Keynote Panel discussion: Erlang all the things
summary
Panel argues that running Elixir/Erlang on the BEAM with Nerves turns many IoT projects into software problems: deploy Elixir to Raspberry Pi/BeagleBone, use Phoenix/LiveView on-device, and reuse supervision trees and OTP for fault tolerance and fast restarts. Companies deploy devices for access control and monitoring (SmartRent, Schneider Electric), small teams (four engineers) build full‑stack device+cloud systems, yet security, firmware updates and manageability remain unresolved at scale. Market growth projections and uptime requirements drive adoption.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00IoT and BEAM intro
- 3:55Panelist intros
- 5:01Why BEAM for IoT
- 10:01BEAM IoT consultant view
- 12:05Uptime and resilience in IoT
- 15:13Web to embedded skills
- 20:02BEAM adoption barriers
- 21:27IoT security challenges
- 25:18BEAM IoT ecosystem gaps
- 28:48Embedded as software
- 30:13Full-stack IoT teams
- 32:19Training in Elixir/Nerves
- 35:08Hiring BEAM talent
- 36:32BEAM IoT future
- 39:18Q&A: IoT startup
