Elixir RoundTable

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In this conversation, DockYard CEO Brian Cardarella talks with Logflare founder and Supabase team member Chase Granberry about Chase's experience with Elixir. They discuss Chase's background as an engineering manager who didn't write code and his transition to launching Logflare with Elixir. After choosing Elixir to start Logflare, Chase was able to rapidly build a launchable digital product without being held back by many of the complexities inherent to other languages, like Javascript. Brian and Chase discuss the benefits of Elixir for small teams, how it helped Logflare to be acquired by Supabase, and more.
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In this conversation, Brian Cardarella interviews Foy Savas about his career trajectory and experiences in the tech industry. They discuss the opportunities and challenges in the tech world, the changes in what it takes to launch a successful digital product, and the importance of product market fit and pivots. They also explore future plans and technology trends, including the potential impact of AI. The conversation highlights the significance of tech decisions for startups and the need to adapt to changing market dynamics. The conversation covers various topics related to technology, growth, and future programming languages. They discuss the significance of enabling growth in the enterprise space and how it impacts the valuation of a company. The conversation also touches on the journey with Elixir and its potential as a future programming language. The pace of technology advancement and the awareness of its potential are highlighted, along with the power of distribution in the tech industry.
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In this conversation, Chris Grainger, CTO of Amplified, discusses how he decided to adopt Elixir at Amplified and the benefits he's seen from it. The conversation covers topics such as functional programming, the benefits of Elixir and LiveView, the integration of Nx and ONNX, and transitioning to a mono-language company. Chris discusses the benefits he's seen first hand after shifting from Python to Elixir, including cutting Amplified's AWS bill in half, achieving the same amount of work with a development team of just two, and more.
Chris also provides insights and advice for companies considering Elixir and highlights areas for improvement in the Elixir and Nx ecosystems. In this conversation, Chris and Brian discuss some of the most recent advancements in machine learning for Elixir, including Scholar and Bumblebee, which allows for the utilization of models in Hugging Face. The conversation concludes with a discussion about joining the EEF Slack and the welcoming and helpful nature of the Elixir community.
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Brooklin and the DockYard team speak with our very own Andrew Berrien on his open-source library, ECSx. It focuses on Elixir specifically for game development. Read Andrew's blog below!
https://dockyard.com/blog/2023/07/06/ecsx-a-new-approach-to-game-development-in-elixir
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Brooklin Myers and two recent DockYard Academy graduates discuss their experience completing the course. A few friends from the DockYard engineering team join in to learn more.
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