EMx 050: Elixir Origin Story with José Valim

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Jos&eacute; Valim, the creator of Elixir, shares his story with the panel starting with why he built Elixir. The panel wonders why Jos&eacute; did not just use Erlang. Jos&eacute; discusses what he wanted from Elixir and what problems he wanted to solve. The panel discusses concurrency, Metaprogramming, ad hoc polymorphism, and run times. Jos&eacute; talks about what it was like as elixir grew in popularity and maintaining Elixir.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Jos&eacute; shares his goals for Elixir for 2019 and discusses his role in different projects. The panel shares their love for the friendliness and openness of the Elixir community and asks Jos&eacute; how it became that way. The history of the signature heart emojis is shared. Jos&eacute; shares a little about his everyday life and the things he enjoys to do. The episode ends with an update on the Erlang Ecosystems Foundation.&nbsp;</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Panel</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Mark Ericksen</li> <li>Michael Ries</li> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> <li>Josh Adams</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Guest</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Jos&eacute; Valim</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Sponsors</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://raygun.com/?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=jsjabber&amp;utm_campaign=devchat&amp;utm_content=homepage" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">&nbsp;Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="http://devchat.tv/nextlevel" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Next Level Mastermind</a></li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Links</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://erlef.org/">https://erlef.org/</a></li>