Tyler Young from X-Plane talks with us about how he added a new MMO feature to the popular flight simulator using Elixir. He shares some behind the scenes information on how it was created and how it’s been working in production. We learn about the single modest server that supports all the mobile users right now.

I loved hearing how Tyler found working with Elixir to be super productive. He took on a major new feature that he expected to take over a year but was able to deliver it in less than half the time. He did all the Elixir work himself and was new to it!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/035-x-planes-elixir-mmo-with-tyler-young

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José Valim visits and finally publicly reveals what Project Nx is! He and others have been working on it for 3 months and he’s finally ready to unveil it. José will speak more about it at the LambdaDays conference, demonstrating it with code and announcing the release and availability of the OpenSource code. This is an exciting development that brings Elixir into areas it hasn’t been used before. We also talk about what this means for Elixir and the community going forward. A must listen!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/034-jose-valim-reveals-project-nx

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We talk with Allen Wyma about a Postgres PubSub feature and how it plays nice with Elixir. We dispel the idea that you should always use Phoenix PubSub just because it’s there and we cover the value of learning what’s built-in to tools like the postgrex library. Allen shares how Postgres PubSub elegantly solved a problem for him and he gives tips for using it. We also talk about teaching Elixir through Allen’s YouTube videos and teaching in person with his Teach Me Code efforts.

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/033-postgres-pubsub-and-elixir-with-allen-wyma

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We talk with Allan MacGregor about implementing the Circuit Breaker pattern in Elixir and compare that to just using a job library. We get into a fun discussion about design patterns in Elixir and designing for failure. Allan is creating a project called Site Guardian using the PETAL stack and shares his experiences with it and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/032-circuit-breaker-and-elixir-patterns-with-allan-macgregor

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We talk with Oleg Tarasenko and Tze Yiing about crawling the web using Elixir. Oleg created the crawly project to help solve this problem and Tze Yiing joined him as a contributor and maintainer. We cover how Elixir is well suited to orchestrate crawling, how to deal with login pages, understanding the legal concerns, building a codeless scraper and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/031-crawling-the-web-using-elixir-with-oleg-tarasenko-and-tze-yiing

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We talk with Devon Estes, the creator of a new Elixir mutation testing library called Muzak. Devon joins us to explain what mutation testing is and how it can help development teams in organizations move faster and with greater confidence. We cover when a project can benefit from it, the challenges of offering a PRO version of a library, where Muzak is going in the future, and more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/030-mutation-testing-using-muzak-with-devon-estes

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We talk with Parker Selbert, the creator of the job processing library Oban. He shares the benefits of using Postgres as the data store over more common choices like Redis. Oban also offers a paid “pro” level and Parker explains how a paid feature set is provided for the OpenSource library. He helps us understand the differences between pro and free as well. We talk about how the BEAM’s concurrency and processes enable powerful features in a job processing library that you won’t easily find in alternatives. He also shares a glimpse of what’s coming in the future for the library and more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/029-running-jobs-using-oban-with-parker-selbert

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We talk with Jason Axelson. He created the DepViz tool that can help improve your Elixir compile-time experience. Jason explains how to use the tool to identify where compile time dependencies may be causing issues in your project and provides tips on what to do about it. We also cover recent improvements in Elixir 1.11 and coming improvements in 1.12 and what those will mean for you! Jason is also a member of the Elixir-LSP github organization and explains the history of the Elixir-LS project and how it has grown and developed. Jason shares some tips with how to fix Elixir-LS issues when it stops working for you. He also shares some glimpses of where things may go in the future, and more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/028-depviz-and-elixirls-with-jason-axelson

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We talk with Zach Daniel, the creator of the Ash Framework, a declarative, resource-oriented application framework for Elixir that lets you build out JSON or GraphQL APIs in minutes. In this episode he explains the history, guiding doctrine of Declarative Design how it can give developers a huge boost without boxing them into a corner!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/027-ash-framework-with-zach-daniel

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We talk with Jonathan Allen, an instructor at a Utah college, who taught Elixir to his Distributed Computing students. He tells how he got Elixir into the classroom, what the students loved, what was hard, and how we in the professional community can influence Elixir in education!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/026-elixir-in-higher-ed-with-jonathan-allen

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