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Elixir Community News

• https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
• https://github.com/sagents-ai – Github organization home to the Sagents projects
• https://github.com/sagents-ai/sagents – Mark announces Sagents - "Sage Agents" library combining wisdom with LLM-based agents, featuring HITL, SubAgents, GenServer architecture, Phoenix.Presence integration, middleware system, and more
• https://github.com/sagents-ai/sagents_live_debugger – Phoenix LiveView dashboard for debugging and monitoring Sagents agents in real-time with visibility into agent execution, message history, tool calls, and events
• https://github.com/sagents-ai/agents_demo – Demonstration Phoenix LiveView application showcasing Sagents's multi-conversation agent architecture with isolated AI agents and real-time updates
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2019422467446698493 – José Valim announces his new blog post on why Elixir is the best language for AI
• https://dashbit.co/blog/why-elixir-best-language-for-ai – José Valim's blog post explaining why Elixir is best for AI, focusing on immutability, documentation, stability, and tooling for coding agents
• https://tidewave.ai/blog/the-future-of-coding-agents-is-vertical-integration – Study showing Elixir had the highest completion rate across models among 20 different languages
• https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1qwqg1p/livedebugger_v060_custom_events_enhanced/ – Reddit discussion about LiveDebugger v0.6.0 release
• https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger – LiveDebugger v0.6.0 with custom events, enhanced exceptions, and temporary assigns support
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2KP0JdRmdo – Video demonstrating new LiveDebugger v0.6.0 features
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2020895787136201050 – Software Mansion announces LiveDebugger v0.6.0 on social media
• https://hexhire.io/elixir-developer-salaries – Analysis of Elixir job market and salary rates showing US senior remote median at ~$163k, with limited junior positions and wide variation in European rates
• https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1qxeuoe/elixir_salary_data_from_216_remote_job_listings/ – Reddit discussion of Elixir salary data from 216 remote job listings
• https://github.com/PJUllrich/emcp – Peter Ullrich releases emcp, a minimal Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Elixir built with Opus 4.6
• https://bsky.app/profile/peterullrich.com/post/3mebgikthgk2u – Peter Ullrich announces emcp on Bluesky
• https://hex.pm/packages/phantom_mcp – David's Elixir MCP project built to handle session difficulties
• https://x.com/davydog187/status/2019778141040832567?s=20 – Dave Lucia announces Lua for Elixir revamp with top-notch error messages, quote/unquote fragments, and formatters
• https://x.com/curiosum_dev/status/2021187697646199214 – Curiosum announces new events section on Elixir Hub website
• https://elixir-hub.com/events – Elixir Hub events section for finding conferences, meetups, and workshops with free event listing
• Discussion on whether AI advancements like Opus 4.6 change the game for Elixir adoption, potentially eliminating the advantage of languages with official SDKs
• https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler – Anthropic post on building with AI capabilities

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

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Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/267

Elixir Community News

• https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
• https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails – Tidewave Web service announcement - an AI chat in the sidebar that can directly interact with and modify your app during development
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957763507211927557 – José Valim's tweet about Tidewave implementing autoplay features and using contextual browser testing
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957545436824166605 – José Valim's tweet announcing the new ElixirLang blog post on interoperability
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/08/18/interop-and-portability/ – ElixirLang blog post "Interoperability in 2025 beyond the Erlang VM" covering NIFs, Ports, AtomVM, Popcorn, Hologram, and various language integrations
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1956342836430881102 – José Valim's announcement that Livebook Teams is out of beta
• https://livebook.dev/teams/ – Livebook Teams landing page - deploy Elixir notebooks as internal apps with SSO and Google Workspace support, $30/editor pricing
• https://github.com/erlef/oidcc – OpenId Connect client library in Erlang & Elixir
• https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lwekwml7zc2k – Oban v2.20.0 release announcement with update job, unique state groups, and nested plugin supervision features
• https://hexdocs.pm/oban/changelog.html – Oban v2.20.0 changelog with detailed improvements
• https://hexdocs.pm/oban/v2-20.html – Oban v2.20.0 optional upgrade steps for pruning performance improvements
• https://x.com/mrpopov_com/status/1956006788819472594 – PhoenixAnalytics v0.4.0 release announcement
• https://github.com/lalabuy948/PhoenixAnalytics – PhoenixAnalytics repository - now supports 12 themes, Postgres/MySQL/SQLite, and no longer requires DuckDB
• https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lwod4ia6522e – LiveView v1.1.7 release announcement
• https://github.com/utopos/live_stream_async – Reference to live_stream_async library that inspired the new stream_async function
• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/1.1.7/changelog.html#v1-1-7-2025-08-18 – Phoenix LiveView 1.1.7 changelog with new stream_async function and portal hooks bugfix
• https://elixircasts.io/multiple-layouts-in-phoenix-1.8 – ElixirCasts video tutorial on new Phoenix v1.8 layouts functionality

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

Discussion Resources

• https://tidewave.ai
• https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix
• https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957763507211927557
• https://agents.md/

Guest Information

• https://genserver.social/josevalim – José Valim on Mastadon
• https://x.com/josevalim – José Valim on X/Twitter
• https://github.com/josevalim – José Valim on Github
• https://dashbit.co/ – Dashbit website and blog

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• David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com
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Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/266

Elixir Community News

• https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
• https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1952839142993252736 – Chris McCord announces Phoenix 1.8.0 release on X
• https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released – Official Phoenix 1.8.0 release blog post with details on new features
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.8.0/CHANGELOG.md – Phoenix 1.8.0 changelog detailing all changes and improvements
• Phoenix 1.8.0 features include AGENTS.md for LLM development, themes with dark mode, streamlined generators, phx.gen.auth magic links, revamped guides, and scopes
• https://thinkingelixir.com/ – ThinkingElixir courses (Pattern Matching and Code Flow) are now completely free and open, no longer requiring login. Site converted from WordPress to static hosting.
• https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/releases/tag/v0.29.2 – ElixirLS v0.29.2 release with call hierarchy provider, built-in MCP server for LLM integration, and custom .formatter.exs file location setting
• https://github.com/dimamik/torus – Torus - new Elixir library for seamless PostgreSQL search integration with Ecto
• https://torus.dimamik.com/ – Torus library demo site showcasing search capabilities
• https://bsky.app/profile/curiosum.bsky.social/post/3lwb7kqp34c2u – Bluesky announcement of new Elixir Hub website
• https://x.com/pattrnmatch/status/1953905555141005692 – X post about Elixir Hub website launch
• https://elixir-hub.com/ – Elixir Hub website - centralized resource for Elixir companies, books, and podcasts
• https://bsky.app/profile/virinchicv.bsky.social/post/3lssupg7j7c2t – Bluesky announcement of LiveTable v0.3.1 update
• https://github.com/gurujada/live_table – LiveTable - LiveView library for dynamic tables with sorting, filtering, and pagination
• https://hexdocs.pm/flop – Flop library - alternative to LiveTable for data filtering and pagination
• https://hexdocs.pm/flop_phoenix – Flop Phoenix - Phoenix integration for Flop filtering library
• https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lwcf5xstik23 – EEF Bluesky post about sharing BEAM events on their website
• http://erlef.org/events – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation events page for submitting BEAM community events
• https://elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf US 2025 official website
• https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir – ElixirConf US 2025 both virtual and in Orlando FL, August 28-29. Tickets with ThinkingElixir discount code for 10% off

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

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• Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social
• David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com
• David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social

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