Hot k8s Takes and Self-Hosting

News includes episodes now available on YouTube, Parker Selbert's experience transitioning an app from the cloud to self-hosted, Gleam v1.6.0 release with context-aware features, José Valim's hot-take on Kubernetes vs. Elixir, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/230

Elixir Community News

• https://www.youtube.com/@brainlid – Our episodes are also being published to YouTube!
• https://peterullrich.com/a-bluesky-starter-guide-for-elixir-devs – Peter Ullrich provides a blog post explaining how to move to Bluesky with Elixir and BEAM related starter packs.
• https://bsky.app/starter-pack/peterullrich.com/3l7d3wn6mdd2n – Peter Ullrich’s starter Bluesky pack.
• https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:owr7ds52hneavpi5nmchutmr/3l7czjlcejb2o – Peter Solnica’s Bluesky starter pack.
• https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:ktoqsa54yjvcp5yuoqeze4qi/3laeoggccnu2w – Ryan Winchester’s Bluesky starter pack.
• https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2hgt4vfh2jxuwf5zllcbed64/feed/aaaemobjvwlsq – Elixir/Erlang feed on Bluesky.
• Peter’s blog post guide explains how to use your domain for a Bluesky account name.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1857429507445018947 – José Valim shares a hot-take about Kubernetes vs Erlang/Elixir.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1857429868620755445 – José continues his thoughts on concurrency and Kubernetes.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1857728428125860221 – José clarifies his views on Kubernetes and fault-tolerance.
• https://dashbit.co/blog/kubernetes-and-the-erlang-vm-orchestration-on-the-large-and-the-small – An exploration of Elixir (the BEAM) and Kubernetes on Dashbit blog.
• https://github.com/inertiajs/inertia-phoenix – SavvyCal is updating their Phoenix adapter with Inertia.js to 1.0, currently in beta.
• https://gleam.run/news/context-aware-compilation/ – Gleam v1.6.0 release with features like context-aware errors and improved language server support.
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3514 – LiveView consolidates interpolation syntax, offering a Mix option for migration.
• https://github.com/livebook-dev/vega_lite_convert/pull/1 – Livebook improvement enabling VegaLite graphics export via a Rust NIF.
• https://x.com/akoutmos/status/1857110114173325683 – Details on the VegaLite conversion improvement in Livebook.
• https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1858185525313556855 – Parker Selbert transitions an app from "the cloud" to self-hosted, sharing benefits.
• https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1858574539598291373 – Parker's deployment script for transitioning to self-hosted.
• CodeBEAM Lite in NY recap, discussing conference size and experience.

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