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Lonestar Elixir 2020 Speaker Talks: Randall Thomas "Yeah, But Should We...."

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Randall Thomas discusses developer responsibility, ethics, and how software creators are accountable for how their software is used.

Lonestar Elixir 2020 Speaker Talks: Randall Thomas "Yeah, But Should We...." Lonestar Elixir was held in Austin, Texas in February 2020 at the Alamo Drafthouse. With a tremendous lineup of 22 speakers and two live recordings of podcasts, the event was packed full of learning opportunities for the novice to the expert. For more information: lonestarelixir.com twitter.com/LonestarElixir The conference is brought to you by Groxio, LLC grox.io twitter.com/groxiolearning Thank you to ours sponsors: Platinum Sponsors - Active Prospect, Binary Noggin, Bleacher Report, Clever Cloud and SumUp Gold Sponsor - SmartLogic Community Sponsor - PepsiCo eCommerce Lanyard Sponsor - Gaslight Elixir Champion Sponsors - Dockyard, Gigalixir, Tito #elixir #functionalprogramming #coding #programming #elixirlang #myelixirstatus #weBEAMtogether #learntocode #womenwhocode #diversityintech

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On “Why I won't be going to Elixir Wizards or any other conference whose speakers are unethical.”

My two cents on Elixir conferences... I went to the Lonestar Elixir conference in 2020. It was a wonderful experience and the talks covered a multitude of topics. One of my favorites was a talk by Randall Thomas (Yeah, but should we...); he spoke about several -isms and how, as developers, we're responsible for how our software is used. Again, **loved** the conference, the people, the conversations. But I did notice exactly what you're talking about in the Elixir Wizards Lunchisode (between 48:00 and 50:00) there's a rant about the infinite monkey problem where Dave says that Shakespeare was written by a money (an evolution joke) and Justus adamantly refused that idea. Luckily, the other…
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