Andrew Ek
Co-Host of Beam Radio
Andrew Ek is a principal engineer at Launch Scout; prior to software development, he taught English, writing, math, and computer science, and coached teachers and instructors. Ruth Kohtz Ek has been teaching "without a license" for her entire career, with everything from yoga to middle school sex education to poetry. Andrew and Ruth live in Lincoln, Nebraska with their wonderful kid and very adequate cat.
Andrew Ek has hosted five Episodes.
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Episode 89: BeamRadio talks AtomVM - the Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Guests Davide Bettio and Paul Guyot share their experiences and insights on building AtomVM from scratch, its
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Episode 90: Josh Price: Ash and the Greater Elixir Community
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this broad conversation, hosts Lars Wikman and Andrew Ek with guest Josh Price of Alembic, share insights on how Ash simplifies the process of building applications, integrates with AI, and future-proofs projects and they chat about conferences, community and everything in between.
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Episode 88: Unlocking the Power of NX with Paulo Valente
March 7th, 2025 | Season 3 | 1 hr 1 min
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Lars Wikman, Andrew Ek and Paulo Valente take a deep dive into NX
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Episode 86: The Future of Gleam: Innovations and Insights with Giacomo Cavalieri
February 5th, 2025 | Season 3 | 48 mins 34 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
Jak and Lars have a delightful conversation about Gleam, the language's type safety, adoption and ecosystem growth.
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Episode 85: James Gray II and Innovative Education
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 3 | 58 mins 59 secs
beam, computer programming, elixir, functional programming
In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.