Bruce Tate is a kayaker, climber, programmer and father of two from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The award winning author’s dozen titles include Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, Designing Elixir Systems with OTP, Programming LiveView, and Adopting Elixir.
His love for teaching and computer languages led him to found Groxio in 2018, a training company that uses innovative techniques to teach developers Elixir and the joy of functional programming. The serial entrepreneur has helped start three companies, and before Groxio, served as CTO for icanmakeitbetter.
Bruce stays active in the functional programming community as a speaker, author, editor and conference organizer.
What the BEAM brings to the world of devices and why, sooner or later, you need to care.
According to Fortune Business insights: The global internet of things market is estimated to rise from USD 478.36 billion in 2022 to USD 2465.26 billion by 2029 [iot_growth], with a global economic impact estimated at $11.1 Trillion dollars by 2025. A compound annual growth rate of 26.4% — or — 7 IoT devices for every person on earth.
Fear not, intrepid programmer! Erlang, Elixir, and the BEAM are uniquely positioned to tackle problems at this scale using the techniques and technologies we use every day. Join us for an in-depth discussion on why the BEAM is the correc VM at the right time to meet the challenge of managing devices at global IoT scale.
Panelists:
Frank Hunleth - Embedded systems engineer, Co-Author of The Nerves Project, Author of “Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves”
Bruce Tate - Elixir Educator, Author and Editor; Founder of Grox.IO, Author of “Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves”
Amos King - CEO at Binary Noggin, Elixir Outlaw podcast agitator, Man with Cat jokes
Boyd - Founder Kry10 secure platform, author of Senic, Ex-Microsoft and the reason you lost years of your live to XBox live