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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 limited time offer.
• https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released – Phoenix 1.8.0-rc released with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components, magic link authentication, revised layouts, and new scopes pattern for data access and authorization.
• https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-1-8-0-rc-0-released/70256 – Discussion forum post about the Phoenix 1.8.0-rc.0 release.
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/b1c459943b3279f97725787b9150ff4950958d12/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog detailing the few deprecations in Phoenix 1.8.
• https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8.0-rc.0/scopes.html – New scopes guide in Phoenix 1.8, designed to make secure data access the default.
• https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/4599 – Privacy/security focused PR merged into Ecto adding a @schema_redact module attribute to make redacting fields easier.
• https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/post/3lm6nbpgelk2b – Bluesky post about the new Ecto schema redaction feature.
• https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding – Elixir Secure Coding Training (ESCT) project, an interactive cybersecurity curriculum for Elixir teams, has found a new maintainer in TvLabs.
• https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llwjpgsrgs2u – Announcement about the ESCT project maintainership transition, with plans to eventually move it to the EEF.
• https://bsky.app/profile/bobbby.online/post/3llwpqtwwf22r – Tip for Elixir users - setting export VISUAL=your_editor_of_choice allows entering multiline commands in iex shell by pressing ESCAPE+o.
• https://dep-mcp.9elements.com/ – Daniel Hoelzgen created a new MCP Server that brings package repository awareness for Hex.pm and other package managers to code editors supporting Model Context Protocol.
• https://x.com/brainlid/status/1909600607935381553 – Configuration instructions for using the dep-mcp server in Cursor.
• https://elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando is open for submitting talks (deadline Apr 29) and workshops (deadline Apr 15).
• https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137 – Announcement about ElixirConf US 2025 with information about joining the waitlist for pre-sale tickets.

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

Discussion Resources

• https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger
• https://elixirforum.com/t/livedebugger-tool-for-debugging-liveview-apps/69668
• https://blog.swmansion.com/introduction-to-livedebugger-a-tool-for-debugging-phoenix-liveview-apps-bf7e56ab00fb
• https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM
• https://swmansion.com/
• https://membrane.stream/
• https://react.dev/learn/react-developer-tools
• https://github.com/JohnnyCurran/TimeTravel
• https://github.com/ash-project/igniter/

Guest Information

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• https://blog.swmansion.com/ – Software Mansion Site
• https://x.com/kraleppa – Krzysztof on Twitter/X
• https://bsky.app/profile/kraleppa.bsky.social – Krzysztof on Bluesky
• https://github.com/kraleppa – Krzysztof on Github

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