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title: "Bruce Tate · Elixir Community"
description: "Bruce has co-written several well-known Elixir books, teaches through Groxio and organises the Gig City Elixir conference."
url: https://elixir.community/people/bruce-tate/
---

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# Bruce Tate

[Author and educator, Groxio](https://elixir.community/companies/groxio)

-   [GitHub](https://github.com/batate)
-   [grox.io](https://grox.io/)
-   [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/redrapids.bsky.social)

> Bruce has co-written several well-known Elixir books, teaches through Groxio and organises the Gig City Elixir conference.

Bruce teaches Elixir through Groxio, covering fundamentals, OTP, LiveView, Nerves, Ecto and machine learning. His books and courses approach complex systems through practical examples and a gradual understanding of their building blocks.

## Known for

-   [**Groxio** · grox.io](https://grox.io)

## Organises

-   [**GigCityElixir 2027** · Chattanooga, US](https://elixir.community/events#gigcityelixir-2027)
-   [**GigCityElixir 2025** · Chattanooga, US](https://elixir.community/events/archive#gigcityelixir-2025)

## YouTube

-   [**Groxio** · youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/@Groxio)

## Talks

-   38 min
    
    Code BEAM Europe 2024 · Oct 14, 2024
    
    ### [Growing New Chemists and Alchemists: Building Elixir Teams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmRnw_zAC2Y)
    
    Practical teaching techniques for growing Elixir developers and building a team.
    
    [Bruce Tate](https://elixir.community/people/bruce-tate)
    

[More talks ](https://elixir.community/youtube#talks)

## Podcasts

-   [**BEAM Radio** · beamrad.io](https://www.beamrad.io/)

## Books

- [Adopting Elixir · Ben Marx, José Valim, Bruce Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/tvmelixir/adopting-elixir/)
- [Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves · Frank Hunleth and Bruce A. Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/thnerves/build-a-binary-clock-with-elixir-and-nerves/)
- [Build a Weather Station with Elixir and Nerves · Alexander Koutmos, Bruce A. Tate, Frank Hunleth](https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/)
- [Designing Elixir Systems with OTP · James Edward Gray, II and Bruce A. Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/jgotp/designing-elixir-systems-with-otp/)
- [Programmer Passport: Elixir · Bruce Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/passelixir/programmer-passport-elixir/)
- [Programmer Passport: OTP · Bruce Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/passotp/programmer-passport-otp/)
- [Programming Phoenix 1.4 · Chris McCord, Bruce Tate and José Valim](https://pragprog.com/titles/phoenix14/programming-phoenix-1-4/)
- [Programming Phoenix LiveView · Bruce A. Tate and Sophie DeBenedetto](https://pragprog.com/titles/liveview/programming-phoenix-liveview/)
- [Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks · Bruce Tate, Fred Daoud, Jack Moffitt, Erin Dees (formerly Ian Dees)](https://pragprog.com/titles/7lang/seven-more-languages-in-seven-weeks/)

Profile last updated October 7, 2026

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-   [Frank Hunleth · Nerves core team](https://elixir.community/people/frank-hunleth)
-   [José Valim · Creator of Elixir, Dashbit](https://elixir.community/people/jose-valim)
-   [Alex Koutmos · Author of Elixir Patterns](https://elixir.community/people/alex-koutmos)

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