Episode 92: German Velasco and the Advantages of Elixir

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities and advantages of using Elixir and Phoenix for software development with guest German Velasco.

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 from other languages. Get in touch with German: Bluesky: ‪@germsvel.com‬ Twitter: @germsvel https://www.germanvelasco.com/ https://www.elixirstreams.com/ We want to connect with you! Twitter: @BeamRadio1 Send us your questions via Twitter @BeamRadio1 #ProcessMailbox Keep up to date with our hosts: Twitter: @akoutmos @ektastrophe @meryldakin @redrapids Bluesky @akoutmos.bsky.social @ektastrophe.bsky.social @lawik.bsky.social @RedRapids.bskysocial Sponsored by Groxio and Underjord

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Ek, Alex Koutmos, Meryl Dakin

Guest: German Velasco

Topics covered

• Elixir
• Phoenix
• software development
• onboarding process
• programming languages
• developer transition

Keywords

• Elixir
• Phoenix
• software development
• programming
• developer onboarding
• German Velasco
• Beam Radio

Sponsors

Groxio, Underjord

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Elixir, Phoenix, BeamRadio, Elixir Streams

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