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This is where we talk about all thing related to the Elixir language, including it's surrounding OTP ecosystem.

about #elixir

Elixir is a dynamic, concurrent, fault-tolerant and functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.

Elixir is built upon the battle-tested Erlang VM (BEAM).

José Valim is the creator of the Elixir programming language.

Here's a mini-documentary done on Elixir!

If you're new to Elixir, here's some resources to get you started:

The official Elixir website

ElixirSchool, a community-driven website to help make Elixir easily accessible!

The amazing books, Programming Elixir by Dave Thomas and also Elixir in Action by Sas̄a Jurić

My personal favourite, Elixir and the OTP, video-based tutorial from Pragmatic Studio. I basically learned my Elixir crafts from here!

Other video resources like ElixirCasts and Alchemist Camp are also great!

If you're into podcast, I'm a big fan of Elixir Talk, they're perfect for your commute so definitely check them out!

If you need even better resources, Elixir community is also on elixirforum.com and we are also very active on the Slack channel over at https://elixir-slackin.herokuapp.com!

P.S: With courtesy from ElixirForum (probably the biggest Elixir community forum?), you can sometimes get up to 40% off the learning resources! Just try to input elixirforum whenever you try to checkout :)

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Matheus de Camargo Marques

Dec 30 '25

Are Feature Flags Bullsh*t? Why Your "IF" is Killing Performance (and the Planet)

#elixir #erlang #pon #actor

4 min read

Nov 14 '25

How was my experience at Lambda Days 2025

#lambdadays #functional #elm #elixir

11 min read

Ayush Kumar Anand

Dec 20 '25

Breaking the "Pattern": How We Built (and tried to scale) Strategic AI for Sweep

#ai #machinelearning #architecture #elixir

3 min read

Nov 13 '25

Building a Phoenix LiveView Desktop App with Tauri: A Step-by-Step Guide

#elixir #phoenix #tauri

6 min read

Nov 27 '25

Building a Useless Machine in Elixir

#elixir #journey #uselessmachine #durableworkflow

4 min read

Oct 1 '25

TIL: BEAM Dirty Work!!

#todayilearned #elixir #erlang #computerscience

4 min read

Nov 5 '25

Don't nuke your test ENVs

#elixir #thisweekilearned #testing

2 min read

Takudzwa Gwindingwi

Dec 21 '25

State machines as business logic engines

#webdev #elixir #ecto #pheonix

3 min read

Dec 11 '25

The Mystery of a Missing Greeting

#elixir #journey #debugging #durableworkflow

3 min read

johan sydseter for OWASP® Foundation

May 19 '25

OWASP® Cornucopia 2.2 & Copi - A Game Engine for OWASP® Cornucopia Threat Modeling

#appsec #gamedev #elixir #security

4 min read

Brett Richardson

Nov 17 '25

When Phoenix LiveView is the wrong choice

#elixir #phoenix #liveview

8 min read

Nov 9 '25

Why I Migrated My Backend from Go to Elixir/Phoenix

#webdev #startup #go #elixir

3 min read

Nov 29 '25

O que é Big O? e o Vilão O(N^2)

#elixir #algorithms #webdev #performance

3 min read

Alex Sinelnikov

Oct 23 '25

How I switched from ruby to elixir and to learn it better — built a product

#elixir #saas #ruby #rails

4 min read

Nov 5 '25

Desvendando os Superpoderes do Elixir: Concorrência e Tolerância a Falhas

#functionalreactiveprogramming #elixir #programming #productivity

6 min read

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