AstonJ
Kicking this thread of with the now infamous talk by Dave Thomas (or at least the best recording of it I can find) - please add any you feel are worth sharing 
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AstonJ
Josh Adams - Introduction to Elixir for Rubyists
sandeshsoni
The Joy of Functional Programming - Venkat Subramaniam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__dDAD0Y_WU
Functional programming design patterns by Scott Wlaschin
sashaafm
Does anyone have good quality versions of the confs that took place at Erlang Factory?
The versions I found are quite bad: Design by Contract
It’s hard to hear people speaking and the code and slides are unreadable.
AstonJ
This any better? (Seems ok on my MBA speakers)
Slides: http://www.erlang-factory.com/static/upload/media/144923155489324designbycontracts.pdf
sashaafm
Seems better, thank you
AstonJ
Making Sense of Elixir Directives
^ Think require in Ruby, import in Python
^ Elixir has four, all with slightly different purposes. Based on conversation I was having I find them confusing so I dug in a bit
^ Wrote up my gripes, presented them to Jose & Chris McCord. Summary is they agree it’s confusing, but have a hard time figuring out how to change things already set in motion. So, this is my effort to add some clarity to the situation.
ArievW
Nerves Project - Garth Hitchens
AstonJ
The Climb Experiencing the Rise of Elixir from the Inside - Bruce Tate & Dave Thomas
AstonJ
Just watched the talk above ^^ and have to say it’s very inspiring! “We are all Sherpas”.
We are, and even by being part of the community (adding momentum) we are doing our bit
Edit: this looks good too!
AstonJ
RubyBelgium Talks - Andrew Fecheyr: Introduction to Elixir