Macros in Elixir: Responsible code generation - Lizzie Paquette | Code BEAM SF 20

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This video was recorded at Code BEAM SF 2020 - http://bit.ly/2wpn0SM Get involved in Code Sync's next conference - http://bit.ly/2Mcm4aS --- MACROS IN ELIXIR: RESPONSIBLE CODE GENERATION by Lizzie Paquette THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS: Interesting Language Usage/Tooling TALK LEVEL: Intermediate ABSTRACT Macros are a powerful feature of the Elixir language. However, with great power comes great responsibility. In this talk we’ll explore how to leverage macros to reduce boilerplate, enforce best practices, and increase performance all while keeping code maintainable, readable, and idiomatic. Slides & full abstract: https://codesync.global/speaker/lizzie-paquette/ --- THE SPEAKER - LIZZIE PAQUETTE Software Engineer and In House Library Maintainer at Brex Lizzie Paquette is a Software Engineer on the Systems team at Brex with a background in compilers and programming languages. She previously worked on a Haskell to hardware compiler at Columbia University and the Hack compiler at Facebook. She recently gave a talk on Brex’s open source project Brex Result https://hexdocs.pm/brex_result at the Elixir Meetup in San Francisco. At Brex she mainly leads generating and maintaining in house libraries and frameworks. More on Lizzie Paquette: https://codesync.global/speaker/lizzie-paquette/ --- CODE SYNC & CODE BEAM SF 2020 Code BEAM SF is powered by Code Sync. Code BEAM SF 2020 was sponsored by WhatsApp, The RealReal, PepsiCo, Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, Erlang Solutions, WhiteSource, 2600Hz, Simpli.fi, Tubi, Pleroma, and Mux. CODE SYNC Website: www.codesync.global Twitter: www.twitter.com/CodeBEAMio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CodeSyncGlobal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/code-sync/ Mail: info at codesync.global #Elixir #Macros #CodeBEAMSF