How it started and how it's going - an enlightening chat with Björn Gustavsson about Erlang/Elixir history.
    Read the Erlang/OTP blog

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    11 December 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 57 minutes 30 seconds
    Episode 83: Brian Underwood and EctoWatch

    Lars talks with Brian Underwood about EctoWatch, his library.
    "EctoWatch allows you to easily get notifications about database changes directly from PostgreSQL."

    Find more from Brian at [Brian-underwood.codes](Brian-underwood.codes)

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    3 December 2024, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 36 seconds
    Episode 81: The Power and Control of the Ash Framework with Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le

    In this conversation, Lars, Zach, and Rebecca discuss the Ash framework and their upcoming book. They also touch on the Igniter tool. The book, titled 'Building Web Applications with Ash', will provide a comprehensive tutorial and reference for using Ash and is expected in beta by the end of the year with @pragprog

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    13 November 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 37 seconds
    Episode 80: Bryan Hunter - Poka Yoke, Safety and Reliability

    The panel explores Poka Yoke with Bryan Hunter - the concept of mistake-proofing and its application in Erlang and Elixir.

    Bryan Hunter [GigCityElixir24] Poka Yoke, STAMP and the BEAM
    Engineering A Safer World by Nancy G. Leveson

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    14 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 53 minutes 38 seconds
    Episode 79: Marcel Fahle - Supporting the Good Stuff

    Lars and Bruce have a fabulous chat with Marcel Fahle creator of Bold Video and Pidro, a classic multiplayer card game for iOS and Android.

    on X: @marcelfahle
    https://marcelfahle.net/
    bold.video
    Pidro card game

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    26 September 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 48 seconds
    Episode 78: The Perfect Broth for Cooking the Book with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste.

    Sophie DeBenedetto and Steven Nunez chat with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste, authors of Engineering Elixir Applications.
    https://pragprog.com/titles/beamops/engineering-elixir-applications/

    "After reading this book, you’ll understand how to apply the BEAMOps principles in your daily work, creating reliable, scalable, and easy to understand applications in a cooperative team environment." - pragprog.com

    Ellie and Josep are giving a keynote at ElixirConf 2024.
    https://2024.elixirconf.com/#keynotes

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    21 August 2024, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Episode 77: NervesConf 2024

    Lars chats with Alex McLain and Jon Carstens about NervesConf 2024.

    @NervesConfUS
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    @RedwireLabs
    Nerves MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/nerves/

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    8 August 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 43 seconds
    Episode 76: I put my money on Elixir with Chris Grainger

    Chris, Lars and Alex discuss Chris's journey into Elixir and using machine learning and AI in Elixir to build a product and a business. They also touch on the process of training models and the benefits of using Livebook.

    Chris Grainger
    https://www.amplified.ai

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    17 July 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 75: Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal talks SaaS product and Elixir

    In this episode, the panel chats with Derrick Reimer, co-founder of SavvyCal. They discuss the advantages of using Elixir for bootstrapped SaaS businesses and how Elixir's functional programming paradigm aligns with modern development practices. Derrick shares his journey from Rails to Elixir and explains why he prefers the clarity and explicitness of Elixir over other languages.
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    19 June 2024, 1:00 pm
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