We talk with Marlus Saraiva about three big projects he is a part of. All of which are around improving the developer experience in Elixir! We start with Broadway, a library that makes working with GenStage even easier. We learn about his project Surface that brings a more react-like component model to LiveView. We then talk about his work on ElixirSense and ElixirLS which are used by editors to give code completion and documentation help. He covers where he thinks web development went wrong and what he thinks Elixir can do to improve it. We also cover where things may go with Surface and ElixirLS in the future, and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/025-improving-developer-experience-with-marlus-saraiva

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We talk with Chris McCord about the Phoenix LiveView 0.15.0 release which includes uploads! Chris explains the background on the release and his video showing it off. He shares his go-to stack when starting a new Phoenix project (HINT it includes TailwindCSS). We talk about current gaps in the tooling and where things might go from here in both the short and long term. A great visit with lots of insights!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/024-liveview-uploads-with-chris-mccord

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We talk with Louis Pilfold about how he created Gleam, a static typed language that runs on the BEAM. Louis explains some of the challenges with bringing static types to the BEAM and shares ideas on what can possibly be done about it. We learn how Gleam got started, how it works, and how Elixir and Erlang can interop with it. We cover the recently released Gleam OTP work, talk about Type Driven Development and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/023-gleam-and-static-types-with-louis-pilfold

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We talk with Patryk Bąk about running migrations in production. For production systems where downtime or service interruptions are a problem, we sometimes need to take special care when migrating data structures or the data itself. Patryk shares some valuable tips and techniques along with examples of when to use them. We chime in with war stories, our own tips, and mistakes we’ve made. A great resource when migrating data in your own systems. Check it out!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/022-running-migrations-in-production-with-patryk-bak

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We talk with Patrick Thompson about the PETAL stack. The combination of Phoenix, Elixir, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js and LiveView! Patrick and David help me understand why people are excited about Tailwind CSS and how it works nicely with Alpine.js. Add LiveView to it and it makes a convincing case! Learn about this powerful and productive stack. Patrick shares his insight and a ton of great resources. Check it out!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/021-tailwind-css-alpine-js-and-liveview-with-patrick-thompson

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We reached outside the Elixir community to talk with Caleb Porzio. Caleb is the creator of PHP Laravel LiveWire, a framework inspired by LiveView. He created Alpine.js to help solve problems common to both LiveWire and LiveView. He also shares how he made his OpenSource work sustainable, and successfully shifted to being full-time supported for his community work. Lots of great insight and discussion!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/020-liveview-v-livewire-alpine-js-with-caleb-porzio

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We cover the news then talk with Milada Majáková about combining Elixir and art. Milada came new to Elixir from Architecture and Graphic Design. We reject the idea that people are either logical or artistic but not both. She shares her journey, what it was like learning Elixir as a first programming language, creating generative art using Elixir and LiveView, and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/019-elixir-and-art-with-milada-majakova

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We cover the news then talk with German Velasco about his free book “Test-Driven Development with Phoenix”. He shares his experiences of learning TDD at ThoughtBot, his writing process, tips and more. On TDD, we talk about the benefits we see, the process of “Red Green Refactor”, tools and even when we don’t do it. Some great insights!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/018-tdd-and-phoenix-with-german-velasco

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We cover the news then talk with Lukas Larsson and John Högberg to learn about the new BeamAsm project that brings a JIT compiler to Erlang OTP and Elixir. This is a very exciting development for all Beam languages and they break down for us what it is, how it works, how it impacts us as Elixir developers, when to expect it, and they share insights into developing OTP. An episode you don’t want to miss!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/017-jit-compiler-for-beam-with-lukas-larsson-and-john-hogberg/

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We cover the news then talk with Quinn Wilton about Gleam, a static typed language on the BEAM and why Elixir devs should care about it. We learn about her Chip8 emulator that renders game ROMs to LiveView, what dynamic security analysis of web applications can look like today, static typing, library recommendations and much more!

Show Notes online – https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/016-gleam-games-and-types-with-quinn-wilton/

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