This article introduces the MQTT protocol and its advantages, and demonstrates the use of MQTT in Elixir.

Today we welcome software engineer Meryl Dakin to the show, who is currently employed by Knock. Meryl is here to help us continue our exploration of this season's theme of the impact of Elixir, and we get to hear about all how it has impacted her professional…

This video was recorded at ElixirConf EU 2021 - https://www.elixirconf.eu/

The pillars of Metaprogramming in Elixir | Adi Iyengar - Senior Software Engineer

ABSTRACT
Elixir relies quite heavily on metaprogramming. We use metaprogramming features in elixir…

In this episode, Allen, Sascha, and Adi discuss the type of apps where Elixir is a no-go, the weak spots you NEED to know to avoid headaches, and what alternatives the panelists recommend for very complex workflows.

Today I learned why you shouldn’t use map fields in schemas with Absinthe

This video was recorded at ElixirConf EU 2021 - https://www.elixirconf.eu/

Debugging Elixir Code - The Tools, The Mindset | Michal Buszkiewicz - CTO & Founder @ Curiosum

ABSTRACT
In a perfect world, debugging wouldn’t exist.
It’s not a perfect world, and…

Nx’s API can seem a little more restrictive due to some of it’s static shape requirements. For example, boolean indexing is not currently supported because it would be impossible to kno…

José Valim demonstrates the latest features in Livebook 0.5!

Explore how to group live routes in a secure live session and use function plugs to secure your live view routes.

In this episode Allen and Sascha talk about OTP and what people usually mean, when they say that it’s more of an intermediate topic. They discuss how work gets fairly scheduled on the BEAM, the start and shutdown behavior of BEAM applications, what supervision…

This video was recorded at ElixirConf EU 2021 - https://www.elixirconf.eu/

Lessons learned from Elixir Learning Paths | Elaine Watanabe - Elixir Lab co-founder

ABSTRACT
After 3 years of following the Elixir journey, I have found happy and unhappy paths…

Today I learned about using changesets for normal structs

This week we welcome Arthi Radhakrishnan back to the show to discuss how Elixir and her career more broadly have shaped her perspectives on learning. We hear about what made her learning Elixir so enjoyable, the biggest paradigm shifts she needed to make…

Phoenix Liveview function components make it easy to inject tailored content into a reusable template.

This video was recorded at ElixirConf EU 2021 - https://www.elixirconf.eu/

Membrane SFU: Bringing WebRTC to Elixir | Mateusz Front - Co-creator of Membrane

ABSTRACT
Membrane Framework is an Elixir-based framework for multimedia processing & streaming. Previously…

Some numeric algorithms require sequential operations. In TOTW #9, we talked about one operation you can use to avoid while-loops in specific situations. Unfortunately, you won’t always be ab…

This video was recorded at ElixirConf EU 2021 - https://www.elixirconf.eu/

A safer Elixir | Esteban Ibarra - Software Engineer at Stack Builders

ABSTRACT
Writing error-free code has been the developer’s dream but with growing codebases, there’s not always…

Some time ago I was looking for something new to learn and to use for creating cool projects with. So I combined Elixir, Nx and YOLO.

In this episode Adi, Allen, and Sascha talk with Rasheed Atanda about his library Elasticlunr which brings the power of full-text search to the BEAM without any external dependencies. They discuss where the library is standing right now, how indexing works…

Learn how to deploy your Elixir Phoenix app to Fly with a single command then set up Continuous Deployment using GitHub Actions.