
Live Coding Artist. Creator of @Sonic_Pi, programmer, educator, musician, PhD, Sam 'transcends the present' - Rolling Stone. he/him [email protected]
Sheffield, England
Joined January 2007
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Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Look who I ran into at the airport. One for social media else it didn’t happen. #CodeBEAM #SonicPi #FansOfSamAaron
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder
We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge
Replying to @GergelyOrosz
Bury your head in the ground at your own risk. I aim to not jump on any hype trains, but since Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 + the harnesses it was clear that these things can write code nearly as good as I can in my best language; better in other languages.
But we won't see non-devs push production code for a long time; possibly forever, if you ask me. Software still needs to be built in robust ways, and it's our profession to do this well, and use the new tools we have, which create new and interesting (+tough!) challenges
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
The Schedule is up and @josevalim is joining us with his keynote: Set-Theoretic Types from Scratch + Extended Q&A!
Two days, two tracks, and a lineup we are proud of. Two days, two tracks, and a lineup we are proud of.
KEYNOTES:
@samaaron, Brooklyn Zelenka, @josevalim
SPEAKERS:
@mraaroncruz (our incredible ElixirConf US Track Host), @aramallo, Benedikt Reinartz, Björn Gustavsson, @elbrujohalcon, Cara Superlativo, Chris Beck, Dan Janowski, Davide Bettio, Ellyse Cedeno, @erik_stenman, @giacomo_cava, Guillaume Heu, Hayleigh Thompson, Iryna Kostiuk, @maennchen_, @kamila_pokoj, Kero van Gelder, @louispilfold, Lucas Sifoni, @garazdawi, Matt Swensen, Mauricio Cassola, @textrecycling, Raimo Niskanen, Rebecca Reusch, @errebino, Robert Fiko, @robertoaloi, Spoorthy Sridhara, @PragTob, Travis Fantina, plus training day trainers Luca Dei Zotti, Erik Stenman & Måns af Klercker and Chris Beck.
And the organizing team that will be there on site is: Monika, Ewa, John and Paulina (in case you missed us). ;)
Join us in Haarlem or online, 21-22 October, to hear José and many others: codebeameurope.com/#register
#CodeBEAMEurope #Erlang #Elixir #Gleam #BEAM
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Replying to @samaaron
@samaaron closes Code BEAM Europe 2026 with "The Phone Orchestra" - an interactive session turning the whole audience into a live-coded phone orchestra using SuperSonic & Phoenix PubSub. Bring a charged phone & don't turn the volume down!
Talk: codebeameurope.com/keynotes/…
📅 21-22 Oct | Haarlem, NL | In-person & Virtual
Register: codebeameurope.com/#register
#SonicPi #CodeBEAMEurope
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Friendly reminder to JRuby users out there: JRuby dev is now funded almost exclusively by support services from buff.ly/G0Ccgk1, delivering priority bug fixes, security SLAs, codebase and performance help under NDA, and much more. Sign up today or ping me for more info!
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Code BEAM Europe - 21-22 Oct, Haarlem & online!
3 keynotes: @samaaron's live Phone Orchestra, Brooklyn Zelenka on local-first, plus @fhunleth & @OmerK on BEAM & OSS.
3 tutorials: generative music in Elixir, Gnome Village & AI harnesses - codebeameurope.com/#training
Early bird tickets are live (limited time): codebeameurope.com/#register
"I don't tell people I'm a programmer anymore..." 😅
@samaaron has a better answer:
"I'm a musician. I play code."
A fun take on why programming is more than just building business software.
🎥 youtube.com/shorts/v7hL8TZJD…
#Programming #CreativeCoding #SonicPi
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Dr. Sam Aaron - @samaaron, Sonic Pi Creator & live coder, is keynoting at Code BEAM Europe 2026!
Hear from a pioneer merging music & programming, whose performances "transcend the present."
📅 21-22 Oct 2026 | Haarlem, NL
Save your spot: codebeameurope.com/#register
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
One of my highlights at @CodeBEAMio Europe will be catching up with @samaaron. If you want to know what he is up to, listen to the BEAM There recording with him:
youtube.com/watch?v=XZ0iV1F0…
xitter.cf/CodeBEAMio/status/2074…
Dr. Sam Aaron - @samaaron, Sonic Pi Creator & live coder, is keynoting at Code BEAM Europe 2026!
Hear from a pioneer merging music & programming, whose performances "transcend the present."
📅 21-22 Oct 2026 | Haarlem, NL
Save your spot: codebeameurope.com/#register
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
This year’s surprise artist: Sam Aaron!
Creator of Sonic Pi and one of the world’s best-known live coding artists.
Tonight at #JNation. #LiveCoding #Coimbra @samaaron
What if the first thing you built with code was music instead of a TODO app?
@samaaron joins James Lewis to talk about Sonic Pi and a surprisingly simple idea:
People learn differently when coding feels creative.
🎧 Listen to this #GOTOpodcast episode: gotopia.tech/podcast
What if learning to code felt more like making music? 🎶
@samaaron & James Lewis explore teaching programming through @Sonic_Pi — creative, engaging, and surprisingly powerful 👀
🎥 youtu.be/Exh0jWu-88o?list=PL…
#Coding #EdTech #LearnToCode #SonicPi
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
A new episode of @BeamThereDT Podcast. @allenwyma & I spoke with @samaaron about #Erlang, #ElixirLang, #LuErl & #Rust used in the @Sonic_Pi & Sonic TAU as a genuine musical instrument where code serves as the interface. On YouTube, Apple & Spotify Podcasts
youtube.com/watch?v=XZ0iV1F0…
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
New episode out! youtu.be/XZ0iV1F0qs0
@allenwyma and @FrancescoC talk with
@samaaron about @Sonic_Pi
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Some inspiring speakers & ideas today at tedx in #manchester @samaaron was so unique & brilliant….
Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
Today we celebrate 15 years since Elixir's first commit. To mark the occasion, we shipped an early release candidate for Elixir v1.20 which has TYPE INFERENCE FOR ALL CONSTRUCTS.🎉
In the latest article, I break down the next ~15 weeks and the challenges for the next ~15 months.































