EMx 118: gRPC + Elixir, A Love Story with Catalina Astengo

We talk with Engineering Manager and Elixirist Catalina Astengo about using gRPC, Protobuf and Elixir to standardize communication between microservices, why and when to reach for gRPC and why Elixir lends itself so well to this pattern of communication.

Panel

• Sophie DeBenedetto
• Steven Nunez
• Alex Koutmos
• Lars Wikman

Guest

• Catalina Astengo

Picks

• Alex - AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X
• Alex - A brief introduction to BEAM
• Lars - Webcam Settings App
• Lars - Underjord
• Steven - Packwerk
• Steven - Bakeware
• Sophie - https://github.blog/2020-10-29-building-github-introduction/
• Sophie - Waterproof Blanket Cover
• Catalina - Vegan Recipes