Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/194

Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/8111 – The json module was merged into Erlang OTP, adding it to the standard library and is expected to be included in OTP 27 RC 2.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.16/CHANGELOG.md#v1162-2024-03-10 – Release notes for Elixir v1.16.2, detailing bug fixes and minor additions.
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2024/03/05/veeps-elixir-case/ – A new case study on scaling a streaming service for hundreds of thousands of concurrent viewers using Elixir at Veeps.
• https://github.com/elixir-unicode/unicode_string – Kip Cole's Unicode String library release 1.4.0 includes dictionary-based word breaking for several Asian languages.
• https://github.com/jonatanklosko/mix_install_watcher/ – Jonatan Kłosko's project, mix_install_watcher, assists with automatic recompilation of path dependencies in Livebook notebooks.
• https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1767499526309347739 – German Velasco shares a video example of an anti-pattern in Elixir documentation related to complex extraction in clauses.
• https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/code-anti-patterns.html#complex-extractions-in-clauses – Detailed documentation regarding code anti-patterns in Elixir, specifically "complex extractions in clauses."
• https://github.com/abdelaz3r/sparkline_svg – SparklineSVG v0.4 released, providing a simple, zero-dependency Elixir library for generating SVG sparkline charts.
• https://hexdocs.pm/sparkline_svg/changelog.html – Changelog for SparklineSVG library showcasing recent updates and features.

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

Discussion Resources

• https://ash-hq.org/
• https://alembic.com.au/
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/27 – Previous interview with Zach about Ash
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/123 – Previous interview with Zach about Ash
• https://github.com/spandex-project/spandex
• https://opentelemetry.io/
• https://www.appsignal.com/
• https://www.datadoghq.com/
• https://zipkin.io/
• https://posthog.com/
• https://segment.com/
• https://github.com/cabol/nebulex
• https://mode.com/
• https://www.tableau.com/
• https://postmarkapp.com/
• Async is the NOT answer you think it is.
• Declarative programming is so important and beneficial. It's worth learning more about it.

Guest Information

• https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1 – Zach on Twitter
• https://twitter.com/AshFramework – Ash Framework on Twitter
• https://github.com/zachdaniel/ – on Github
• https://genserver.social/zachdaniel – on Fediverse
• https://zachdaniel.dev/about – Blog
• https://ash-hq.org – Ash Framework site

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