EMx 012: Why Elixir matters with Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki

Panel: Charles Max WoodEric BerryJosh Adams Special Guests: Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Osayame David Gaius-Obaseki. Osa is a software engineer at a company called MailChimp, is originally from Nigeria, and has been writing Elixir for a couple years now. They talk about his talk, Why Elixir Matters, how he came about writing this talk, and lambda calculus. They also touch on how Elixir compares to other functional programming languages, the idea of the genealogy of a language, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Osa introSoftware engineer at MailChimpElixirHis talk – Why Elixir MattersHis talk goes into the history of functional programmingThe heritage that Elixir hasClojureCurious about how Elixir came to existFunctional languages become popular for a year and then declineLambda calculusHis approach to functional programmingAt some level, you don’t have to understand lambda calculusThe basis of lambda calculusJim Weirich Y-Not talkHow do we get to the high level stud we are doing with Elixir?Lisp, Steam, and ErlangMaking ideas practical for useApproachable languagesIn your research, did you get a sense of organic growth?Genealogies of languagesML languages -  ReasonResiliency of programs applied to the front-endAnd much, much more! Links: MailChimpElixirHis talk – Why Elixir MattersClojureJim Weirich Y-Not talkErlangReason@osagaiusOsa’s MediumOsa’s GitHub Sponsors: Digital...