Elixir Sydney · Wednesday 22 May 2024

Elixir Sydney May

6:00 - 8:00 PM · Microsoft Reactor Sydney

Est. 2015 · Sydney, NSW · Beginners welcome · Press → or space

Welcome

Welcome to Elixir Sydney

▸ New to Elixir or the BEAM? You're in exactly the right place.

▸ Be kind and inclusive, we run under a Code of Conduct (elixir.sydney/code-of-conduct).

▸ Bathrooms and fire exits, ask any organiser if you're unsure.

▸ We take a few photos on the night, tell an organiser if you'd rather not be in them.

▸ RSVP and follow future meetups on Luma.

▸ Want to speak? First-time speakers are very welcome, grab us tonight or hit elixir.sydney/speak.

Tonight

Agenda

5:30

Doors open

Pizza, drinks & networking

6:00

Kick-off

Welcome & housekeeping

News & announcements

What's new across the ecosystem

6:30

Fast and efficient image processing in Elixir

Kip Cole

7:00

Tools for runtime validation of types

Nicholas Hammond

7:30

Highlights from Elixir Conf EU and Gig City Elixir

Josh Price

8:00

Networking

Grab a drink, stick around

8:30

Wrap up

See you next time

Your organisers

Who runs this

Josh Price

Alembic

Mike Buhot

Alembic

With thanks to

Hosts & sponsors

Tonight's venue · Microsoft Reactor Sydney

Since we last met · 20 Mar 2024

News & announcements

Nothing major to report since last time, straight into the talks.

Who's hiring

Jobs

Software Engineer (Backend / Elixir)

Yojee · Sydney CBD (4 days in office)

Build enterprise-grade logistics software with Elixir/Phoenix — distributed, event-driven systems powering real-time freight operations across air, ocean, and road. We're looking for engineers with 4–6 years of backend experience across PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, CI/CD, and modern AI-assisted development workflows.

Engineering Manager

Yojee · Sydney CBD (4 days in office)

Lead high-performing engineering teams building enterprise-grade logistics software with Elixir/Phoenix and React. Own delivery, grow engineers, and stay hands-on while shaping distributed, event-driven systems powering real-time freight operations across air, ocean, and road. Experience leading teams, building production systems at scale, and leveraging modern AI-assisted development workflows across the SDLC required.

Next meetup

Practical AI In Elixir

Monday 24 June 2024 · 6:00 - 8:00 PM · Microsoft Reactor Sydney

We need speakers.

Talks, lightning talks, half-formed ideas, first-timers especially welcome. Come grab an organiser tonight, or pitch one online.

Submit a talk → elixir.sydney/speak

Up next · 6:30

Fast and efficient image processing in Elixir

Kip Cole

Images influence every aspect of an application design and UX. They comprise a significant amount of the payload for many apps. This talk looks at how the combination of libvips, vix and image can be used to: Scale, resize, transform and compose images fast and efficiently, Streaming image pipelines from the front end through to external storage services, Deliver the right image size dynamically to Plug-based apps and Vectorise raster images to SVG for fun - and for efficient image placeholders.

Up next · 7:00

Tools for runtime validation of types

Nicholas Hammond · Alembic

Nicholas talks about hist experiences trying out a few tools that do runtime validation of types

Up next · 7:30

Highlights from Elixir Conf EU and Gig City Elixir

Josh Price · Alembic

Josh shares the news, announcements and best talks to watch online from Elixir Conf EU and Gig City Elixir

That's a wrap

Thank you

Thanks for coming. Stick around for a chat, and we're always after speakers, first-timers included.

RSVP next time · https://luma.com/elixir-sydney Give a talk · elixir.sydney/speak Luma · https://luma.com/elixir-sydneyGitHub · https://github.com/elixirsydneyX · https://x.com/elixirsydneyYouTube · https://www.youtube.com/@ElixirAustralia

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