Discussion of Using LiveView in Startups for Rapid Development

Daniel Caixinha, a software engineer at Sona, delivered a comprehensive talk on how Elixir and LiveView can serve as a powerful tool for startups. He shared his experience and insights from working at Sona, a company that uses Elixir and LiveView from the start. He began by celebrating the new Phoenix Emoji included in Unicode 15.1 and linked his thoughts with Paul Graham's essay from Hackers & Painters, highlighting the importance of rapid development. Daniel drew parallels between the early days of Lisp and Ruby on Rails with the current potential of LiveView. He illustrated this with practical demos from Sona’s workforce management application, showcasing features like filtering workers, setting skills on shifts, and enabling drag-and-drop functionality. The talk concluded with the advantages of using LiveView for reducing the separation between frontend and backend, fostering team collaboration, and reducing communication overhead.