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José Valim on Backend Banter podcast

@josevalim has another great and energetic conversation about Elixir and all things BEAM.

I specially like the history of types and BEAM: 08:28 - Why Isn’t Elixir Statically Typed?

Some very good timestamps.
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Embarrassing Stories with Foreign Languages
02:58 - Who is José Valim? (and Elixir’s Popularity)
06:51 - Does José Use Phoenix a Lot?
08:28 - Why Isn’t Elixir Statically Typed?
16:51 - External Input vs. Internal Code Logic
28:16 - Quick Overview of BEAM languages
31:23 - Elixir’s Equivalent to Golang’s Goroutines & Channels
42:43 - Cross-Machine Communication in Standard Libraries
49:15 - Do You Need RabbitMQ When Writing Elixir?
54:53 - Built-In Features in the Standard Library
01:01:52 - Why People Are Too Used To Work The Hard Way
01:04:22 - José and DHH
01:08:01 - Favorite Elixir Features & Immutability
01:17:49 - Purity in Functional Programming
01:21:35 - Where to find José

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Exadra37

Exadra37

Thanks for sharing. I wasn’t aware of this podcast for backenders :slight_smile:

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