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Elixir Community News

• https://gigalixir.com/thinking – Visit Gigalixir.com to sign up and get 20% off your first year. Or use the promo code "Thinking" during signup.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.18.2 – Elixir 1.18.2 was released with enhancements to Code.Fragment and Regex, plus bug fixes for CLI, ExUnit, IEx.Autocomplete, and mix deps.update.
• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.18.1 – Elixir 1.18.1 included bug fixes for Kernel, ExUnit.Case, mix compile.elixir, mix escript.build, and Mix.Shell, especially related to error handling and Windows compatibility.
• https://www.erlang.org/news/174 – Erlang OTP 28 RC-1 is out with a new source Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) on the Github Releases page.
• https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql – A new experimental SQL sigil for Ecto brings an extensible SQL parser to Elixir with automatic parameterized queries.
• https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc – The experimental SQL sigil for Ecto is being discussed on the Elixir-Ecto mailing list.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUNI2Pm6_w – New talk from GOTO 2025 with Saša Jurić and Adrienne Braganza Tacke on "Small PRs, Big Impact - The Art of Code Reviews."
• https://alchemyconf.com/ – AlchemyConf is coming up March 31 - April 3 in Braga, Portugal.
• https://www.gigcityelixir.com/ – GigCity Elixir and NervesConf are happening in Chattanooga, TN, USA with NervesConf on May 8 and the main event on May 9-10.
• https://www.elixirconf.eu/ – ElixirConf EU will be held May 15-16, 2025 in Kraków & Virtual.
• https://goatmire.com/#tickets – Goatmire tickets are on sale now for the event happening September 10-12, 2025 in Varberg, Sweden.

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Discussion Resources

• https://dashbit.co/blog/dashbit-plans-2025
• https://github.com/thewca/wca-live – Speed cubing software
• https://dashbit.co/blog/running-python-in-elixir-its-fine
• https://hexdocs.pm/pythonx/Pythonx.html
• https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx
• https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3liyrfvlth22c – Jose said “We said we will focus on interoperability for 2025 and we are ready to share the first results.”
• https://github.com/elixir-nx/fine – “Fine” is a new package related to the elixir-nx organization. It's a C++ library enabling more ergonomic NIFs, tailored to Elixir.
• https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/ – Discussion about removing the Python GIL

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Elixir Community News

• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1846109246116536567 – José Valim updated his Elixir Stream Week presentation to talk about Elixir v1.18.
• https://x.com/NickGnd/status/1846103330352697455 – Discussion about the new LSP server for Elixir v1.18.
• https://github.com/elixir-webrtc/ex_webrtc – ExWebRTC library for Elixir mentioned in the context of Elixir Stream Week.
• https://x.com/BeaconCMS/status/1844089765572026611 – Announcement of Beacon CMS v0.1 release.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBLOd9Oxwpc – Hype video for the new Beacon CMS release.
• https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon – The GitHub repository for Beacon CMS, an open-source CMS built with Phoenix LiveView.
• https://www.youtube.com/live/c2TLDiFv8ZI – Zach Daniel and Leandro paired programming session on Beacon CMS Igniter task.
• https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon_demo – Beacon_demo project helps users try Beacon CMS locally.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jk0fIJOFuc – ElixirConf video related to Beacon CMS development.
• Hexdeck.pm is a new community tool for browsing multiple HexDocs pages at once.
• https://hexdeck.pm/ – Website for hexdeck.pm, a documentation aggregator.
• https://github.com/hayleigh-dot-dev/hexdeck – GitHub repository for hexdeck.pm, created by Hayleigh from the Gleam team.
• https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/releases/tag/v0.24.1 – Update to ElixirLS, fixing several crashes.
• German Velasco created a stream video explaining the origins of Phoenix "contexts".
• https://x.com/germsvel/status/1846137519508787644 – Tweet about German Velasco's stream video on Phoenix contexts.
• https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/why-phoenix-contexts – German explains the history of Phoenix Contexts.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMO28ar0lW8 – Chris McCord's keynote on Phoenix 1.3 at Lonestar ElixirConf 2017.
• https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-3-0-released – Blog post on Phoenix 1.3 release.
• https://x.com/akoutmos/status/1843706957267656969 – Alex Koutmos' announcement of sql_fmt version 0.2.0 support for ~SQL sigil and Mix Formatter plugin.
• https://github.com/akoutmos/sql_fmt – GitHub repository for sql_fmt, a SQL formatting tool.
• https://github.com/akoutmos/ecto_dbg – GitHub page for ecto_dbg, which uses sql_fmt for debugging Ecto SQL queries.
• https://mastodon.kaiman.uk/@neojet/113284100323613786 – MastodonBotEx simplifies interacting with the Mastodon API.
• https://github.com/kaimanhub/MastodonBot.ex – GitHub repository for MastodonBotEx designed for Mastodon API interactions.
• https://codebeamnyc.com/#schedule – Details about the schedule for CodeBEAM NYC Lite for November 15, 2024.
• https://elixirfriends.transistor.fm/episodes/friend-3-tyler-young – Elixir Friend's podcast episode with Tyler Young discussing marketing and technology topics.
• https://elixirfriends.transistor.fm/episodes/friend-2-david-bernheisel – Previous Elixir Friend's podcast episode with David Bernheisel.

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Elixir Community News

• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1825954736094457943 – The next versions of Livebook and Elixir will have signed installers on Windows, thanks to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation and Wojtek Mach.
• https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1826521109476344035 – Wojtek Mach discusses the challenges of packaging Livebook into a .msix for the Windows Store and asks for contributions from those familiar with the process.
• https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry/1.3.0/readme.html – Telemetry v1.3 is out with improved documentation, rewritten to ExDoc from Erlang edoc, thanks to contributions from Wojtek Mach and Andrea Leopardi. OTP 27 is required.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826266402631889091 – LiveView Native 0.3.0 is now released with the official announcement at ElixirConf. Blog posts, tutorials to follow.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826279303623082421 – Additional details about the LiveView Native 0.3.0 release.
• https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1827482890680332386 – Google Research released a paper on an alternative SQL syntax with a pipe, similar to Ecto querying syntax.
• https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/24/pipe-syntax-in-sql/ – More details on the new SQL syntax introduced by Google for ZetaSQL.
• https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1794105872680972458 – A Livebook that uses LLMs and FFMPEG to simplify the process of converting videos or audio by suggesting the right flags and switches.
• https://github.com/acalejos/CinEx – Detailed information on using LLMs within Livebook for conversion tasks.
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-2024-08-20/ – A US Judge struck down the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements, stating the FTC lacks legal authority and the ban is too wide-reaching.
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html – The US government is considering ordering Google to be broken up following antitrust allegations.
• https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/22/apple-eu-default-app-update/ – Apple might allow EU residents to delete apps currently blocked from removal, addressing app store issues in the EU.
• Living in a time when industry rules are being challenged creates opportunities for new businesses and markets, as highlighted by ongoing legal issues with major tech companies like Google and Apple.

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