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• 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://hex.pm/blog/hex-v24-released#website-redesign – The hex.pm website received a major redesign. Package pages now show the README directly, search results show more info at a glance, and the dashboard was reworked. Thanks to Paulo Valim for implementing the new design.
• https://x.com/hexpm/status/2039764266471784603 – The local hex package was updated to v2.4, replacing password-based authentication with an OAuth device flow and adding two-factor authentication support to the CLI, significantly improving the security of publishing packages.
• https://hex.pm/blog/hex-v24-released – Official Hex 2.4 release blog post covering the OAuth device flow, two-factor authentication support, and other improvements.
• https://x.com/tylerayoung/status/2038614593958732194 – Announcement tweet for the official v0.1 release of Expert, the new official Elixir LSP.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert/releases/tag/v0.1.0 – The v0.1.0 release of Expert, the new official Elixir Language Server Protocol implementation, is now final.
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/expert – Expert is also available on Homebrew, making it easy to install on macOS.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc.4 – Elixir v1.20.0-rc.4 was released. Notable enhancements include showing undefined function errors even when missing variables, adding Process.get_label/1, and fixing URI.merge leaking a :+ marker when the base path is an empty string.
• https://bsky.app/profile/adrienanselme.com/post/3mietrjv3462i – Bluesky announcement for LiveStash, a new library by SoftwareMansion that fixes the problem of losing state on LiveView reconnects.
• https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/live-stash – LiveStash provides a reliable, explicit API to safely stash and recover Phoenix LiveView assigns, keeping application state intact whenever a socket connection is interrupted or re-established.
• https://elixirconf.com/ – José Valim joined to highlight ElixirConf US. Training is Sept 9, with the conference Sept 10-11 in Chicago and virtual. The Call for Talks deadline is approaching.

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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://x.com/georgeguimaraes/status/2006068635878490310 – Announcement of Arcana, a new RAG library for Elixir/Phoenix
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation – Wikipedia explanation of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
• https://github.com/georgeguimaraes/arcana – Arcana GitHub repository - adds vector search and AI Q&A to Phoenix apps using Postgres + pgvector
• https://github.com/georgeguimaraes/arcana/blob/main/guides/dashboard.md – Arcana dashboard guide for developing and testing RAG setups
• https://x.com/pic/orig/media%2FG9b-pFpXUAAYIb0.jpg – Screenshot of the Arcana RAG dashboard
• https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5 – bge-small-en-v1.5 model that can run locally via Bumblebee for embeddings
• https://x.com/jskalc/status/2005676915479453869 – Announcement of mquickjs_ex library wrapping MQuickJS runtime
• https://github.com/Valian/mquickjs_ex – MQuickJsEx GitHub repository - embeds JavaScript in Elixir processes via NIFs
• https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/23/microquickjs/ – Simon Willison's article about MicroQuickJS by Fabrice Bellard - JavaScript engine for embedded systems
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2000959719440068622 – Announcement of LiveDebugger v0.5.0 with support for LiveView Streams
• https://docs.swmansion.com/live-debugger/ – LiveDebugger documentation from Software Mansion
• https://x.com/daisyui_/status/2004244298024604049 – Announcement of DaisyUI Nexus Dashboard v3.2 with Phoenix support
• https://daisyui.com/store/nexus/ – DaisyUI Nexus Dashboard store page - commercial dashboard template supporting multiple frameworks including Phoenix
• https://github.com/wavezync/durable/ – Durable workflow engine GitHub repository - a resumable workflow execution engine for Elixir similar to Temporal/Inngest
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2006388766202601822 – José Valim sharing type system improvements with beautiful error messages
• https://x.com/polvalente/status/2006625919964950975 – Paulo Valente sharing work-in-progress on NxEigen
• https://github.com/polvalente/nx_eigen – NxEigen GitHub repository - Eigen-based backend for Nx with lightweight memory footprint
• https://x.com/bart_blast/status/2008163767855522116 – Bart Blast announcing Erlang Ecosystem Foundation stipend for Hologram project
• https://hologram.page/blog/hologram-awarded-eef-stipend – Blog post about Hologram receiving EEF stipend support
• https://x.com/mikehostetler/status/2008217608085241865 – Mike Hostetler demonstrating Jido 2.0 powering 1,575 agents to index a codebase in 7 seconds
• https://github.com/agentjido/jido – Jido GitHub repository - AI Agent framework for Elixir
• https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3mboxbgjvn22k – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation invitation to join Working Groups
• https://erlef.org/wg/ – EEF Working Groups page listing all available groups
• https://x.com/elixirconfeu/status/2007132325918720298 – ElixirConf EU 2026 keynote speakers announcement
• https://www.elixirconf.eu/ – ElixirConf EU 2026 website - April 22-24 in Málaga, Spain with José Valim and Chris McCord as keynote speakers

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Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/josevalim/sync – Phoenix Sync - A proof of concept of an Elixir/Phoenix node that runs PostgreSQL Replication to synchronize data with clients, as showcased at ElixirConf US 2024 keynote by José Valim.
• https://x.com/TylerAYoung/status/1829248168908968220 – Tyler Young's Twitter thread discussing the big idea behind Phoenix Sync which involves frontend applications syncing with backend using Phoenix channels and logical replication.
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2024/08/28/typing-lists-and-tuples/ – New ElixirLang blog post exploring how various Elixir idioms interact with the upcoming type system, especially focusing on lists and tuples.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1829537976378159139 – José Valim's Twitter post about the mathematical soundness of set-theoretic types as discussed in the latest ElixirLang blog post.
• https://github.com/algora-io/tv – Algora.tv is trending as an open-source Twitch for developers using Membrane for real-time video processing.
• https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/08/20/where-are-nx-axon-bumblebee-headed – Sean Moriarity's blog post on DockYard discussing the current state of the AI space and future directions for Nx, Axon, and Bumblebee.
• https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/commit/ab8261180cd54ca95c0c34035a5380ade2805afb – José Valim's commit in Nx demonstrating how few lines of code are required to support compiling a machine learning model in one node and sending it to another for execution using Erlang erpc module.
• https://x.com/cigrainger/status/1829822647489728679 – New Livebook feature shared online integrates with Fly.io platform to run local notebooks on arbitrary hardware with a few clicks, allowing scalability and elasticity.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1828781593387004065 – Image from Chris McCord's talk showing a Livebook connecting to a production node and getting intellisense for remote node code.
• https://elixirstatus.com/p/wmpxg-code-beam-america-2025-call-for-talks-is-open- – Call for Talks for CodeBEAM America 2025 is open. Deadline for proposals is October 20, 2024. Conference dates are March 6-7, 2025, in San Francisco and Online.
• https://codebeamamerica.com/#cft – Official site for CodeBEAM America 2025 Call for Talks.
• https://codebeamnyc.com/ – CodeBEAM NYC conference on November 15th, a one-day event.
• Reflections on ElixirConf discussion.

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Elixir Community News

• https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology – Stack Overflow survey released showing Elixir and Phoenix are highly admired technologies.
• https://x.com/DockYard/status/1816592108595367982 – Elixir's admiration and usage metrics by developers.
• Elixir maintained its position as the second most admired language, although its usage slightly dropped.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1edjqbn/what_makes_it_that_productive_why_is_it_the_most/ – Discussion on Reddit about why Phoenix and Elixir are so admired, highlighting various features.
• https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/releases/tag/v0.7.0 – Lexical LSP 0.7.0 update released with new features and a note for OTP 27 users to wait for 0.7.1.
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.4.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md – Gleam v1.4.0-rc1 released for testing with impressive features, including a built-in Language Server.
• https://x.com/louispilfold/status/1817870737165664604 – Louis Pilfold, creator of Gleam, requesting sponsors due to a decline in sponsorships.
• https://github.com/thmsmlr/livescript – New library called LiveScript helps develop scripts locally with code-reloading.
• https://builtwithphoenix.com/ – New website to showcase projects built with Phoenix.
• https://x.com/mmmykolas/status/1817620188264538477 – Progress update on the "Built with Phoenix" website.
• https://getoban.pro/articles/pro-1-5-launch-week-day-5 – Oban Pro finished their launch week with several new features.
• https://x.com/ElixirConf – ElixirConf is holding weekly Twitter Spaces sessions discussing topics like LiveView native and conference attendance.
• https://2024.elixirconf.com/ – Preview of ElixirConf 2024 including highlights of scheduled talks and speakers.

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Elixir Community News

• https://x.com/polvalente/status/1811268492580024511 – Paulo Valente has done the work to make Nx work on Metal.
• https://developer.apple.com/metal/ – Metal is Apple's graphics and compute API and implementation layer for working with the AI/ML features of their M-series chips.
• https://groups.google.com/a/openxla.org/g/openxla-discuss/c/DnPUmpyk4y0 – Google Groups discussion that covers OpenXLA's overall architecture & components.
• https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1811055874930028870 – Chris McCord was a guest on the YugabyteDB YouTube channel demonstrating deploying a distributed Elixir app and distributed YugabyteDB from scratch.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YugabyteDB – YugabyteDB is a distributed SQL database that aims to be strongly transactionally consistent across failure zones (i.e. ACID compliance).
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utOXl3eWoA – Chris McCord's demonstration video on deploying distributed Elixir app and YugabyteDB.
• https://www.youtube.com/live/_utOXl3eWoA?si=Si04BP4WnqPk5vcs&t=877 – Video timestamp where Chris joins the show.
• https://paraxial.io/blog/paraxial-free – Paraxial.io now has a free plan for non-commercial use, no credit card required.
• https://rfp.dev/blog/a-rest-client-for-browsers?utm_source=elixir-merge – Blog post about Polo, a new REST client.
• https://github.com/readyforproduction/polo – Polo, a REST client similar to Postman but built in LiveView.
• https://x.com/germsvel/status/1813160145557283263 – German Velasco's tip of using :timer.minutes(5) for a more readable way of setting a timer value in milliseconds.
• https://github.com/rkallos/peep – Peep is an alternative OpenTelemetry metrics reporter that supports StatsD and Prometheus.
• https://elixirforum.com/t/peep-efficient-telemetrymetrics-reporter-supporting-prometheus-and-statsd/55901 – Peep 3.0 released with minor change to use maps instead of keyword lists.
• Personal Update from Mark - recently left working at Fly.io to pursue a full-time project.

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• https://ti.to/elixirconf/2024 – Use code ELIXIRPODCAST at checkout to get a $50 discount on your tickets to ElixirConf in Orlando August 27-30, 2024
• Favorite moments and experiences from previous ElixirConf events
• How to network and make the most of your conference attendance
• Training classes and talks we're looking forward to this year
• Keynotes from prominent Elixir community figures
• Chris McCord's keynote - TBD (Could it be a LiveView 1.0 announcement?!)
• Benefits of attending ElixirConf - learning, networking, community immersion
• Virtual attendance options for those unable to attend in person
• Why you should step out of your comfort zone and engage with others
• Passion and energy of Elixir community members at ElixirConf
• Mentorship opportunities - connect with experienced Elixir developers
• Exploring Orlando attractions during ElixirConf 2024 downtime
• An invitation to join us at ElixirConf 2024 and immerse yourself in the Elixir community
• https://2024.elixirconf.com/
• https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/Ecto.html
• https://fly.io/
• https://www.meetup.com/austin-elixir/
• https://grox.io/
• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/Phoenix.Component.html
• https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/erlang/
• https://ash-hq.org/
• https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrpQHZcy3CI – Functional IoT with Elixir and Nerves - Justin Schneck | Craft 2019
• https://docs.nerves-hub.org/
• https://nerves-project.org/
• https://getoban.pro/
• https://hexdocs.pm/broadway/Broadway.html
• https://developer.farm.bot/v15/docs/farmbot-os.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2WciH6rAFg – Leaving Everything Behind For Elixir - Theo's video
• https://youtu.be/aOk67eT3fpg?si=MTxtIv-xmuJZYbup – Phoenix LiveView Is Making Me Reconsider React... - Theo's other video
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/206 – Podcast - Thinking Elixir 206 - BeamOps - DevOps on the BEAM

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Elixir Community News

• https://twitter.com/TylerAYoung/status/1699415514936672440 – Chris McCord's opening keynote at ElixirConf US 2023 focused on improved Phoenix debugging tools.
• LiveViewNative, with almost all SwiftUI components and styling modifiers being implemented, is still being worked on for Android/Windows.
• https://twitter.com/bernheisel/status/1700179932150747514?s=20 – Jose Valim's closing keynote at ElixirConf dispelled some myths about coding in Elixir, explained set-theoretic types, introduced the concept of "Strong Arrows", and analyzed the implications of different approaches to handle dynamic types.
• The next venue for ElixirConf will be Lisbon, EU on April 18-19, 2024.
• ElixirConf US 2024 will be held at SeaWorld from August 27 - 30 2024.
• https://fly.io/phoenix-files/customizing-phoenix-generators/ – This blog post documents how to customize Phoenix Generators, a topic discussed in episode 167 with Victor Björklund. It serves as a walkthrough for customizing generators for established projects.
• https://www.erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/users_guide.html – A valuable resource for Elixir developers, this guide by Alex Koutmos provides insights into efficiencies of Lists, maps, binaries while dispelling some performance myths.
• https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1700915275317555627 – A reminder from Alex Koutmos about the 'Efficiency Guide' in Erlang.org docs. While the code samples are in Erlang, the guide applies similarly to BEAM code written in Elixir.

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Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/blob/v0.18.17/CHANGELOG.md#01817-2023-03-09 – Phoenix LiveView minor update 0.18.17 released
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2023/03/09/embedded-and-cloud-elixir-at-sparkmeter/ – New Case Study was added to the ElixirLang website.
• https://twitter.com/elixirlang/status/1633795075217006597 – Tweet sharing the SparkMeter case study. Includes brief summary.
• https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages – Discord, another company using Elixir, wrote a blog post titled “How Discord stores trillions of messages”
• https://dockyard.com/blog/2023/03/07/audio-speech-recognition-in-elixir-with-whisper-bumblebee – Blog post from Sean Moriarity on using Elixir with the Whisper ML model and Bumblebee to do audio speech recognition
• https://www.richardtaylor.dev/articles/globally-distributed-elixir-over-tailscale – Richard Taylor shared his experiments with clustering Elixir applications across cloud providers.
• https://twitter.com/tylerayoung/status/1633477705332031488 – Tyler Young shared a PSA of sorts about using module attributes in Elixir.
• https://hexdocs.pm/nimble_publisher/NimblePublisher.html#module-examples – Nimble Publisher example that stresses how to safely use module attributes
• https://github.com/dashbitco/nimble_options – Andrea Leopardi released v1.0 of nimble_options.
• https://twitter.com/whatyouhide/status/1633844179888640001 – Tweet thread where Andrea talks about the 1.0 considerations.
• https://twitter.com/bcardarella/status/1633884901681295367 – Brian Cardarella shared a tweet teasing the ability to have a single Phoenix app serve MacOS, WatchOS and iOS interfaces using LiveView Native.
• https://www.meetup.com/dc-elixir/events/292140179/ – Sundi Myint is organizing a meetup to try your conferences talk pitch out and get feedback.
• https://2023.elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf US was announced and will be Sep 5-8 in Orlando, FL at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa
• https://twitter.com/ElixirConfAfric/status/1633046390732455936 – ElixirConf Africa - May 26-27 - online only. Call for speakers is open.
• https://sessionize.com/elixir-conf-africa-2023 – Submit your talk for ElixirConf Africa

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