We sat down with numerous developers, including José Valim and Chris McCord, during the Saturday lunch at Lonestar ElixirConf 2019 (https://lonestarelixir.com/2019/). Hear what they had to say about the state of Elixir! Guests: José Valim - Creator of Elixir (https://elixir-lang.org/) Chris McCord - Creator of Phoenix (https://phoenixframework.org/) Paul Schoenfelder - Creator of Distillery (https://github.com/bitwalker/distillery), Timex (https://github.com/bitwalker/timex), Libcluster (https://github.com/bitwalker/libcluster), and many others Chris Keathley - Host of Elixir Outlaws (https://elixiroutlaws.com/), developer at Bleacher Report (https://bleacherreport.com/) Amos King - Host of Elixir Outlaws (https://elixiroutlaws.com/) Jim Freeze - Organizer of ElixirConf (https://elixirconf.com/), ElixirConf EU (http://www.elixirconf.eu/), and others Susumu Yamazaki - Creator of Hastega (https://github.com/zeam-vm/hastega) Brian Cardarella - CEO of Dockyard (https://dockyard.com/) Osa Gaius - Engineer at Mailchimp (https://mailchimp.com/) Spectating: Bruce Tate and Ben Marx 00:00 - Intro 01:47 - LoneStar begins 02:03 - Panelists introduce themselves 09:15 - Where is Elixir going? 10:14 - Releases 19:04 - The issue with hype 26:30 - Osa Intro 29:00 - Define lists 40:00 - How can Elixir displace Java? Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smr.tl/2Hyslu8)