Listen "74: New to Elixir and Women in Tech with Miki and Kate Rezentes"
Episode Synopsis
We talk with mother/daughter team Miki and Kate Rezentes about their experiences learning and working with Elixir and as women in the tech industry. Miki presented “Greasing the Wheel of Adoption” at ElixirConf. Her focus was on the people aspect of adoption and we had a great time going deeper on that topic here. Kate, who is just starting her career as a developer, talks about ways we can share tech with the young people around us. We get their ideas and suggestions for ways to support women in tech, young people learning tech, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/74 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/74)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.13/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.13/CHANGELOG.md) – Elixir 1.13's final RC?
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1458075015098814477 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1458075015098814477) – Tyler Young drew our attention to some new Elixir 1.13 features that went largely unnoticed
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#map/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#map/2) – Map.map/2
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#filter/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#filter/2) – Map.filter/2
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#reject/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#reject/2) – Map.reject/2
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1458888727980388360 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1458888727980388360) – Mac M1 Max chips and anecdotal speed improvements for Elixir
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/4869 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/4869) – Erlang OTP 25 PR for JIT optimizations for ARM chips
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/11/10/embracing-open-data-with-elixir-at-the-ministry-of-ecological-transition-in-france/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/11/10/embracing-open-data-with-elixir-at-the-ministry-of-ecological-transition-in-france/) – New Case Study on the Elixir Lang website
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/utahs-podium-raises-pre-ipo-round-boosting-its-valuation-to-3-billion/ (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/utahs-podium-raises-pre-ipo-round-boosting-its-valuation-to-3-billion/) – Podium, a Utah-based company that heavily uses Elixir, was highlighted in TechCrunch recently
- https://twitter.com/elixirmembrane/status/1458109629985013761 (https://twitter.com/elixirmembrane/status/1458109629985013761) – Membrane Framework updated to 0.8.0
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/043-membrane-with-marcin-lewandowski/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/043-membrane-with-marcin-lewandowski/) – Previous discussion about Membrane Framework
- https://twitter.com/chriskeathley/status/1458215357433454596 (https://twitter.com/chriskeathley/status/1458215357433454596) – Chris Keathley to continue Elixir usage but stepping back from public contributions
- https://sonic-pi.net/ (https://sonic-pi.net/) – Sonic Pi project
- https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/commit/ed04519d38e1c0be90915f1c4ee5c1534ccec3cb (https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/commit/ed04519d38e1c0be90915f1c4ee5c1534ccec3cb) – Sonic Pi gets Phoenix support merged into project
- https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/releases/tag/v1.7.12 (https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/releases/tag/v1.7.12) – Nerves v1.7.12 released. Elixir 1.13.0-rc.0 now can be used to build projects.
- https://github.com/livebook-dev/nerves_livebook/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v032---2021-11-13 (https://github.com/livebook-dev/nerves_livebook/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v032---2021-11-13) – Nerves Livebook v0.3.2 includes Livebook v0.3.2 release and adds support for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc#rendering-mermaid-graphs (https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc#rendering-mermaid-graphs) – Mermaid Graphs are supported in ExDoc
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/1747 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/1747) – Declarative API for LiveView Components
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxS8VLhuKGY&list=PLqj39LCvnOWZna91xJ_i44g3rx4Brbpnv&index=32&t=42s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxS8VLhuKGY&list=PLqj39LCvnOWZna91xJ_i44g3rx4Brbpnv&index=32&t=42s) – Kate Rezentes lighting talk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVI_8V2ULXM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVI_8V2ULXM) – Miki Rezentes talk “Greasing the Wheel of Adoption”
- https://pragprog.com/titles/elixir16/programming-elixir-1-6/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/elixir16/programming-elixir-1-6/)
- https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/)
- https://www.shift5.io/ (https://www.shift5.io/)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzuDXZwZtI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzuDXZwZtI) – Incubus - Pardon Me
- https://www.playpiper.com/products/piper-computer-kit-3 (https://www.playpiper.com/products/piper-computer-kit-3)
- Probably the same company https://www.amazon.com/Piper-Computer-Kit-Minecraft-Raspberry/dp/B07HPFF3KC (Probably the same company https://www.amazon.com/Piper-Computer-Kit-Minecraft-Raspberry/dp/B07HPFF3KC)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuPe81bc2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuPe81bc2w) – Binary Numbers and Base Systems as Fast as Possible
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/mikirez (https://twitter.com/mikirez) – Miki Rezentes on Twitter
- https://github.com/mrezentes (https://github.com/mrezentes) – Miki on Github
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miki-rezentes-823ba02a/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miki-rezentes-823ba02a/) – Miki on LinkedIn
- https://twitter.com/RezKate (https://twitter.com/RezKate) – Kate Rezentes on Twitter
- https://github.com/KateRezentes (https://github.com/KateRezentes) – Kate on Github
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrezent/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrezent/) – Kate on LinkedIn
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/74 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/74)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.13/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.13/CHANGELOG.md) – Elixir 1.13's final RC?
- https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1458075015098814477 (https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1458075015098814477) – Tyler Young drew our attention to some new Elixir 1.13 features that went largely unnoticed
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#map/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#map/2) – Map.map/2
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#filter/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#filter/2) – Map.filter/2
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#reject/2 (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.13.0-rc.0/Map.html#reject/2) – Map.reject/2
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1458888727980388360 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1458888727980388360) – Mac M1 Max chips and anecdotal speed improvements for Elixir
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/4869 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/4869) – Erlang OTP 25 PR for JIT optimizations for ARM chips
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/11/10/embracing-open-data-with-elixir-at-the-ministry-of-ecological-transition-in-france/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/11/10/embracing-open-data-with-elixir-at-the-ministry-of-ecological-transition-in-france/) – New Case Study on the Elixir Lang website
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/utahs-podium-raises-pre-ipo-round-boosting-its-valuation-to-3-billion/ (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/utahs-podium-raises-pre-ipo-round-boosting-its-valuation-to-3-billion/) – Podium, a Utah-based company that heavily uses Elixir, was highlighted in TechCrunch recently
- https://twitter.com/elixirmembrane/status/1458109629985013761 (https://twitter.com/elixirmembrane/status/1458109629985013761) – Membrane Framework updated to 0.8.0
- https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/043-membrane-with-marcin-lewandowski/ (https://thinkingelixir.com/podcast-episodes/043-membrane-with-marcin-lewandowski/) – Previous discussion about Membrane Framework
- https://twitter.com/chriskeathley/status/1458215357433454596 (https://twitter.com/chriskeathley/status/1458215357433454596) – Chris Keathley to continue Elixir usage but stepping back from public contributions
- https://sonic-pi.net/ (https://sonic-pi.net/) – Sonic Pi project
- https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/commit/ed04519d38e1c0be90915f1c4ee5c1534ccec3cb (https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/commit/ed04519d38e1c0be90915f1c4ee5c1534ccec3cb) – Sonic Pi gets Phoenix support merged into project
- https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/releases/tag/v1.7.12 (https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/releases/tag/v1.7.12) – Nerves v1.7.12 released. Elixir 1.13.0-rc.0 now can be used to build projects.
- https://github.com/livebook-dev/nerves_livebook/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v032---2021-11-13 (https://github.com/livebook-dev/nerves_livebook/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v032---2021-11-13) – Nerves Livebook v0.3.2 includes Livebook v0.3.2 release and adds support for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc#rendering-mermaid-graphs (https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc#rendering-mermaid-graphs) – Mermaid Graphs are supported in ExDoc
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/1747 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/1747) – Declarative API for LiveView Components
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxS8VLhuKGY&list=PLqj39LCvnOWZna91xJ_i44g3rx4Brbpnv&index=32&t=42s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxS8VLhuKGY&list=PLqj39LCvnOWZna91xJ_i44g3rx4Brbpnv&index=32&t=42s) – Kate Rezentes lighting talk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVI_8V2ULXM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVI_8V2ULXM) – Miki Rezentes talk “Greasing the Wheel of Adoption”
- https://pragprog.com/titles/elixir16/programming-elixir-1-6/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/elixir16/programming-elixir-1-6/)
- https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/)
- https://www.shift5.io/ (https://www.shift5.io/)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzuDXZwZtI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzuDXZwZtI) – Incubus - Pardon Me
- https://www.playpiper.com/products/piper-computer-kit-3 (https://www.playpiper.com/products/piper-computer-kit-3)
- Probably the same company https://www.amazon.com/Piper-Computer-Kit-Minecraft-Raspberry/dp/B07HPFF3KC (Probably the same company https://www.amazon.com/Piper-Computer-Kit-Minecraft-Raspberry/dp/B07HPFF3KC)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuPe81bc2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuPe81bc2w) – Binary Numbers and Base Systems as Fast as Possible
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/mikirez (https://twitter.com/mikirez) – Miki Rezentes on Twitter
- https://github.com/mrezentes (https://github.com/mrezentes) – Miki on Github
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miki-rezentes-823ba02a/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miki-rezentes-823ba02a/) – Miki on LinkedIn
- https://twitter.com/RezKate (https://twitter.com/RezKate) – Kate Rezentes on Twitter
- https://github.com/KateRezentes (https://github.com/KateRezentes) – Kate on Github
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrezent/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrezent/) – Kate on LinkedIn
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- Cade Ward - @cadebward (https://twitter.com/cadebward)
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