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• https://github.com/elixir-volt/volt – Volt - a new asset pipeline for Elixir that replaces esbuild wrapper, Tailwind CLI, and node_modules.
• https://x.com/dan_note/status/2033975642057019499 – Announcement post for the Volt asset pipeline for Elixir.
• https://x.com/dan_note/status/2032139121850728939 – Announcement post for Quickbeam, a JavaScript runtime for the BEAM.
• https://github.com/elixir-volt/quickbeam – Quickbeam - a JavaScript runtime for the BEAM with Web APIs backed by OTP, native DOM, and a built-in TypeScript toolchain. Still an early beta research project.
• https://github.com/cocoa-xu/exclosured – ExClosured - a new framework for compiling Rust to WebAssembly, running it in the browser, and hooking into Phoenix LiveView.
• https://exclosured.app/ – Demo site for ExClosured, showing image manipulation and SQLite-in-the-browser examples.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2034623221807370570 – José Valim highlights how Elixir's type system work has inspired optimizations in Python's Ruff/ty project.
• https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/23881 – Pull request on the Python Ruff project applying BDD optimization techniques inspired by Elixir's type system work.
• https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff – Ruff - an extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2034624137981739153 – José Valim shares his latest blog post on type system optimizations for differences.
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2026/03/19/lazy-bdds-with-eager-literal-differences/ – Elixir blog post - "Lazy BDDs with eager literal differences" - covering the latest round of type system performance optimizations, available in Elixir v1.20.0-rc4.
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2034295512862490655 – Announcement of LiveView Debugger v0.7 with new features including source code links, better filtering, and tree structure for nested live views.
• https://docs.swmansion.com/live-debugger/ – LiveView Debugger documentation site.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKGXRNo-_E – YouTube video showing the new features in LiveView Debugger v0.7.
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2034650679986327924 – Announcement of a new version of the fully browser-based Elixir Language Tour, with an expanded Processes chapter covering Links, Agents, GenServers, and Supervisors.
• https://elixir-language-tour.swmansion.com/introduction – The Elixir Language Tour - a browser-based interactive tour running Elixir in WebAssembly via Popcorn.
• https://elixirforum.com/t/gettext-sigils-a-sigil-for-using-gettext-with-less-boilerplate-and-better-readability/74645 – Elixir Forum post introducing gettext_sigils, a library that wraps gettext helpers into a sigil for less boilerplate.
• https://github.com/zebbra/gettext_sigils – gettext_sigils - a library that simplifies gettext usage with a ~t sigil, e.g. ~t"Hello, #{user.name}" instead of gettext("Hello, %{name}", name: user.name).
• https://peterullrich.com/a-devcontainer-for-elixir – Blog post by Peter Ullrich - "A Devcontainer for Elixir" - on running Elixir in a dev container for safer LLM-assisted coding.
• https://containers.dev/ – The open specification for enriching containers with development-specific content and settings.
• https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/tree/main/.devcontainer – Anthropic's dev container used as the starting point for Peter Ullrich's Elixir dev container.
• https://github.com/PJUllrich/devcontainer – Peter Ullrich's Claude-based Devcontainer for Elixir development with Phoenix, Claude Code, and optionally Tidewave.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2034952526039056700 – José Valim responds to a "What Would José Valim Do?" Claude memory prompt shared by an Elixir developer, offering his actual advice which differed from the LLM's take on behaviours and abstractions.
• https://x.com/sorentwo/status/2036839452102840414 – Announcement of Oban v2.21, Pro v1.7, Web v2.12, and Met v1.1 with workflow tracking, rate limiting, chunk performance improvements, and more.
• https://oban.pro/docs/pro/changelog.html#v1-7-0-rc-0-2026-03-23 – Oban Pro v1.7 changelog.
• https://hexdocs.pm/oban_web/overview.html – Oban Web documentation.
• https://github.com/oban-bg/oban/releases/tag/v2.21.0 – Oban v2.21.0 release notes on GitHub.
• https://x.com/akoutmos/status/2036556722584670292 – Announcement of Litestream v0.5, a complete overhaul of the Elixir wrapper for Litestream SQLite backups.
• https://litestream.io/ – Litestream - continuously streams SQLite changes to cloud storage like S3 for no-worry backups.
• https://github.com/akoutmos/litestream – Litestream - an Elixir library wrapping Litestream for easy SQLite database backups, now at v0.5 with individual backup strategies under the Litestream.Strategy namespace.
• https://github.com/akoutmos/litestream/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md – Litestream changelog detailing the v0.5.0 overhaul.
• https://marketing.erlef.org/events/malaga-unconf.html – EEF Málaga Unconference - a community-driven one-day pre-ElixirConf EU event on April 22, 2026, featuring Elixir talks, a Nerves workshop, and a GRiSP hardware workshop.

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• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2000540145645162507 – José Valim announces Elixir v1.20 is well underway in active development
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#complete-typing-of-maps-keys – Changelog showing complete typing of maps keys in Elixir v1.20
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases – Elixir releases page - current latest version is 1.19.4
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory – Set theory reference for understanding Elixir's type system approach
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-theoretic_topology – Set-theoretic topology reference
• https://bsky.app/profile/gleam.run/post/3ma3u7ta2sk2c – Gleam v1.14.0-rc1 announcement
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.14.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md – Gleam v1.14.0-rc1 changelog with updates including fault tolerant type inference and language server improvements
• https://bsky.app/profile/akoutmos.bsky.social/post/3ma2rsncqtc25 – mjml_eex v0.13.0 release announcement
• https://github.com/akoutmos/mjml_eex – mjml_eex library for formatting emails using MJML and EEx
• https://github.com/akoutmos/mjml_eex/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md – mjml_eex changelog showing upgrade to MJML 5.3 and comment support
• https://mjml.io/ – MJML website for responsive email templates
• https://github.com/mjmlio/mjml – MJML GitHub repository
• https://mjmlio.github.io/mjml-app/ – MJML app for building email templates
• https://dashbit.co/blog/zero-trust-for-plug-phoenix – Dashbit blog post announcing nimble_zta for zero trust authentication
• https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_zta – nimble_zta library with zero trust strategies for CloudFlare, Google Cloud Platform IAP, and Tailscale
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine) – BEAM virtual machine Wikipedia reference
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrYdkHRCJqM – My BEAM History - Björn Gustavsson ElixirConf EU 2025 talk covering BEAM internals
• https://goatmire.bold.video/ – GoatMire conference website with published videos
• https://www.youtube.com/@goatmireinternational – GoatMire YouTube channel
• https://www.yellowduck.be/posts/detecting-and-listing-duplicate-records-with-phoenix-ecto – Blog post with tips on detecting duplicate records using Ecto queries
• https://pixabay.com/music/christmas-christmas-show-438871/ – Credit for Christmas themed intro music

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• https://github.com/chrismccord/fly_deploy – Chris McCord releases FlyDeploy - enables hot code upgrades for Elixir applications on Fly.io without restarts or downtime
• https://x.com/sleipni_r/status/1986791040607481930 – Elixir GRPC library updated to v0.11.4 with beautiful interactive Livebook documentation and new stream features including effects and map_error
• https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker/releases/tag/v0.7.0 – ErrorTracker v0.7.0 released with Igniter installer, LiveView 1.0 support, better MariaDB support, and security updates
• https://github.com/metehan/exterm_ai – exterm_ai - an advanced web-based terminal emulator with built-in AI assistance powered by OpenRouter, like a web-based warp.dev
• https://github.com/elixir-horde/horde – Horde - distributed Supervisor and Registry backed by DeltaCrdt
• https://github.com/elixir-horde – New @elixir_horde GitHub organization focused on distributed systems, fault-tolerant supervision, and global process registration
• https://bsky.app/profile/peregrine.bsky.social/post/3m52kusb7ek2x – PSA for Zed editor users about Expert LSP not having versioned releases yet
• https://gist.github.com/dbernheisel/b533b289fd5ed13f8333ae92a71c9606 – David's guide for configuring Zed to manually update Expert LSP
• https://bsky.app/profile/smartlogic.io/post/3m5ecck4h3j2q – SmartLogic announcement about ICRT case study
• https://smartlogic.io/case-studies/icrt – SmartLogic case study on using Elixir to help researchers with real-time air quality monitoring and alerts for residents
• https://johnelmlabs.com/posts/top-3-liveview-form-mistakes – Article covering the top 3 LiveView form mistakes - slow laggy forms, brittle UI/database coupling, and valid data that can't submit
• https://boragonul.com/post/falling-in-love-with-erlang – Article about falling in love with Erlang
• https://www.yellowduck.be/posts/why-i-chose-phoenix-liveview-over-rails-laravel-and-next-js – Article explaining why the author chose Phoenix LiveView over Rails, Laravel, and Next.js
• https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-developer-joins-github-every-second-as-ai-leads-typescript-to-1/ – GitHub's 2025 Octoverse report showing TypeScript overtaking Python and JavaScript, 36M new developers joined, and AI adoption accelerating

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Discussion Resources

• Mark shares his AI development workflow using Claude Code and Cursor, going from PRD to implementation plan to working code with tests in 2 days instead of 2 weeks
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DULfEcPR0Gc – Y Combinator podcast about why enterprise is bad at AI, discussing the MIT report on AI initiative failures
• https://github.com/maxim-ist/elixir-architect – New Elixir Architect Claude Code skill for AI-assisted development

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• https://x.com/grisporg/status/1963674539008639403 – Tweet about Peer Stritzinger launching a new Kickstarter for Rebar4 development
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/rebar3-integrating-with-erlang-otp – Kickstarter campaign to fund Rebar4 development with goal to integrate into OTP project as official build system
• https://tidewave.ai/blog/open-router-open-ai – Tidewave Web now supports OpenRouter, unlocking access to other LLM models
• https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-goes-full-stack – Announcement that Tidewave Web adds React support and goes full-stack
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962922957933625593 – José Valim's tweet about Tidewave Web React support
• https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/react.html – Tidewave documentation on React integration
• https://github.com/tidewave-ai/roadmap/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc – Tidewave roadmap on GitHub where users can vote for next framework to support
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – Phoenix 1.8.1 release changelog with fixes for AGENTS.md CSS and JavaScript sections
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWZzC6nN1OaBZLmxhpqCLfKt – ElixirConf US 2025 videos playlist being slowly released on YouTube
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fj2u6Vm42E – Chris McCord's keynote "Elixir's AI Future" from ElixirConf US 2025
• https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lpylqrcpp6ttqqtrykj5wyoa/post/3lxvntora2c2k – Bluesky post about ElixirConf videos being accidentally published early
• https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-jj4j-x5ww-cwh9 – AshFramework CVE advisory about before_transaction hooks executing despite policy restrictions
• https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised – Industry news about major NPM packages being compromised affecting 2+ billion downloads per week

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• https://www.grisp.org/blog/posts/2025-06-11-grisp-nano-codebeam-sto – GRiSP Nano prototype shows BEAM can run in just 16MB of memory
• https://grisp.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/grisp-2 – GRiSP 2 tiny computer available now for BEAM applications
• https://bsky.app/profile/ettomatic.bsky.social/post/3lua7lpcxi22s – Bluesky post announcing BBC's ElixirConf EU talk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99QDd0_C20 – How Elixir Powers the BBC From PoC to Production at Scale by Ettore Berardi
• https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Software-Engineer/24846-en_GB/ – BBC job posting for Senior Software Engineer using Elixir
• https://x.com/accomazzo/status/1945622634731114801 – GenStage's pull-based design explanation with 6-minute video showing 50% speed improvement
• https://x.com/nelsonmestevao/status/1947087502902231412 – X post announcing the pdf_extractor library for data extraction from PDFs
• https://github.com/nelsonmestevao/pdf_extractor/ – PDF data extraction library for Elixir
• https://hexdocs.pm/pdf_extractor/readme.html – Documentation for pdf_extractor library
• https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber – Python pdfplumber library that pdf_extractor leverages
• https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx – PythonX library for seamless Python integration with Elixir
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244 – Interview with Jonatan Kłosko about PythonX
• https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/06/10/deploying-phoenix-applications-with-kamal.html – AppSignal article on deploying Phoenix applications with Kamal
• https://kamal-deploy.org/ – Kamal deployment tool - Capistrano for Containers
• https://github.com/elixirschool/school_house – Elixir School open source repository
• https://elixirschool.com/en/lessons/misc/lua – Elixir School lesson on embedding Lua in Elixir applications
• https://hexdocs.pm/lua/ – Elixir Lua package documentation
• https://github.com/tv-labs/lua – Elixir friendly wrapper around luerl Erlang package
• https://github.com/rvirding/luerl – Luerl Erlang package for Lua integration
• https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3luaizmyjvt2c – Peter Solnica announces new Inflection library on Bluesky
• https://github.com/solnic/drops_inflector – Drops Inflector library for word inflections in Elixir
• https://bsky.app/profile/fly.io/post/3lt4bjcouwn2y – Fly.io announces Docker Compose compatibility
• https://community.fly.io/t/docker-compose-compatibility-the-journey-begins/25285 – Fly.io community post about Docker Compose compatibility journey
• https://community.fly.io/t/using-containers-with-flyctl/24729 – Guide on using containers with flyctl
• https://fly.io/docs/machines/guides-examples/multi-container-machines/ – Fly.io documentation for multi-container machines
• https://elixirstream.dev/gendiff – David's Elixir gendiff project
• https://elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf 2025 full agenda now live
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