Alex Koutmos
Co-Host of Beam Radio
Alex Koutmos is currently a Senior Software Engineer working at Boulevard. He has been working professionally with Elixir since 2016 and was hooked on the BEAM since reading Elixir in Action by Saša Jurić in 2015. When Alex is not programming or reading books, he is playing Nintendo Switch with his two beautiful daughters. Alex and his wife also enjoy taking their girls and Springer Spaniel George out on hikes all across the USA whenever the chance arises.
Alex Koutmos is also the author of quite a few Elixir blog posts that he publishes on https://akoutmos.com. He also publishes regular Elixir Tips on Twitter under the #myelixirstatus hashtag. He has also maintains a few packages on Hex.pm and is currently obsessed with taking Elixir application observability to the next level with his latest project PromEx.
Alex Koutmos has hosted 83 Episodes.
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Episode 80: Bryan Hunter - Poka Yoke, Safety and Reliability
October 14th, 2024 | Season 3 | 48 mins 37 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The panel explores Poka Yoke with Bryan Hunter - the concept of mistake-proofing and its application in Erlang and Elixir.
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Episode 79: Marcel Fahle - Supporting the Good Stuff
September 26th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 38 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars and Bruce have a fabulous chat with Marcel Fahle creator of Bold Video and Pidro, a classic multiplayer card game for iOS and Android.
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Episode 78: The Perfect Broth for Cooking the Book with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste.
August 21st, 2024 | Season 3 | 45 mins 48 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel chats with Ellie Fairholm and Josep Giralt D'Lacoste, authors of Engineering Elixir Applications.
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Episode 77: NervesConf 2024
August 8th, 2024 | Season 3 | 1 hr 3 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars chats with Alex McLain and Jon Carstens about NervesConf 2024.
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Episode 76: I put my money on Elixir with Chris Grainger
July 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 56 mins 43 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars and Alex chat with Chris Grainger about his journey into Elixir and using machine learning and AI in Elixir to build a product and a business.
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Episode 75: Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal talks SaaS product and Elixir
June 19th, 2024 | Season 3 | 51 mins 11 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel has a great conversation with Derrick Reimer about functional programming and the benefits Elixir brings to SavvyCal.
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Episode 74: Live from GigCityElixir 2024!
May 22nd, 2024 | Season 3 | 47 mins 47 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Bruce and Lars are live on stage at GigCityElixir in Chattanooga Tennessee and (mostly) unedited!
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Episode 73: The BeamRadio panel talks with Benjamin Milde aka @lostkobrakai
April 9th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 15 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Join the panel for a fabulous talk with the one and only @lostkobrakai
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Episode 72: Gleam's Core Team in the House!
March 21st, 2024 | Season 3 | 52 mins 55 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel chats all things Gleam with the Core Team!
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Episode 71: Erlang and OTP with Ingela Anderton Andin and Kiko Fernandez-Reyes
February 27th, 2024 | Season 3 | 53 mins 38 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel talks Erlang and OTP with two Ericsson experts!
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Episode 70: Brian Cardarella and LiveView Native
February 13th, 2024 | Season 3 | 59 mins 29 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Brian Cardarella and LiveView Native
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Episode 69: No Downtime with Brent Anderson
January 30th, 2024 | Season 3 | 46 mins 53 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel talks with Knock's Brent Anderson about the big database upgrade with no downtime thanks to Elixir!
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Episode 68: Katelynn Burns and Apprenticeship
January 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 46 mins 56 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The panel talks about apprenticeship, curiosity and problem solving with Katelynn Burns
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Episode 67: Brian Cardarella - Elixir and Racing Sailboats
January 5th, 2024 | Season 3 | 59 mins 55 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel has a fascinating conversation about Elixir and sailboat racing with Brian Cardarella, CEO of DockYard.
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Episode 66: Chris McCord and Flame
December 20th, 2023 | Season 3 | 56 mins 24 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
The BeamRadio panel has a riveting discussion with Chris McCord about Flame!
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Episode 65: Live From CodeBEAM in Berlin!
December 15th, 2023 | Season 3 | 28 mins 14 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars takes the stage with Saša Jurić and José Valim for a live recording of the pod at CodeBeam!