Runtime Intelligence and MCP Servers

News includes Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 with significant type checking improvements and faster compile times, Gleam v1.11.0 delivering 30% faster JavaScript performance, the new Elixir Outreach stipend program providing funding for speakers to present at non-Elixir conferences, a batch of ElixirConf US 2024 videos featuring talks were published, the open-sourcing of Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView, upcoming support for “for” comprehensions in HEEX templates, and José Valim's announcement of Tidewave - the groundbreaking MCP server that gives AI agents runtime access to your Elixir applications rather than just static code, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/257

Elixir Community News

• https://www.honeybadger.io/ – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc.0 – Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 release with mix format --migrate, type checking improvements, faster compile times, and parallel dependency compilation
• https://x.com/gleamlang/status/1929535582423650789 – Gleam v1.11.0 announcement
• https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/ – Gleam compiled JavaScript runs 30% faster performance improvement
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md – Gleam v1.11.0 changelog with testing tools and performance improvements
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/ – Elixir Outreach stipend program by Dashbit, Oban and the EEF providing up to $700 USD for speakers presenting Elixir to other ecosystems
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknKAFzEsBg – ElixirConf US 2024 video release featuring multiple talks
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y – ElixirConf US 2024 playlist with 16 new videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M – Ash AI Launch talk by Zach Daniel from ElixirConf EU
• https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web – Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView open-sourced announcement
• https://noora.tuist.dev/ – Noora - complete, accessible design system for Phoenix LiveView with Figma files and ready-to-use components
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3827 – Phoenix LiveView PR adding support for for comprehensions in HEEX templates with keyed change tracking
• https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09 – Lua for Elixir v0.3.0 changelog with new guard functions
• https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26 – Bluesky post about Lua for Elixir update with guard support
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052 – Brian Cardarella announcing web_socket_dist library release
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640 – Brian explaining the use-case behind web_socket_dist library
• https://github.com/otp-interop/web_socket_dist – web_socket_dist library for Erlang distribution over WebSockets
• https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html – Erlang distributed systems documentation
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284 – José Valim announcing Tidewave on X/Twitter
• https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave – Dashbit blog post announcing Tidewave - Elixir MCP server for AI runtime intelligence
• https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_rust#installation – Tidewave MCP proxy installation and setup instructions

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