Elixir Sydney · Wednesday 7 June 2017

⛱ Umbrella Apps and 💧 Elixir Macros

6:00 - 8:30pm · Pivotal Labs

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

Umbrella Apps and Phoenix Microservices

Jon Rowe

7:00

A Gentle Introduction to Elixir Macros

Qing Wu

7:30

Networking

Grab a drink, stick around

8:00

Wrap up

See you next time

Your organisers

Who runs this

Josh Price

Alembic

James Sadler

Alembic

Paul Fioravanti

Alembic

With thanks to

Hosts & sponsors

Tonight's venue · Pivotal Labs

Since we last met · 03 May 2017

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

API Gateways 🚪💂, Requirements Makeovers 💅 and Phoenix 🔥🐔

Wednesday 5 July 2017 · 6:00 - 8:30pm · Pivotal Labs

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

Umbrella Apps and Phoenix Microservices

Jon Rowe · Crafted Code

Jon will take us through the basics of Umbrella Apps and explore some interesting use cases for umbrella apps for building a microservice architecture with Phoenix.

Up next · 7:00

A Gentle Introduction to Elixir Macros

Qing Wu

Qing Wu will lead you gently into the land of Elixir macros, you'll be an expert before you know it! Elixir Macros are super powerful but confusing, this talk will give you a much better handle on them.

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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