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10/02/2026

Software engineering isn't dying. It's headed into a renaissance.

Mike Hostetler thinks coding drops from half your time to 10 to 20%, and the rest goes into engineering the system.

Full episode: https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=92

09/28/2026

With a couple thousand users, you can build your app in anything and it'll run great. The hard part starts when you grow.

Brice Ayres asked if AI will ever handle real architecture. My take: scaling is the gap.

elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=89

09/25/2026

Picture logging into your bank and landing in someone else's account. That's a data race, and Elixir doesn't have that problem.

Michael Lubas () on why the BEAM gets zero credit for it.

https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=91

09/24/2026

You can build an AI blog writer in one prompt. The hard part: stopping it from making a claim that lands a dispensary in legal trouble.

Adam Gusky on why Blawgy checks posts up to three times.

Full episode here: https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=90

06/29/2026

I had a great chat with Francesco Ciulla, who told me his biggest talk was a stage of 5,000—and after that, the shyness was gone. On DevRel, distribution, and being yourself. Out now on your favorite podcast app: https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=88

06/24/2026

Raise 10 to a huge power and you can blow up an app's memory. That's a real CVE in Decimal. Peter Ullrich hunts vulnerabilities in Elixir's top Hex packages with Claude Code.
Listen on your favorite podcast app:
https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=85

06/22/2026

I had a great chat with Jason Allum on getting real work out of coding agents. His trick: ask for a mermaid DAG of the steps — it can't draw it without doing the real thinking. Better plans, fewer dead ends.
🎧 https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=87

06/10/2026

Had a great chat with Michael Lubas about the AI inflection point in security. The EEF's CNA issued 9 CVEs in all of 2025 — they're on track for 100+ in 2026. That stat alone should get your attention. Listen on your favorite podcast platform! https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=83

06/09/2026

I had a great chat with Tjaco Oostdijk on why so many musicians become programmers. His answer: it's the same creator itch—you just want to make things you love. Out now on every podcast app: https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=86

06/02/2026

CVE reports in Elixir are exploding, more this quarter than all the others combined. Peter Ullrich is behind many of them, using Claude to hunt bugs in top Hex packages. Episode 85 is out now.
https://elixirmentor.com/podcast?ep=85

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