EMx 004: Blockchain in Elixir with Kamil Lelonek

Panel: Mark EriksonEric BerryJustin Bean Special Guests: Kamil Lelonek In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kamil Lelonek about Blockchain in Elixir. Kamil is a software engineer from Poland who does full stack development with Elixir and JavaScript. He is also an educated dietician and is interested in topics such as biohacking, Bitcoin, and Blockchain. They talk about how he got into Elixir, how he decided to start implementing Blockchain in Elixir, and Bitcoin. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Kamil introElixir and JavaScriptHow did you come to Elixir?Between Clojure and Elixir originallySome experience with functional programmingExperience with Java, Ruby, and ScalaWanted to use a functional languageFull-time Elixir developer nowHow hard was it to transition to Elixir?Syntax of Elixir is similar to RubyHow long did it take you to go from an operational mindset to a functional mindset?Coding in a non-idiomatic wayHow did you get into Bitcoin and Blockchain with Elixir?Start everything from scratchDocument journey through blog postsHaven’t had any problems so far with implementationWhy Elixir is a good technology to implement Blockchain withStarted off simpleLeverage OTP in futureLeveraging wit pattern matching and binary matchingBlog posts to comeMastering BitcoinBitstring parsingAnd much, much more! Links: ElixirJavaScriptClojureBitcoinBlockchainRubyScalaBlockchain blog postsMastering BitcoinKamil’s Blogkamil.lelonek.meKamil’s GitHub