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In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Miriam Pena, founder of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. Miriam shares a little about her background and how she got into Erlang and Elixir. Miriam gave a talk at Elixir Conf about the OTP 22 release and she shares some of the exciting new features in this release. Persistent terms are the first feature Miriam shares with the panel. After explaining what it is Miriam shares examples of the best use cases for this tool. The panel discusses the benefits of this module and how it is faster than ets tables. Next, the discuss the benefits and use cases of counters. The panel shares what they got out of her Elixir Conf talk. It helped them relieve that the Erlang ecosystem is still alive and contributing. The encourage Elixir users to keep an eye out on OTP releases and stay on top of the tools and features that the Erlang team works so hard to provide for them. Miriam shares a little about the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, its goals and how they got started. She explains how listeners can get involved and what their contributions would be doing. Panelists Mark Ericksen Eric Oestrich Josh Adams Guest Miriam Pena Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan CacheFly Links ElixirConf 2019 -- Beam Extreme: Don't Do This At Home - Miriam Pena http://erlang.org/doc/man/persistent_term.html http://erlang.org/doc/man/counters.html http://erlang.org/doc/man/atomics.html https://erlef.org/ https://members.erlef.org/join-us https://erlef.org/stipends/ https://erlef.org/news/eef/newsletter-4 https://twitter.com/miriampena https://www.facebook.com/Elixir-Mix https://twitter.com/elixir_mix Picks Mark Ericksen: William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy Utah Elixir Meetup: 2019-11 Code Poll on Elixir in Docker Eric Oestrich: https://www.lonestarelixir.com/ https://codesync.global/conferences/code-beam-sf/ Miriam Pena: http://blog.erlang.org/persistent_term/ Code Beam SF Josh Adams: Guitars