About this Episode

We sat down with numerous developers, including José Valim and Chris McCord, during the Saturday lunch at Lonestar ElixirConf 2019. Hear what they had to say about the state of Elixir!

Guests:

José Valim - Creator of Elixir

Chris McCord - Creator of Phoenix

Paul Schoenfelder - Creator of Distillery, Timex, Libcluster, and many others

Chris Keathley - Host of Elixir Outlaws, developer at Bleacher Report

Amos King - Host of Elixir Outlaws

Jim Freeze - Organizer of ElixirConf, ElixirConf EU, and others

Susumu Yamazaki - Creator of Hastega

Brian Cardarella - CEO of Dockyard

Osa Gaius - Engineer at Mailchimp

Spectating:

Bruce Tate and Ben Marx

00:00 - Intro

01:47 - LoneStar begins

02:03 - Panelists introduce themselves

09:15 - Where is Elixir going?

10:14 - Releases

19:04 - The issue with hype

26:30 - Osa Intro

29:00 - Define lists

40:00 - How can Elixir displace Java?

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