Meryl Dakin
Co-Host of Beam Radio
Meryl Dakin has hosted 41 Episodes.
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Episode 95: Erik Stenman and The BEAM Book
September 18th, 2025 | 55 mins 12 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Erik Stenman (Happi) joins the BeamRadio pod to discuss The BEAM Book (you can read it for free!). Erik started programming in 1980 and has a rich history in tech and shares his journey with the BEAM.
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Episode 92: German Velasco and the Advantages of Elixir
June 27th, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 13 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this episode of BeamRadio, hosts Andrew Ek and Alex Koutmos are joined by German
Velasco. They chat about the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix
for software development and explore the onboarding process for developers transitioning
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Episode 91: BeamRadio Talks Igniter with Zach Daniel
June 2nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 53 mins 26 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this episode of Beam Radio, hosts Andrew Ek and Bruce Tate welcome Zach Daniel to
discuss his journey with Elixir, the impact of the Ash framework, and the introduction of Igniter, a
code generation and patching tool. -
Episode 89: BeamRadio talks AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Guests Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot share their experiences and insights on building AtomVM from scratch, its
compatibility with various devices, technical challenges faced, and the future of the project. -
Episode 90: Josh Price: Ash and the Greater Elixir Community
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this broad conversation, hosts Lars Wikman and Andrew Ek with guest Josh Price of Alembic, share insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs projects and they chat about conferences, community and everything in between.
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Episode 86: The Future of Gleam: Innovations and Insights with Giacomo Cavalieri
February 5th, 2025 | Season 3 | 48 mins 34 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth.
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Episode 82: The B in Beam - A Chat with Björn Gustavsson
December 11th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 7 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
How it started and how it's going - an enlightening chat with Björn Gustavsson about Erlang/Elixir history.
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Episode 83: Brian Underwood and EctoWatch
December 3rd, 2024 | Season 3 | 57 mins 30 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars talks with Brian Underwood about EctoWatch, his new library.
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Episode 80: Bryan Hunter - Poka Yoke, Safety and Reliability
October 14th, 2024 | Season 3 | 48 mins 37 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The panel explores Poka Yoke with Bryan Hunter - the concept of mistake-proofing and its application in Erlang and Elixir.
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Episode 79: Marcel Fahle - Supporting the Good Stuff
September 26th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 38 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars and Bruce have a fabulous chat with Marcel Fahle creator of Bold Video and Pidro, a classic multiplayer card game for iOS and Android.
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Episode 78: The Perfect Broth for Cooking the Book with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste.
August 21st, 2024 | Season 3 | 45 mins 48 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel chats with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste, authors of Engineering Elixir Applications.
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Episode 77: NervesConf 2024
August 8th, 2024 | Season 3 | 1 hr 3 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars chats with Alex McLain and Jon Carstens about NervesConf 2024.
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Episode 76: I put my money on Elixir with Chris Grainger
July 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 56 mins 43 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars and Alex chat with Chris Grainger about his journey into Elixir and using machine learning and AI in Elixir to build a product and a business.
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Episode 75: Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal talks SaaS product and Elixir
June 19th, 2024 | Season 3 | 51 mins 11 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel has a great conversation with Derrick Reimer about functional programming and the benefits Elixir brings to SavvyCal.
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Episode 74: Live from GigCityElixir 2024!
May 22nd, 2024 | Season 3 | 47 mins 47 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Bruce and Lars are live on stage at GigCityElixir in Chattanooga Tennessee and (mostly) unedited!
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Episode 73: The BeamRadio panel talks with Benjamin Milde aka @lostkobrakai
April 9th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 15 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Join the panel for a fabulous talk with the one and only @lostkobrakai