Thinking Elixir Podcast

News and interviews for the Elixir community

About the show

The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it. We cover news and interview guests to learn more about projects and developments in the community.

Whether you are already experienced with Elixir or just exploring the language, this show is created with you in mind. We discuss community news, Functional Programming, transitioning from OOP, coding conventions, and more.

Guests visit the show to help challenge our assumptions, learn about new developments and grow in the process.

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Episodes

  • 186: Thinking Elixir News

    January 23rd, 2024  |  7 mins 18 secs
    aws, elixir, news

    Discover how Elixir reduces costs and enhances dev experiences, get tips for package maintainers, and catch the latest on NervesConf US and more!

  • 185: InstructorEx for LLMs

    January 16th, 2024  |  54 mins 35 secs
    elixir, instructor, json, llm

    Explore InstructorEx's approach to harnessing LLMs for structured JSON data and Elixir's role in refining AI interactions. Uncover strategies for enhancing tasks and integrating Python skills with Elixir potential, and more!

  • 184: Magic Links

    January 9th, 2024  |  23 mins 4 secs
    elixir, magic links, news

    News covers Testcontainers making testing with DBs a breeze, to bulk updates in Ash Framework, and a Windows library with Azure in mind! Then we go deeper into effortless authentication with "magic links" in Phoenix apps.

  • 183: Thinking Elixir News

    January 2nd, 2024  |  18 mins 23 secs
    elixir, news

    This episode dives into Elixir's new 1.16.0 release, machine learning with Llama.cpp, memory-smart benchmarking with Benchee 1.3.0, Adobe's Elixir Styler for code formatting, and unveils the all-inclusive Membrane SDK for multimedia, and more!

  • 182: Year End Review

    December 26th, 2023  |  31 mins 9 secs
    elixir, news

    Tune in to the latest in the Elixir world, featuring Supabase's innovative Supavisor and their partnership with Fly.io for a managed Postgres option, the exciting beta release of LiveView Native, plus a "Year End Review"!

  • 181: FLAME with Chris McCord

    December 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins
    aws, elixir, flame, lambda, serverless

    Dive into the Elixir ecosystem's latest innovation: Chris McCord's FLAME for the Phoenix Framework—is it a game-changer in serverless computing? We discuss its unique approach, scalability, how it compares to job queues, and much more!

  • 180: Thinking Elixir News

    December 12th, 2023  |  19 mins 57 secs
    elixir, liveview, news

    What's behind Chis McCord's latest tease? Explore José Valim's proposed Elixir addition, Supabase's "libcluster_postgres" for Elixir node discovery, and see how others tackle this year's Advent of Code with tools and Livebooks, and more!

  • 179: Future of AI with Elixir?

    November 28th, 2023  |  33 mins 50 secs
    ai, elixir, openai, opensource, proprietary, risks

    How does the AI revolution affect Elixir devs? We discuss the risks of proprietary AI, the power of self-hosted open-source models with Elixir, the strategic benefits they bring, why Elixir may be really well positioned, and more!

  • 178: Safe Ecto Migrations and AI Updates

    November 21st, 2023  |  29 mins 54 secs
    ai, ecto, elixir, langchain, migrations

    Updates on Safe Ecto Migrations, the importance of OpenSource AI models and the latest on Elixir's LangChain library.

  • 177: Thinking Elixir News

    November 14th, 2023  |  13 mins
    bandit, discord, elixir, livebook, news

    News delves into Discord scaling with Elixir, Oban's Phoenix.PubSub update, a peek at LiveView Native tutorials for mobile dev, Livebook's Bandit endorsement, and more!

  • 176: Thinking Elixir News

    November 7th, 2023  |  20 mins 47 secs
    1.16-rc.0, elixir, news, release candidate

    Covering the Elixir v1.16.0-rc.0 release's compiler improvements and enhanced docs, including anti-patterns. Discover updates on Lexical LS, FlameOn, OTP's potential for built-in JSON support, and latest on LiveView Native, and more!

  • 175: Thinking Elixir News

    October 31st, 2023  |  20 mins 11 secs
    bandit, elixir, news, webserver

    News includes the major release of Bandit 1.0, upcoming dev experience improvements in Elixir v1.16, comparisons of Language Server alternatives, integration of Mistral with Bumblebee and the introduction of Permit – an authorization library for Phoenix apps, and more!