Beam Radio
Stories and conversations around Elixir, Erlang and the BEAM ecosystem
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 97 in total of Beam Radio with the tag “functional programming”.
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Episode 93: Chris Nelson and a Riveting Convo on Elixir
July 10th, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this episode, Lars, Andrew, and Chris discuss various aspects of Elixir development,
including the journey of transitioning to Elixir, the aesthetics of programming languages, and the
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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 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 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 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente
March 7th, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 1 min
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars Wikman, Andrew Ek and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into NX
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Episode 87: Chris Grainger talks Data Science and Engineering and Elixir
February 21st, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 6 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this conversation, Lars and Chris delve into the intersection of Elixir, data engineering, and data science. They explore the significance of data pipelines, the role of Elixir in transforming data, and the challenges faced in data processing.
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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 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 58 mins 59 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.
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Episode 84: Peter Ullrich: Making Elixir Easy to Learn
January 8th, 2025 | Season 3 | 56 mins 45 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel chats about making Elixir easy for devs from other languages to learn and how to talk about Elixir in the greater development community.