Elixir Sydney · Wednesday 6 December 2023

Special Event - José Valim live and in person!

6:00 - 8:00 PM · Blackbird Ventures

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

Q&A with José Valim

José Valim

7:00

Hot-Code Upgrades with Castle

Nick Gunn

7:30

Networking

Grab a drink, stick around

8:00

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 · Blackbird Ventures

Since we last met · 15 Mar 2023

News & announcements

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

Who's hiring

Jobs

No roles on the board right now. Hiring for Elixir or the BEAM? Tell us tonight or email organisers@alembic.com.au and we'll list it and call it out at the next meetup.

Next meetup

Elixir Sydney February

Wednesday 21 February 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

Q&A with José Valim

José Valim

José Valim will host an informal Q&A session, and might even show us some Livebook if you ask nicely.

Up next · 7:00

Hot-Code Upgrades with Castle

Nick Gunn

Hot-code upgrades have been one of the more compelling but underused features of the BEAM. In this talk, Nick will take us on a deep dive into hot-code upgrades, how they work and why the Castle library helps.

That's a wrap

Thank you

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

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