January 30, 2024

Successful Postgres Upgrade in Elixir Environment

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Beam Radio's Episode 69 features Brent Anderson sharing insights from his Elixir journey, with a focus on a challenging migration project he was involved in. Anderson and his team at NOC managed to upgrade their Postgres database to a newer version without causing any service interruptions. This accomplishment is attributed to the powerful capabilities of Elixir and the Beam ecosystem in handling concurrency and offering flexibility in system management. The episode underscores Elixir's strengths in building robust and maintainable applications.

Elixir Community News and Updates in Podcast Episode 187

Mark Ericksen, David Bernheisel, and Cade Ward cover the latest news in the Elixir community, including the ten-year anniversary of the Phoenix framework, a new interactive language tour by Gleam, updates to ElixirLS, and Erlang's adoption of ExDoc for documentation.

Jan 30, 2024

Elixir's Impact on Costs and Developer Experience

In episode 186, the benefits of migrating to Elixir, including cost efficiency and enhanced developer experience, are discussed. It also covers community news like package maintenance tips and upcoming NervesConf US.

Jan 23, 2024

Discussion on Apprenticeships with Katelynn Burns

In this episode of Beam Radio, the panel engages in a discussion with Katelynn Burns on the topics of apprenticeship, diverse curiosities, and problem-solving. The conversation also touches upon ElixirConf 2023 where Katelynn presented a keynote on 'Motion Commotion: Motion Tracking with Bumblebee and LiveView'.

Jan 17, 2024