Author - Mark Ericksen

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Elixir Mix

Join our weekly discussion of the popular functional language built on top of the Erlang virtual machine. Each week, we discuss the world of Elxiir, Phoenix, OTP, and then BEAM.

293 Episodes

Episodes

Phoenix Phrenzy with Nathan Long - EMx 249

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Nathan Long about Pheonix Phrenzy. Nathan explains what Pheonix...

May 22, 2024

Real-Time Phoenix, Tenant Data, and User Auth with Steve Bussey - EMx 248

We talk with Steve Bussey about his book Real-Time Phoenix, his library ecto_tenancy_enforcer, and we delve into user...

May 08, 2024

Discussing Deployment - EMx 247

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel has a conversation about a few things they have been thinking about. First,...

May 01, 2024

EMx 050: Elixir Origin Story with José Valim

José Valim, the creator of Elixir, shares his story with the panel starting with why he built Elixir. The panel...

1:21:59

Jan 12, 2021

Episodes

EMx 098: Simplifying Elixir Configuration with Alex de Sousa

We talk with Alex de Sousa about how to improve the configuration of our Elixir applications. We learn about his path...

45:31

Jul 14, 2020

EMx 097: Real-Time Phoenix, Tenant Data, and User Auth with Steve Bussey

We talk with Steve Bussey about his book Real-Time Phoenix, his library ecto_tenancy_enforcer, and we delve into user...

48:36

Jun 30, 2020

EMx 096: Sharing Protobuf Schemas with Andrea Leopardi

In this episode of Elixir Mix, we talk with Andrea Leopardi about how they solved sharing Protobuf protocols across...

41:25

Jun 16, 2020

EMx 095: Adopting Elixir at FindHotel with Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim

Mark talks with Fernando Hamasaki de Amorim about his experience adopting Elixir at findhotels.net. He shares his...

43:24

Jun 02, 2020

EMx 094: Writing Custom Credo Check with Devon Estes

We catch up with Devon Estes to learn what he’s doing with Credo. Devon talks about creating custom Credo checks for...

37:06

May 27, 2020

EMx 093: Multi-Tenant DBs with Lars Wikman

We catch up with Lars Wikman to talk about what he’s learned along his journey with Elixir and multi-tenant...

48:07

Apr 28, 2020

Episodes

EMx 092: Elixir and Python interoperability with Alvise Susmel

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panelists talk with Alvise Susmel about building Elixir systems that leverage...

46:31

Apr 14, 2020

EMx 091: Managing Change with Ecto with David Bernheisel

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panelists talk with David Bernheisel about the power in Ecto. Coming from...

44:44

Mar 31, 2020

EMx 090: Data pipelines through Broadway with Alex Koutmos

In this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Alex Koutmos about data processing pipelines in Elixir using Broadway....

36:48

Mar 17, 2020

EMx 089: Elixir Talks to Kubernetes with Bonny from Cory O’Daniel

In this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Cory O’Daniel about Kubernetes Operators, what they can do, his library...

39:32

Mar 03, 2020

EMx 088: Adopting Elixir and RabbitMQ with Steven Nunez

In this episode of ElixirMix, we visit with Steven Nunez about how Flatiron School adopted Elixir and is using...

45:47

Feb 18, 2020

EMx 087: Zip Generation with Packmatic with Evadne Wu

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Evadne Wu about the Packmatic Library. The show begins with...

46:09

Feb 04, 2020

EMx 086: Teaching Your Team Elixir with Mike Binns

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Mike Binns. Mike is a Senior Software Engineer at DockYard, Inc....

42:34

Jan 21, 2020

Episodes

EMx 085: Riak Core and Partisan with Mariano Guerra

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Mariano Guerra. Mariano wrote some wonderful tutorial blogs...

48:32

Jan 07, 2020

EMx 084:  Beyond LiveView with Sophie DeBenedetto

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Sophie DeBenedetto. Sophie spoke at both The Big Elixir and...

49:59

Dec 31, 2019

EMx 083: Are Monorepos Worth It?

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel discusses monorepos. They start by defining monorepos and sharing examples of...

32:23

Dec 24, 2019

Episodes

EMx 082: Beam Extreme! with Miriam Pena

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Miriam Pena, founder of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. Miriam...

36:07

Dec 17, 2019

EMx 081: Discussing Deployment

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel has a conversation about a few things they have been thinking about. First,...

51:28

Dec 10, 2019

EMx 080: The Big Elixir Favorites

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel syncs up by discussing The Big Elixir Conference, their favorite talks and...

31:32

Dec 03, 2019

EMx 079: Oban with Parker Selbert

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Parker Selbert. Parker lives in Chicago and runs a consultancy...

41:53

Nov 26, 2019

EMx 078: Phoenix Phrenzy with Nathan Long

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Nathan Long about Pheonix Phrenzy. Nathan explains what Pheonix...

52:37

Nov 18, 2019

Episodes

EMx 077: Elixir at PepsiCo eCommerce with Jason Fertel

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jason Fertel who runs the marketing automation team at PepsiCo...

44:12

Nov 12, 2019

EMx 076: MUD Development and Grapevine

On this episode of Elixir Mix the panelists interview Eric Oestrich, one of the regular panelists for the show. Eric...

36:20

Nov 05, 2019

EMx 075: Live View Implementation With Jeff Kreeftmeijer

Jeff Kreeftmeijer works at Appsignal where they create a tool for application monitoring that works in Ruby and...

34:18

Oct 29, 2019

EMx 074: Inky Displays With Lars Wikman and Emilio Nyaray

This episode of Elixir mix opens with Lars Wikman and Emilio Nyaray sharing how they came to be working together on a...

52:46

Oct 22, 2019

EMx 073: Application Monitoring Using Telemetry With Arkadiusz Gil

This episode of Elixir Mix features Arkadiusz Gil. Arkadiusz is a software engineer at Erlang Solutions. He is also a...

40:33

Oct 15, 2019

EMx 072: People-Centered Solutions with Travis Elnicky

In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Travis Elnicky, software architect at Podium. Podium is...

47:53

Oct 08, 2019

EMx 071: The Problem with Dialyzer with Chris Keathley

In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Chris Keathley about Norm and his recent talk at...

47:32

Oct 01, 2019

EMx 070: Home Automation Using Radio Frequencies with Jon Carstens

In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jon Carstens about his work with Nerves. Michael Ries gives a...

38:03

Sep 24, 2019

EMx 069: Distributed Databases with Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja

In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel follows up with Wiebe-Marten ("Marten") Wijnja about his talk at...

1:14:11

Sep 17, 2019

Episodes

EMx 068: Contributing to the Elixir Community with David Bernheisel & Cory Schmitt

In this week’s episode of Elixir Mix the panel is joined by David Bernheisel and Cory Schmitt, from Taxjar, to...

1:11:36

Sep 10, 2019

EMx 067: What's New with Nerves with Frank Hunleth

Frank Hunleth, co-author of Nerves, shares where Nerves came from and how it got started. The panel discusses the...

1:17:22

Sep 03, 2019

EMx 066: Going with the Flow with John Mertens

John Mertens, from change.org, joins the panel to discuss a recent talk he gave at ElixirConf EU. The panel starts...

1:07:54

Aug 27, 2019

EMx 065: The Life Cycle of Elixir

Mark Ericksen introduces the topic of framework life cycles hoping to address the concerns of new Elixir developers...

54:11

Aug 20, 2019

EMx 064: Refactoring Elixir with Hubert Lepicki

Hubert Łępicki joins the panel to discuss his blog post, “Refactoring Phoenix controllers”; he starts by sharing what...

1:01:38

Aug 13, 2019

EMx 063: Designing Elixir Systems With OTP with Bruce Tate and James Gray

Bruce Tate and James Gray join the panel to discuss their new book, “Designing Elixir Systems With OTP”. Bruce and...

1:23:10

Aug 06, 2019

EMx 062: Elixir v1.9 and Hex.pm with Wojtek Mach

Wojtek Mach shares his experiences at Plataformatec; what his team is like and what types of projects they work on....

1:04:06

Jul 30, 2019

EMx 061:  Mutation Testing in Elixir with Daniel Serrano

Daniel Serrano explains what mutation testing is and how it works. The panel discusses the purpose and benefits of...

54:44

Jul 23, 2019

EMx 060: Property-Based Testing, Dialyzer, & Inaka with Brujo Benavides

Brujo Benavides shares what he is working on right now and how his team feels about working in both Elixir and...

1:07:58

Jul 16, 2019

EMx 059:  Using Rust to Scale Elixir for 11 Million Concurrent Users with Matt Nowack

Matt Nowack, a developer at Discord, gives an intro to Discord and shares its origin story. The panel discusses the...

54:20

Jul 09, 2019

EMx 058:  Mint library with Eric Meadows-Jönsson & Andrea Leopardi

Eric Meadows-Jönsson and Andrea Leopardi, members of the Elixir core team discuss the upcoming Mint library. They...

1:01:41

Jul 02, 2019

EMx 057:  The Elixir Community with Adolfo Neto

Adolfo Neto shares the background behind his Elixir Brazil 2019 talk. The panel discusses other talks of Elixir...

59:56

Jun 25, 2019

EMx 056: Sobelow and Security with Griffin Byatt

Griffin Byatt shares his background and what he is doing now as a security consultant for NCC Group. The panel...

46:50

Jun 18, 2019

EMx 055: Params Modules for Phoenix with Kuba Subczynski

Kuba Subczynski starts by introducing params modules and the story behind the pattern. The panel discusses their...

56:45

Jun 11, 2019

EMx 054:  Phoenix LiveView with Leandro Pereira

Leandro Pereira starts by sharing what the Elixir community is like in Brazil. He explains what applications Phoenix...

1:01:51

Jun 04, 2019

EMx 053: Building beautiful systems with Phoenix Contexts and DDD with Andrew Hao

Andrew Hao joins the panel to discuss a recent talk he gave; he shares his background and his origin story with...

50:13

May 28, 2019

EMx 051:  Nerves and Farmbot with Connor Rigby

Connor Rigby, a core member of the Nerves team, answers the panel's questions about Farmbot and his experience...

1:01:41

May 14, 2019

EMx 050: Elixir Origin Story with José Valim

José Valim, the creator of Elixir, shares his story with the panel starting with why he built Elixir. The panel...

1:20:59

May 07, 2019

EMx 048:  Introducing Newest Panelist: Michael Ries

Mark Ericksen interviews the newest member of the Elixir Mix panel, Michael Ries. Michael shares a bit of his...

1:10:13

Apr 23, 2019

EMx 047:  Property Based Testing with PropEr and Fred Hebert

Fred Hebert shares his experience writing “Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide” and “Stuff Goes...

58:18

Apr 16, 2019

EMx 046:  Don't Repeat Your Domain Knowledge with Yiming Chen—

Yiming Chen and the panel discusses his recent blog post about not repeating domain knowledge. Yiming Chen describes...

53:42

Apr 09, 2019

EMx 045:  Where the Wild Things Are with Johnny Winn

Johnny Winn share his story with the panel starting with how elixir fountain got started. The panel compares elixir...

1:25:16

Apr 02, 2019

EMx 044:  Dangers of GenServers in Elixir with Mika Kalathil

Mika Kalathil introduces genservers and how they are misused. The panel plays with an analogy that explains how...

42:48

Mar 26, 2019

EMx 043:  Using GenServers and Tasks Together to Create Fault-Tolerant Apps with Jack Marchant

Mark Ericksen and Josh Adams ask Jack Marchant, a software engineer from Australia, about a few of his blog articles....

53:54

Mar 19, 2019

EMx 042: Updates on ExVenture with Eric Oestrich

In this episode of Elixir Mix, Mark Ericksen and Josh Adams chat with guest, Eric Oestrich, a developer at SmartLogic...

46:56

Mar 12, 2019

EMx 041: What Really Makes Erlang and Elixir Fault Tolerant and Scalable with Francesco Cesarini

In this episode of Elixir, Charles Wood, Josh Adams and Mark Ericksen chat with guest, Francesco Cesarini, Founder...

1:08:11

Mar 05, 2019

EMx 040: Elixir Outlaws and Adopting Elixir with Chris Keathley

In this episode of Elixir Mix, Chris Keathley introduces himself briefly and starts with talking about his work at...

1:10:15

Feb 26, 2019

EMx 039: Types in Erlang / Elixir with Zachary Kessin

In this episode, the panelists, Josh Adams, Mark Erickson and guest Zachary Kessin, author of the book "Building Web...

47:48

Feb 19, 2019

EMx 038: Slax and SAX Parsers with Ben Schmeckpeper

Charles would expressed how in this episode they had a good time learning about “SAX parsers and about some of the...

47:18

Feb 12, 2019

EMx 037: The Elixir Language Service with Mitchell Hanberg

This episode welcomes guest Mitchell Hanberg, software developer for SEP in Carmel, IN. Currently, he is working with...

37:59

Feb 05, 2019

Episodes

EMx 036: Gremlex and Graph Databases with Kevin Moore & Barak Karavani

Kevin Moore and Barak Karavani start by introducing Gremlex; they also define graph databases and explain what graph...

52:17

Jan 29, 2019

EMx 035: Adopting Elixir with Tiago Duarte

59:08

Jan 23, 2019

Episodes

EMx 034: My First Nerves Project with Anders Smedegaard Pedersen

Anders Smedegaard Pedersen shares how he got into Elixir and his experience joining the elixir community. He shares...

58:11

Jan 15, 2019

EMx 033: Databases and Elixir with Kamil Lelonek

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Kamil Lelonek who is a full-stack developer and programmer....

51:00

Dec 25, 2018

Episodes

EMx 032: Using Ecto with Edgar Pino

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Edgar Pino who talks with the panel about the latest version of...

46:18

Dec 18, 2018

EMx 031: Lessons from a Decade of Erlang with Brujo Benavides

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Brujo Benavides (Argentina) who is a software engineer and uses a...

57:00

Dec 11, 2018

EMx 030: Writing Great Unit Tests with Devon Estes

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Devon Estes who is a software developer who uses Elixir. He...

59:43

Dec 04, 2018

EMx 029: JWT Auth in Phoenix with Joken  with Sophie DeBenedetto

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Sophie DeBenedetto who is a teacher at the Flatiron School, a...

43:32

Nov 27, 2018

Episodes

EMx 028: Elixir, Node, and Bitcoin with Pete Corey

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Pete Corey who is a software developer who resides in Denver, CO...

45:24

Nov 20, 2018

EMx 027:  ExVenture with Eric Oestrich

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Eric Oestrich who is a web developer who resides in Indianapolis,...

55:21

Nov 13, 2018

EMx 026: Higher Level Functions GenState Deployments with Bill Peregoy

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Bill Peregoy who is a software engineer who uses Elixir and loves...

54:06

Nov 06, 2018

EMx 025: Rethinking App Env and more with Saša Jurić

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Sasa Juric who is the author of Elixir in Action (2nd edition)...

1:04:39

Oct 29, 2018

EMx 024: “Sagas” with Andrew Dryga from Hammer Corporation

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Andrew Dryga who is a software engineer (full-stack),...

54:00

Oct 23, 2018

EMx 023: “Bubblescript – Beyond the DSL” with Arjan Scherpenisse

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks with Arjan Scherpenisse who is the technical co-founder at BotSquad....

47:34

Oct 16, 2018

EMx 022: “Adopting Elixir at Flatiron School and Pattern Matching” with Kate Travers

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kate Travers who was a student/apprentice with the Flatiron School...

51:15

Oct 09, 2018

EMx 021: “Dialyzer Pretty Printing” with Andrew Summers

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Andrew Summers who lives in Chicago, currently. Working on Elixir...

53:34

Oct 02, 2018

EMx 020: Phoenix and LiveView with Chris McCord

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Chris who created Phoenix and is an author, also. Chris McCord is a...

56:28

Sep 25, 2018

EMx 019: Brooklyn Zelenka: Elixir I assume Witchcraft, Exceptional, and so on?

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Brooklyn Zelenka who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Listen to the...

1:00:38

Sep 18, 2018

EMx 018: Devon Estes: “All In On Elixir”

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Devon Estes. He is an American programmer located in Berlin,...

54:40

Sep 11, 2018

EMx 017: Daniel Spofford: "Thoughtful Logging in Elixir: A Phoenix Story"

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Daniel Spofford who is a Senior Software Engineer through Very...

1:04:35

Sep 04, 2018

EMx 016: Hubert Lepicki: "When to use Elixir language?"

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Hubert Lepicki about his blog post "When to use Elixir language?"....

54:18

Aug 28, 2018

EMx 015: Elixir with David Magalhães

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to David Magalhães about his experience with Elixir. David is a Java...

50:11

Aug 21, 2018

EMx 014: Choosing Elixir with Bobby Juncosa

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Bobby Juncosa about his article “Choosing Elixir.” Bobby is the CTO...

58:10

Aug 14, 2018

EMx 013: Elixir Panel with Steve Bussey

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Steve Bussey about Elixir Panel. Steve is a software architect at...

52:28

Aug 07, 2018

EMx 011: Process and OTP pitfalls with Claudio Ortolina

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Claudio Ortolina about Process and OTP pitfalls. Claudio works for...

1:07:23

Jul 24, 2018

EMx 010:  Docker with Julian Fahrer

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Julian Fahrer about Docker. Docker is a container platform, which...

1:01:14

Jul 17, 2018

EMx 008: Nerves! with Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Frank Hunleth and Justin Schneck about Nerves! Frank is a software...

46:42

Jun 18, 2018

EMx 007: Deployments, Distillery, and Open Source with Paul Schoenfelde

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Paul Schoenfelde about deployments, distillery, and open source....

1:21:34

Jun 12, 2018

EMx 006: Elixir and Property-based testing with Vitaly Tatarintsev

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Vitaly Tatarintsev about Elixir and property-based testing. Vitaly...

32:00

Jun 05, 2018

EMx 005: Asynchronicity in Elixir - Best Effort vs. Guaranteed Execution with Sam Davies

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Sam Davies about asynchronicity in Elixir. Sam has been programming...

58:31

May 29, 2018

EMx 004: Blockchain in Elixir with Kamil Lelonek

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kamil Lelonek about Blockchain in Elixir. Kamil is a software...

45:01

May 22, 2018

EMx 001: Welcome to Elixir Mix

In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel discusses Elixir and themselves. They talk about how the show got started,...

39:31

May 01, 2018