19: Elixir and Art with Milada Majáková

We cover the news then talk with Milada Majáková about combining Elixir and art. Milada came new to Elixir from Architecture and Graphic Design. We reject the idea that people are either logical or artistic but not both. She shares her journey, what it was like learning Elixir as a first programming language, creating generative art using Elixir and LiveView, and much more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/19

Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.11.1 – Elixir v1.11.1 released with a handful of bug fixes


• https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1317163407162986496 – phoenix_live_dashboard v0.3.0 released


• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_dashboard/Phoenix.LiveDashboard.PageBuilder.html – Dashboard PageBuilder docs


• https://github.com/ash-project/ash – Ash framework update


• https://github.com/achedeuzot/ecto_commons/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#version-030 – ecto_commons update


• https://hexdocs.pm/oban/web-changelog.html#v2-2-3 – Oban update

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected]

Discussion Resources

• http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2018/11/lets-learn-elixir-together-with-advent-of-code/


• https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action


• https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html


• https://elixir-lang.org/


• https://adventofcode.com/


• https://github.com/miladamilli/hippo_game_live – Hippo game code repo


• https://elegant-monstrous-planthopper.gigalixirapp.com/ – Play Hippo Game


• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_art


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1227955137659985920 – Perlin noise algorithm for color banding


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1271087582605185030 – First attempt at generative art with Elixir


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1272866158379765771 – LiveView, poisson sampling algorithm


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1275775763329974273 – Posted again, enabled JPEG exporting via browser


• https://art-code.herokuapp.com/poisson-colors – Hosted project on Heroku


• https://m.cernaovec.cz/2020/06/programovani-a-grafika/ – Post about combining artistic and programming interests


• https://github.com/miladamilli/poisson_disc_sampling – Github library that implements poisson disc sampling in 2D


• https://github.com/miladamilli/artcode_poisson_colors – Source code for her LiveView colored poisson disc generating project


• https://m.cernaovec.cz/2020/07/kompozice/ – compositions using poisson generated discs and colors


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1298240686890930176 – SVG generating bug


• https://twitter.com/miladamilli/status/1298310143877292033 – SVG generating bug


• https://m.cernaovec.cz/2020/08/embrace-the-mistakes/ – Blog post "Embrace the Mistakes"


• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.cernaovec.wastickerapps – Android What'sApp Hippo stickers

Guest Information

• https://twitter.com/miladamilli – on Twitter


• https://github.com/miladamilli – on Github


• https://m.cernaovec.cz/ – Blog

Find us online

• Message the show - @ThinkingElixir


• Email the show - [email protected]


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• David Bernheisel - @bernheisel


• Cade Ward - @cadebward