Amos King

Episode 55: Refactoring is a dumb word

October 3rd, 2019  |  49 mins 25 secs

changes, design, norm, refactoring

This week the hosts discuss Strangeloop, Unison, handling breaking changes, refactoring and how to build open systems.

Episode 53: The ghost of PFDS past

September 12th, 2019  |  46 mins 20 secs

elixirconf, lazyriverconf

This week Amos and Chris recap ElixirConf 2019.

Episode 52: Amos take the wheel

September 5th, 2019  |  36 mins

The hosts talk about the upcoming ElixirConf and how to deal with mental blocks.

Episode 51: It's not the linux kernel drivers

August 22nd, 2019  |  53 mins

debugging, error handling

This week Chris and Amos discuss error handling, controlling overload in service calls, and tips on debugging.

Episode 50: Pandora's Box Closed

August 15th, 2019  |  46 mins 6 secs

No show notes, hahahah. Sorry for the waterfall in the background. Use the restroom before listening.

Episode 48: Pandora's Box Open

August 15th, 2019  |  42 mins 28 secs

Sorry, we haven't released in a while. We will be blasting you today.

Episode 46: I'm Probably Saying His Name Wrong

July 16th, 2019  |  47 mins 16 secs

Starting with wordsmithing and home improvement. Chris and Amos hit the Elixir talk with a discussion of Norm. They follow up with exception handling and when to use exceptions or tagged tuples.

Episode 45: Infinity is just a concept

June 27th, 2019  |  38 mins 35 secs

community, forum

The main topics this week are forum moderation and forever projects.

Episode 44: Put a Paxos on it

June 20th, 2019  |  48 mins 9 secs

open source, teams

This week Chris and Amos discuss ways to give back to the community and how to build successful teams.

Episode 43: The longest monday

June 13th, 2019  |  43 mins 23 secs

dataspecification, design by contract, elixirconf, types

The main topic this week is design by contract and preparing for ElixirConf.

Episode 42: Carriage Return Line Feed

June 6th, 2019  |  50 mins 50 secs

design, let it crash, otp

This week Amos and Chris discuss Let it Crash how to think about building resilient systems

Episode 41: Write code and read books and stuff

May 30th, 2019  |  50 mins 41 secs

alerting, benchmarking, observability

This week Amos and Chris discuss observability, alerting, and setting goals for your services.

Episode 40: Diversity

May 27th, 2019  |  30 mins 26 secs

Anna and Amos discuss some of their thoughts on how to get more women in tech and specifically Elixir.

Episode 39: The Cuteness Factor has Worn Off

May 2nd, 2019  |  38 mins 26 secs

learning, problem solving, thinking

Chris, and Amos talk about their nerdy pursuits.

Episode 38: Break it down like a fraction

April 25th, 2019  |  45 mins

api design, elixir

The main topic this week is implicit vs. explicit apis.

Episode 37: Why is it called an everything bagel?

April 18th, 2019  |  1 hr 2 mins

design, otp, speaking

This week Amos and Chris discuss prepping for talks and the ways that OTP get misused.