Beam Radio

Mar 07 2025 93 ep. 46 mins 92
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A packed panel of Elixir experts and experienced developers who make the complicated interesting and fun. We talk about Elixir, Erlang and all things related to the BEAM virtual machine ecosystem. Featuring a panel of hosts including Alex Koutmos, Andrew Ek, Bruce Tate, Lars Wikman, and Meryl Dakin. Edited by Maggie Tate Sponsored by Grox.io and Underjord

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Season 1 Trailer

Jan 20 2021
A quick glimpse into the fun BEAM conversations with Alex, Bruce, Lars, Josh, Mika, Sophie and Steven.Sponsored By:Groxio, LLC: We do one thing: teach programming. Career fuel for curious coders.

Episode 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente

Mar 07 2025 61 mins  
NX provides a powerful framework for machine learning in Elixir and Lars, Andrew and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into it! Connect with Paulo on Bluesky - @polvalente.social Come join us! GigCityElixir and NervesConf US - May 8-10, Chattanooga, TN GigCityElixir.com Goatmire Elixir and NervesConf - Sept 10-12, Varburg, Sweden Goatmire.com We want to connect with you! Twitter

Episode 87: Chris Grainger talks Data Science and Engineering and Elixir

Feb 21 2025 66 mins  
In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing. Find Chris on [Bluesky](@cigrainger.bsky.social) and on the Elixir Forum. Keep up to date with our hosts: Bluesky @akoutmos.bsky.so

Episode 86: The Future of Gleam: Innovations and Insights with Giacomo Cavalieri

Feb 05 2025 48 mins  
Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth. Find Jak: [giacomocavalieri.me](giacomocavalieri.me) @giacomo_cava We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts: Twitter: @akoutmos @ektastrophe @meryldakin @re

Episode 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education

Jan 22 2025 58 mins  
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 @[email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-edward-gray-ii/ Upcoming Conferences: https://codebeamamerica.com/ https://www.gigcityelix

Episode 84: Peter Ullrich: Making Elixir Easy to Learn

Jan 07 2025 56 mins  
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. https://peterullrich.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/peterullrich.com We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Sen

Episode 82: The B in Beam - A Chat with Björn Gustavsson

Dec 11 2024 53 mins  
How it started and how it's going - an enlightening chat with Björn Gustavsson about Erlang/Elixir history. Read the Erlang/OTP blog We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts: Twitter: @akoutmos @ektastrophe @meryldakin @redrapids Bluesky @akoutmos.bsky.social @ektastroph

Episode 83: Brian Underwood and EctoWatch

Dec 03 2024 57 mins  
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) We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our

Episode 81: The Power and Control of the Ash Framework with Zach Daniel and Rebecca Le

Nov 13 2024 60 mins  
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 We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us

Episode 80: Bryan Hunter - Poka Yoke, Safety and Reliability

Oct 14 2024 48 mins  
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 We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts on Twi