Kate Rezentes on GenServers at Simplebet

Elixir Wizards

Season 9 is in full swing and we are so excited to welcome Kate Rezentes today to dive into the particulars of GenServers. Kate is a Junior Software Developer at Simplebet, a B2B product development company using machine learning and real-time technology to make every moment of every sporting event a betting opportunity. Tune in today to learn more from today’s special guest, Kate Rezentes!

Key Points From This Episode:

• A brief breakdown of today’s topic and introduction to our special guest, Kate Rezentes
• We learn about Kate’s background and her long history with programming
• We discuss how many conferences she’s attended and why ElixirConf has been her favorite (thus far)
• Find out how Kate landed a job while attending ElixirConf
• How GenServers as a subject came to be
• We get an inside look at Kate’s working experience at Simplebet and her experience as a Junior Engineer in the industry so far
• What cases in particular cause the need for a GenServer
• We discuss where GenServers would be appropriate to use and why
• The ins and outs of ‘handle calls’ and ‘callbacks’
• The process of testing a GenServer and data storage_

**Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*

• Kate Rezentes on Twitter — https://twitter.com/rezkate
• Kate Rezentes on GitHub — https://github.com/KateRezentes
• Kate Rezentes on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrezent/
• Simplebet — https://simplebet.io/
• SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
• SmartLogic Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic