Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/179

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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