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• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2029221739285057565 – José Valim announced Elixir v1.20.0-rc.2 and rc.3 on X. The compiler finds more bugs, is ~10% faster, has a new interpreted mode (up to 5x faster), and improves incremental compilation for struct changes.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc.2 – Release page for Elixir v1.20.0-rc.2.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc.3 – Release page for Elixir v1.20.0-rc.3, including a number of fixes and IEx autocomplete optimization.
• https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/2029630330630508929 – Chris McCord shared how the BEAM supports booting a :peer node as a VM within the VM, enabling "hot bluegreen" deploys on Fly.io — spinning up a new incoming VM and cutting over seamlessly while both peers stay clustered.
• https://hex.pm/packages/fly_deploy – Hex package page for fly_deploy, Chris McCord's new library for zero-downtime hot code upgrades on Fly.io without restarts.
• https://github.com/chrismccord/fly_deploy – GitHub repo for fly_deploy, which enables hot code upgrades for Elixir apps on Fly.io by suspending processes, swapping in new code, migrating state via code_change callbacks, and resuming — without downtime.
• https://hexdocs.pm/fly_deploy/FlyDeploy.html#module-limitations-vs-otp-releases – Documentation outlining the limitations of fly_deploy's hot deploy approach, such as inability to change supervision trees or application config.
• https://discord.com/blog/tracing-discords-elixir-systems-without-melting-everything – Discord engineering blog deep dive on how they added distributed tracing to their Elixir systems. They built an internal Transport library that wraps messages in an Envelope struct carrying serialized trace context, enabling gradual zero-downtime rollout.
• https://x.com/gleamlang/status/2033581228834603090 – Gleam announced the release of v1.15.0 on X.
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/releases/tag/v1.15.0 – Release page for Gleam v1.15.0, with changes across the compiler, build tools, language server, and many bug fixes.
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.15.0/CHANGELOG.md – Full changelog for Gleam v1.15.0.
• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/PhoenixTest.html – HexDocs page for PhoenixTest, which released v0.10.0 with all additions and fixes contributed by the community.
• https://github.com/germsvel/phoenix_test – GitHub repo for PhoenixTest.
• https://github.com/germsvel/phoenix_test/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for PhoenixTest v0.10.0, including support for dynamic inputs, conditionally rendered form inputs, and a new reload_page/1 helper.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/2031794508745028012 – José Valim announced Distributed Python on top of Erlang distribution, with full Elixir and Livebook integration.
• https://dashbit.co/blog/distributed-python-livebook – Dashbit blog post detailing the Distributed Python integration in Livebook, including reproducible Python environments with uv, full Python cell support with autocompletion and docs on hover, zero-copy Apache Arrow, and interoperability with Elixir cells.
• https://x.com/expert_lsp/status/2031873718415204439 – Expert v0.1.0-rc.6 was released with bug fixes.
• https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2032119765267788202 – SW Mansion announced Popcorn v0.2, which adds a proper npm package for running Elixir in the browser.
• https://blog.swmansion.com/the-three-lang-problem-shipping-elixir-runtime-js-and-webassembly-as-one-npm-package-5a7b76ad5b90 – Blog post about the process of shipping Elixir runtime, JavaScript, and WebAssembly as one npm package with Popcorn.
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/@swmansion/popcorn – npm package page for Popcorn, the library that lets you run Elixir in the browser.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1rrds3n/announcing_nex_040_the_minimalist_elixir/ – Reddit announcement for Nex 0.4.0, a minimalist Elixir web framework powered by HTMX, inspired by Next.js, targeting rapid prototyping and the AI era.
• https://github.com/gofenix/nex – GitHub repo for Nex, the minimalist Elixir web framework.
• https://github.com/gofenix/nex/tree/main/examples – Examples for the Nex framework.
• https://hono.dev/ – Hono is a TypeScript minimalist web server framework (similar to a newer Express) referenced as a comparison point to Nex.
• https://x.com/zachsdaniel1/status/2030434559582478777 – Zach Daniel recommended RootCert's YouTube video as a great 12-minute elevator pitch for the BEAM.
• https://x.com/RootCert/status/2030428783015329833 – RootCert shared a walkthrough video of what makes the BEAM special — processes, messaging, registries, ETS, distribution, and its ecosystem.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKaZ89SkVYY – 12-minute YouTube video by RootCert covering what makes the BEAM special and why Elixir was made for the current moment.
• https://github.com/openai/symphony – OpenAI published Symphony, an AI agent orchestration repo built primarily in Elixir (96.1%). It uses Elixir for supervising long-running processes, hot code reloading, and its active ecosystem.
• https://x.com/peregrine/status/2029289900428705935 – Jason Stiebs noted that OpenAI's Symphony uses a hand-rolled gen_tcp HTTP server rather than established libraries like Ranch or Mint, suggesting the project may be vibe-coded.
• https://x.com/DNAutics/status/2030361591611302024 – Discussion thread about whether Elixir and Erlang are still needed amid the rise of AI-assisted development and competing tools.
• https://rivet.dev/cloud/ – Rivet Cloud, a platform attempting to bring Actor-model-like benefits to TypeScript without using the BEAM.
• https://x.com/NathanFlurry/status/2030047986575921351 – Nathan Flurry of Rivet announced they are bringing "the benefits of Elixir to TypeScript" — though critics note it lacks true processes, links, monitors, and supervision trees.

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Elixir Community News

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y – ElixirConf keynotes are appearing on YouTube, currently featuring Justin Schneck's and Chris McCord and Chris Grainger's keynotes.
• https://github.com/josevalim/sync – Phoenix Sync archival status clarified - José doesn't have plans to take it forward personally, inviting others to explore and develop the idea further.
• https://elixirstatus.com/p/1u4Hf-errortracker-v030-has-been-released – ErrorTracker v0.3.0 has been released with new features including support for MySQL and MariaDB, improved error grouping in Oban, and enhanced documentation and typespecs.
• https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/test-breakpoints – German Velasco shared a new Elixir Stream video on step-through debugging an ExUnit test in Elixir v1.17.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdi7SEPrTs – José Valim shared his video on solving ChatGPT UX issues with Phoenix LiveView, originally posted to Twitter and now available on YouTube.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1833536127267144101 – José Valim's video on tackling ChatGPT's UX woes with Phoenix LiveView on Twitter.
• https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8394 – Merged PR in Tailwind project describing hover issue fix.
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/3421 – Issue regarding phx-click-loading affecting modals.
• https://dashbit.co/blog/remix-concurrent-submissions-flawed – José Valim detailed how Remix's concurrency feature is flawed in a new blog post.
• https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/09/10/introducing-lvn-go – Blog post introducing LVN Go, an app to ease starting with LiveView Native without needing XCode.
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/200 – Episode 200 of Thinking Elixir podcast featuring Brian Carderella discussing LiveView Native.
• https://x.com/livebookdev/status/1834222475820839077 – Livebook v0.14 released with new notebook navigation features.
• https://news.livebook.dev/code-navigation-with-go-to-definition-of-modules-and-functions-kuYrS – Detailed blog post about Livebook v0.14's new features.
• https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/livebook/livebook – Livebook Helm Chart for use in Kubernetes.
• https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino_flame – The kino_flame Github project
• https://x.com/miruoss/status/1834690518472966524 – Announcement of kino_flame 0.1.3's Kubernetes support.
• https://x.com/hugobarauna/status/1834040830249562299 – Job opening at Nvidia specifically mentioning Elixir.
• https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Software-Engineer---HPC_JR1979406-1?q=Hpc – Specific job listing at Nvidia mentioning Elixir.
• https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1835597103076094150 – Alchemy Conf 2025 announced, with call for talk proposals open.
• https://dev.events/conferences/alchemy-conf-2025-hjp5oo7o – Alchemy Conf 2025 event details.
• https://ti.to/subvisual/alchemy-conf-2025 – Early bird tickets for Alchemy Conf 2025 are €200.
• https://www.papercall.io/alchemy-conf-2025 – Call for talk proposals for Alchemy Conf 2025 open until Sept 30th.
• https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-confirms-its-developing-the-moons-new-time-zone-165345568.html – NASA confirms developing a Lunar timezone.
• https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/k1-acquires-mariadb-a-leading-database-software-company-and-appoints-new-ceo-302243508.html – MariaDB acquired by K1, strategic investment to expand enterprise solutions.
• https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio – Amazon requiring employees to return to office for work.

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Elixir Community News

• https://twitter.com/chris_mccord/status/1724861258548052109 – Chris McCord teased a new visual on Twitter resembling a colorful flame logo with the text "Soon™", with more details to come.
• https://hauleth.dev/post/who-watches-watchmen-ii/ – Hauleth's blog post explores creating an Elixir service supervised by SystemD, building on his series about managing BEAM applications.
• https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/how-page-title-is-updated – German Valesco explains the updating of the page_title in Phoenix LiveView with a tip and video demonstration.
• https://dockyard.com/blog/2023/11/08/three-years-of-nx-growing-the-machine-learning-ecosystem – Sean Moriarity discusses the past three years and the future of the Elixir Machine Learning Ecosystem and Nx in a blog post on Dockyard.
• https://twitter.com/TheErlef/status/1726654135750066390 – Announcement of the 3rd edition of a BEAM-focused devroom at the 2024 FOSDEM conference, set to take place in Brussels.
• https://beam-fosdem.dev/ – FOSDEM's BEAM devroom, an event for the Elixir community and enthusiasts, provides details about the upcoming sidetrack.
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY – The official playlist of ElixirConf US videos, with several more sessions expected to be added.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-030FD0Qc&list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY&index=46 – ElixirConf US video of Rafal Studnicki discussing keeping real-time auctions running during rollouts.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44hFAhKPao&list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY&index=47 – Tyler Young's ElixirConf US presentation on migrating data without downtime.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XaB4XWg-Qg&list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY&index=48 – Michał Śledź's session at ElixirConf US on rewriting Pion in Elixir.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9pZP5jUYZg&list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY&index=49 – Andrew Berrien introduces ECSx and discusses a new approach to game development in Elixir at ElixirConf US.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F42B6AZ879Q&list=PLqj39LCvnOWbHaZldxw_g02RaTQ4vQ1eY&index=50 – Geoffrey Lessel's introduction to Vox, a static site generator for Elixir enthusiasts, at ElixirConf US.
• https://adventofcode.com/ – Advent of Code is approaching, presenting new coding challenges starting December 1st with a new rule against using AI for leaderboard rankings.
• https://twitter.com/ljgago/status/1724917401462997413 – Leonardo Gago tweets about his kino_aoc smart cell to assist with Advent of Code puzzles in Livebook.
• https://github.com/ljgago/kino_aoc – GitHub repository for KinoAoc, a Livebook smart cell created by Leonardo Gago for solving Advent of Code puzzles.

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Discussion Resources

• The discussion explores the AI ecosystem's influence on Elixir developers, addressing risks and dependencies unrelated to Elixir itself.
• Concerns are raised about the dangers of building on top of OpenAI and the risk of service outages, as experienced with an AI fitness trainer.
• Open-source AI models are discussed as viable alternatives that offer the possibility of self-hosting and independence from proprietary systems.
• Mention of the Elixir LangChain library signifies an interest in being able to seamlessly switch AI models without altering application code.
• The discussion covers the risks of government regulation, policy changes, financial and governance uncertainties, and how they could affect dependencies on single AI providers.
• An industry desire for regulatory measures is expressed, aiming to build a legal buffer that could protect from competition.
• The conversation questions the broader implications of reliance on AI, including why the topic is intriguing and why self-hosted, open-source models are crucial.
• Arguably, Elixir is considered to have a strong position for running self-managed AI models, highlighting the alignment with open-source philosophies.
• Looking to the future, Elixir is positioned well to do this.
• A final note touches on the holiday season's effect on the podcast's show schedule with potential changes or pauses in the regular programming.

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