Gradually gradually typing Elixir

Our old friend José Valim & his team have been hard at work adding gradual typing to Elixir. They’re only 1-3% of the way there, but a lot of progress has been made. So, we invited him back on the show for a deep-dive on why, how & when Elixir will be gradually typed.

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Featuring:

• José Valim – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• José’s previous appearances
• José’s viral tweet
• Dialyzer
• Hare aims to be a 100 year language

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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