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257: Runtime Intelligence and MCP Servers
News includes Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 with significant type checking improvements and faster compile times, Gleam v1.11.0 delivering 30% faster JavaScript performance, the new Elixir Outreach stipend program providing funding for speakers to present at non-Elixir conferences, a batch of ElixirConf US 2024 videos featuring talks were published, the open-sourcing of Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView, upcoming support for “for” comprehensions in HEEX templates, and José Valim's announcement of Tidewave - the groundbreaking MCP server that gives AI agents runtime access to your Elixir applications rather than just static code, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/257 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/257) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc.0 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc.0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 release with mix format --migrate, type checking improvements, faster compile times, and parallel dependency compilation https://x.com/gleamlang/status/1929535582423650789 (https://x.com/gleamlang/status/1929535582423650789?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.11.0 announcement https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/ (https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam compiled JavaScript runs 30% faster performance improvement https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md (https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.11.0 changelog with testing tools and performance improvements https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Outreach stipend program by Dashbit, Oban and the EEF providing up to $700 USD for speakers presenting Elixir to other ecosystems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknKAFzEsBg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknKAFzEsBg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 video release featuring multiple talks https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 playlist with 16 new videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ash AI Launch talk by Zach Daniel from ElixirConf EU https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web (https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView open-sourced announcement https://noora.tuist.dev/ (https://noora.tuist.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Noora - complete, accessible design system for Phoenix LiveView with Figma files and ready-to-use components https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3827 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3827?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView PR adding support for for comprehensions in HEEX templates with keyed change tracking https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09 (https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Lua for Elixir v0.3.0 changelog with new guard functions https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26 (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky post about Lua for Elixir update with guard support https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella announcing websocketdist library release https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian explaining the use-case behind websocketdist library https://github.com/otp-interop/websocketdist (https://github.com/otp-interop/web_socket_dist?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – websocketdist library for Erlang distribution over WebSockets https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html (https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang distributed systems documentation https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim announcing Tidewave on X/Twitter https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave (https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dashbit blog post announcing Tidewave - Elixir MCP server for AI runtime intelligence https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcpproxyrust#installation (https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_rust#installation?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave MCP proxy installation and setup instructions Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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256: Types, Tools, and Turbo Charging
News includes the Elixir 1.19 RC release featuring up to 4x faster compilation and significant types system improvements, more ElixirConfEU videos including José Valim's keynote on type system updates, the look at the Backpex admin panel for Phoenix LiveView applications, Ash AI's impressive AI integration using the Elixir LangChain library, an informal Elixir Contributors Summit recap from Software Mansion, the Quokka formatter that automatically fixes Credo style code issues, Popcorn's browser-based Elixir implementation with JavaScript interoperability, and the launch of Elixir Observer for better Hex package exploration, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/256 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/256) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir 1.19 RC release with up to 4x faster compilation for large projects, types system updates, and improved pretty printing https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConfEU videos playlist with all 4 keynotes and Lightning Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po-ckmSt1gI&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po-ckmSt1gI&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=13?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's keynote "Type System and Elixir Updates + Extended Q&A" https://github.com/naymspace/backpex (https://github.com/naymspace/backpex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Backpex - highly customizable administration panel for Phoenix LiveView applications https://backpex.live/ (https://backpex.live/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Backpex project landing page https://demo.backpex.live/admin/users (https://demo.backpex.live/admin/users?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Live demo of Backpex admin panel https://hexdocs.pm/ash_ai/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/ash_ai/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ash AI documentation - AI implementation for the Ash Framework https://x.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1927249155019149409 (https://x.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1927249155019149409?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel's tweet teasing Ash AI features https://blog.swmansion.com/elixir-contributor-summit-2025-shaping-the-future-together-at-software-mansion-cc3271a188eb (https://blog.swmansion.com/elixir-contributor-summit-2025-shaping-the-future-together-at-software-mansion-cc3271a188eb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post about the informal Elixir Contributors Summit held after ElixirConf EU https://github.com/smartrent/quokka (https://github.com/smartrent/quokka?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Quokka - Elixir formatter that combines mix format and mix credo to automatically fix code style issues https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn (https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Popcorn - library for running client-side Elixir in browsers with JavaScript interoperability https://popcorn.swmansion.com/simple_repl/ (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/simple_repl/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Popcorn live demo REPL https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM (https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AtomVM project that Popcorn is based on, compiles to WASM https://www.mimiquate.com/blog/introducing-elixir-observer-a-better-way-to-explore-elixir-packages (https://www.mimiquate.com/blog/introducing-elixir-observer-a-better-way-to-explore-elixir-packages?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post introducing Elixir Observer for exploring Hex packages https://elixir-observer.com/ (https://elixir-observer.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Observer website for package exploration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-FsRSDg6Pc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-FsRSDg6Pc?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – YouTube demo video of Elixir Observer https://github.com/mimiquate/elixir_observer (https://github.com/mimiquate/elixir_observer?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Open source GitHub repository for Elixir Observer https://elixir-observer.com/packages/ecto (https://elixir-observer.com/packages/ecto?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Example of Ecto package analysis on Elixir Observer Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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255: OTP 28 and Vibe Coding Phoenix Apps
News includes the major OTP 28 release with priority messages functionality, ElixirConf EU 2025 videos starting to appear including Chris McCord's keynote on his new phoenix.new service and James Arthur's introduction of Phoenix Sync for real-time database synchronization, the EEF board election results and their new role as a CVE Numbering Authority for the Hex ecosystem, upcoming co-located hooks and macro components in LiveView, updates to the Elixir Lua package and MDEx with its new Markdown sigil, a new convention for AI-friendly usage_rules.md files in hex packages, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/255 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/255) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://www.erlang.org/news/180 (https://www.erlang.org/news/180?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – OTP 28 release announcement with new priority messages functionality and SBOM support https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076 (https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEP 76 specification for priority messages in OTP 28 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU 2025 YouTube playlist with conference videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojLVHc4gLk&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2oZ&index=3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL_VHc4gLk&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=3?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's keynote "Code Generators are Dead. Long Live Code Generators" https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1923417060593356889 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1923417060593356889?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's announcement about phoenix.new paid service https://phoenix.new/ (https://phoenix.new/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's new phoenix.new paid service at Fly.io https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWShnVuRCg&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWShnVuRCg&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – James Arthur's keynote "Introducing Phoenix Sync" from ElixirConf EU https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync/ (https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix Sync GitHub repository for real-time sync to Postgres-backed Phoenix apps https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix Sync documentation on HexDocs https://github.com/josevalim/sync (https://github.com/josevalim/sync?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's sync project that inspired Phoenix Sync https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-results (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-results?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF board election results for Cohort C https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1924531926008004633 (https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1924531926008004633?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Twitter announcement of election results https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-candidates (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-candidates?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about the EEF election candidates https://erlef.org/blog/security/eef-cna-announcement (https://erlef.org/blog/security/eef-cna-announcement?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF becomes CVE Numbering Authority for Hex and BEAM ecosystem https://github.com/erlef-cna (https://github.com/erlef-cna?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF CNA GitHub organization https://cna.erlef.org/ (https://cna.erlef.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF CNA website https://github.com/surface-ui/surface (https://github.com/surface-ui/surface?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Surface UI project for server-side rendering components https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3810 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3810?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Draft PR for co-located hooks and macro components in LiveView https://github.com/tv-labs/lua (https://github.com/tv-labs/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Lua package v0.2.x release by TvLabs https://x.com/davydog187/status/1925186045156463034 (https://x.com/davydog187/status/1925186045156463034?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave's tweet about ElixirConf EU Luerl talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBBoXXH_98 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBBoXXH_98?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – "Lua on the BEAM" talk by Dave Lucia & Robert Virding https://discord.gg/6Ukp9vpj (https://discord.gg/6Ukp9vpj?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discord link for Lua community https://x.com/germsvel/status/1922602086065148093 (https://x.com/germsvel/status/1922602086065148093?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's video highlighting LiveDebugger tool https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lp4snnkpj225 (https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lp4snnkpj225?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's BlueSky post about LiveDebugger https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Thinking Elixir episode 249 featuring LiveDebugger discussion https://hexdocs.pm/mdex/MDEx.Sigil.html (https://hexdocs.pm/mdex/MDEx.Sigil.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – MDEx v0.7 documentation for new ~MD sigil https://hexdocs.pm/autumn (https://hexdocs.pm/autumn?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Autumn syntax highlighter package that works with MDEx https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex_mermaid (https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex_mermaid?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – MDEx Mermaid plugin for adding mermaid support to Markdown https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lpofyykwds2i (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lpofyykwds2i?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel's BlueSky post about usage_rules.md convention https://hexdocs.pm/usage_rules (https://hexdocs.pm/usage_rules?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Usage rules package documentation https://github.com/ash-project/usage_rules/ (https://github.com/ash-project/usage_rules/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Usage rules GitHub repository https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/ (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Microsoft announcement about Windows Subsystem for Linux going open source https://www.zdnet.com/article/believe-it-or-not-microsoft-just-announced-a-linux-distribution-service-heres-why/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/believe-it-or-not-microsoft-just-announced-a-linux-distribution-service-heres-why/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ZDNet article explaining Microsoft's Linux strategy and Azure statistics Do you have some Elixir 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254: Lua Scripting and Tidewave on Zed
News includes Hex 2.2.0 with the new :warnifoutdated option for keeping dependencies updated, Honeybadger's APM with built-in Elixir traces for major components, José Valim demonstrating Tidewave with Zed's AI coding agents, LiveDebugger v0.2.0 with DevTools integration and component highlighting, Dave Lucia's new Elixir "Lua" library for embedding Lua scripting, Paulo Valente's "handoff" library for distributed function graph execution, a PhD thesis on Elixir code smells becoming a finalist for a prestigious award, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/254 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/254) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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://github.com/hexpm/hex/releases/tag/v2.2.0 (https://github.com/hexpm/hex/releases/tag/v2.2.0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hex releases 2.2.0 introducing the :warnifoutdated option to help keep dependencies updated. Taking a week off - no episode next week, but returning the following week. https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/elixir-performance-monitoring (https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/elixir-performance-monitoring?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Honeybadger now offers APM with built-in Elixir traces, including default dashboards for Ecto, Phoenix/LiveView, Oban, Absinthe, Finch, and Tesla. https://x.com/josevalim/status/1920062725394243640 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1920062725394243640?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim demonstrates Tidewave being used with Zed editor's AI coding agents. https://zed.dev/agentic (https://zed.dev/agentic?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zed's agentic features used with Tidewave to code a pricing plan component. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1kgyfhb/livedebuggerv020is_out/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1kgyfhb/livedebugger_v020_is_out/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger v0.2.0 released with Chrome DevTools extension, component highlighting, callback trace filtering, and dark mode. https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous podcast episode discussing LiveDebugger with Krzysztof. https://blog.swmansion.com/whats-new-in-livedebugger-v0-2-0-4543d3af5486 (https://blog.swmansion.com/whats-new-in-livedebugger-v0-2-0-4543d3af5486?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post covering the new features in LiveDebugger v0.2.0. https://hexdocs.pm/luerl/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/luerl/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Luerl v1.4.1 released with Hex docs - an implementation of Lua 5.3 in Erlang/OTP. https://github.com/rvirding/luerl (https://github.com/rvirding/luerl?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for Luerl, which Dave Lucia worked on with Robert Virding. https://www.lua.org/about.html (https://www.lua.org/about.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about Lua, a lightweight, embeddable scripting language. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lozadtvqtc2m (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lozadtvqtc2m?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia's announcement of his new Elixir "Lua" library. https://davelucia.com/blog/lua-elixir (https://davelucia.com/blog/lua-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining Dave's new Elixir Lua library. https://github.com/tv-labs/lua (https://github.com/tv-labs/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for the new Elixir Lua library, providing an ergonomic interface to Luerl. https://hexdocs.pm/handoff/ (https://hexdocs.pm/handoff/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for "handoff", a new Elixir library for distributed function graph execution. https://bsky.app/profile/polvalente.social/post/3louqxeegrs2u (https://bsky.app/profile/polvalente.social/post/3louqxeegrs2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paulo Valente's announcement of the handoff library, which enables distributed Nx computations. https://github.com/polvalente/handoff (https://github.com/polvalente/handoff?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for the handoff library created by Paulo Valente and sponsored by TvLabs. https://bsky.app/profile/lucasvegi.bsky.social/post/3lke2pt2zws2e (https://bsky.app/profile/lucasvegi.bsky.social/post/3lke2pt2zws2e?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Lucas Vegi's PhD thesis "Code Smells and Refactorings for Elixir" is a finalist for the SBC Dissertation Award. https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/code-anti-patterns.html (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/code-anti-patterns.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir's code anti-patterns guide, a practical resource related to code smells and refactoring in Elixir. 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253: Tidewave Triumphs and App Store Rebellions
News includes growing excitement around Tidewave for Elixir with users sharing success stories and integration tips, preparation for Elixir 1.19's deprecation of regex in module attributes, LiveViewNative launching a new "OTP Interop" organization focused on enabling offline functionality, and a major U.S. court ruling against Apple's App Store policies that opens new payment options for iOS developers, creating opportunities for services like Stripe to offer more competitive alternatives to Apple's 30% commission, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/253 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/253) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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://x.com/ba_wolf/status/1918008345862049820 (https://x.com/ba_wolf/status/1918008345862049820?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bryant shared on X that Tidewave pairs well with Oban jobs, allowing cursors to run jobs and check status with errors stored in the record. https://bsky.app/profile/ceolinwill.bsky.social/post/3lo7fc7jy262n (https://bsky.app/profile/ceolinwill.bsky.social/post/3lo7fc7jy262n?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – A user found Tidewave for Elixir promising, noting it solved a bug that Claude couldn't by using the packagedocssearch tool. https://bsky.app/profile/petros.software/post/3lohcby7frv22 (https://bsky.app/profile/petros.software/post/3lohcby7frv22?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Despite the AI revolution, programmers still need to read code, making human-friendly languages like Elixir and Phoenix important choices. https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3loamzmazlk2s (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3loamzmazlk2s?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave.ai can now be installed through the Ash HQ installer, with Zach Daniel teasing more information in coming weeks. https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/tipsandtricks.html#configure-your-prompts (https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/tips_and_tricks.html#configure-your-prompts?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tips and tricks documentation for improving your Tidewave experience, including prompt configuration. https://geekmonkey.org/detecting-deprecated-regex-module-attributes-in-elixir-with-credo/ (https://geekmonkey.org/detecting-deprecated-regex-module-attributes-in-elixir-with-credo/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fabian Becker's blog post showing how to create a Credo rule to detect regex module attributes that will be deprecated in Elixir 1.19. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14381 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14381?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PR explaining the issue with regex module attributes and introducing the workaround for the upcoming Elixir 1.19 deprecation. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo2rsc3th22h (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo2rsc3th22h?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella shared that LiveViewNative started a new "OTP Interop" GitHub organization to extract work that enables offline mode. https://github.com/otp-interop (https://github.com/otp-interop?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The new OTP Interop GitHub organization housing projects to improve Elixir's interoperability with other platforms. https://github.com/otp-interop/swift-erlang-actor-system (https://github.com/otp-interop/swift-erlang-actor-system?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Project providing Erlang/Elixir integration for Swift Distributed Actors. https://github.com/otp-interop/elixir_pack (https://github.com/otp-interop/elixir_pack?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tool to build Elixir applications for iOS, part of the OTP Interop initiative. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo4shx2cpk2g (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo4shx2cpk2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveViewNative now supports Apple App Store's new allowances for outside transaction services like Stripe. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-reform-app-store-2025-04-30/ (https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-reform-app-store-2025-04-30/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reuters report on US judge ruling that Apple violated the order to reform its App Store policies. https://www.pymnts.com/apple/2025/apple-appeals-after-judge-finds-company-disobeyed-ruling/ (https://www.pymnts.com/apple/2025/apple-appeals-after-judge-finds-company-disobeyed-ruling/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Coverage of Apple appealing after judge found the company disobeyed the previous ruling about App Store competition. https://www.techspot.com/news/107752-court-orders-apple-stop-blocking-competition-app-store.html (https://www.techspot.com/news/107752-court-orders-apple-stop-blocking-competition-app-store.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Court orders Apple to stop blocking competition in the App Store, forcing changes to payment systems. https://docs.stripe.com/sdks/ios (https://docs.stripe.com/sdks/ios?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Stripe's iOS SDK documentation for building payments into iOS apps, relevant after the App Store ruling. https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones (https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Related post about Apple's history of restrictive practices, in this case with Pebble smartwatches. 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252: Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix
News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software Mansion's LiveDebugger v0.2.0 coming in May, mix test.interactive for enhanced ExUnit testing workflows, and information about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers, and more!Template Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/252 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/252) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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://youtu.be/vGue4LtqeWg (https://youtu.be/vGue4LtqeWg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Introduction video for Tidewave, a Phoenix/Rails MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access your application's runtime. https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs/issues/49 (https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs/issues/49?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hexdocs PR enabling documentation context for Tidewave, allowing AI assistants to access app documentation without manual copying. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1915017804937375896 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1915017804937375896?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app that writes code. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1917002231322116298 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1917002231322116298?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord demonstrating an interactive LiveView hosted IDE with realtime terminal support synced across browsers/devices. https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lngay5chys22 (https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lngay5chys22?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF announcement about the "mix-dependency-submission" GitHub Action for submitting Elixir/Mix dependencies. https://github.com/erlef/mix-dependency-submission (https://github.com/erlef/mix-dependency-submission?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repo for the mix-dependency-submission tool that calculates dependencies for Mix and submits them to GitHub's API. https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/using-the-dependency-submission-api (https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/using-the-dependency-submission-api?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub documentation about the Dependency Submission API used by the mix-dependency-submission tool. https://exmeralda.chat/chat/start (https://exmeralda.chat/chat/start?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ExMeralda.chat, a chatbot for hex.pm packages from bitcrowd.dev, using their Elixir RAG library. https://bitcrowd.dev/exmeralda-a-community-chatbot-for-hex-packages/ (https://bitcrowd.dev/exmeralda-a-community-chatbot-for-hex-packages/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining ExMeralda, a community chatbot for Hex packages that demonstrates RAG systems with LLMs. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k600mu/livedebuggerv020upcomingfeaturespart_1/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k600mu/livedebugger_v020_upcoming_features_part_1/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reddit post from Software Mansion about upcoming features in LiveDebugger v0.2.0, expected in early May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNl-y49Ou7E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNl-y49Ou7E?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Full interview discussing LiveDebugger in more depth. https://github.com/randycoulman/mixtestinteractive (https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – mix test.interactive - an interactive test runner for ExUnit tests that enhances testing workflows. https://x.com/jskalc/status/1916824204156035300 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1916824204156035300?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Twitter post highlighting mix test.interactive's features including running tests by names, rerunning on file save, and more. https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025 (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about upcoming Erlang Ecosystem Foundation board elections with important dates. https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/async-tests-in-elixir/ (https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/async-tests-in-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrea Leopardi's blog post about reworking singleton architecture to leverage async tests in ExUnit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrAqMyjbkJQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrAqMyjbkJQ?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 talk by Jason Stiebs on FLAME (Fleeting Lambda Application for Modular Execution). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62OK9B4yRfg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62OK9B4yRfg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 talk by James Isenhart on 'OpenTelemetry: From Desire to Dashboard' https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/slopsquatting-malware/ (https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/slopsquatting-malware/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Article about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers by exploiting AI hallucinations of package names. 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251: SSH Vulnerability and Cookies are Changing
News includes a critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH, José Valim teasing a new project, Oban Pro v1.6's impressive new "Cascade Mode" feature, Semaphore CI/CD platform being open-sourced as a primarily Elixir application, new sandboxing options for Elixir code with Dune and Mini Elixir, BeaconCMS development slowing due to DockYard cuts, and a look at the upcoming W3C Device Bound Session Credentials standard that will impact all web applications, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/251 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/251) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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://x.com/ErlangDiscu/status/1914259474937753747 (https://x.com/ErlangDiscu/status/1914259474937753747?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability discovered in Erlang/OTP SSH. https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-37cp-fgq5-7wc2 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-37cp-fgq5-7wc2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official security advisory for the Erlang/OTP SSH vulnerability. https://paraxial.io/blog/erlang-ssh (https://paraxial.io/blog/erlang-ssh?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io's detailed blog post addressing how the SSH vulnerability impacts typical Elixir systems. https://elixirforum.com/t/updated-nerves-systems-available-with-cve-2025-32433-ssh-fix/70539 (https://elixirforum.com/t/updated-nerves-systems-available-with-cve-2025-32433-ssh-fix/70539?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Updated Nerves systems available with SSH vulnerability fix. https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lndzg72r2k2g (https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lndzg72r2k2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of Oban Pro v1.6's new "Cascade Mode" feature. https://oban.pro/articles/weaving-stories-with-cascading-workflows (https://oban.pro/articles/weaving-stories-with-cascading-workflows?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post demonstrating Oban Pro's new Cascading Workflows feature used to create children's stories with AI. https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3lmw5fvnyvc2k (https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3lmw5fvnyvc2k?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim teasing a new logo with "Soon" message. https://tidewave.ai/ (https://tidewave.ai/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New site mentioned in José Valim's teasers, not loading to anything yet. https://github.com/tidewave-ai (https://github.com/tidewave-ai?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New GitHub organization related to José Valim's upcoming announcement. https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcpproxyelixir (https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The only public project in the tidewave-ai organization - an Elixir MCP server for STDIO. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1913073561561858229 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1913073561561858229?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord teasing AI development with Phoenix applications. https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-13 (https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-13?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel teasing upcoming Ash news to be announced at ElixirConf EU. https://elixirforum.com/t/dune-sandbox-for-elixir/42480 (https://elixirforum.com/t/dune-sandbox-for-elixir/42480?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dune - a sandbox for Elixir created by a Phoenix maintainer. https://github.com/functional-rewire/dune (https://github.com/functional-rewire/dune?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for Dune, an Elixir code sandbox. https://blog.sequinstream.com/why-we-built-mini-elixir/ (https://blog.sequinstream.com/why-we-built-mini-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining Mini Elixir, another Elixir code sandbox solution. https://github.com/sequinstream/sequin/tree/main/lib/sequin/transforms/minielixir (https://github.com/sequinstream/sequin/tree/main/lib/sequin/transforms/minielixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository that contains Mini Elixir, an Elixir AST interpreter. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k27ekg/webuiltacustomelixirastinterpreter_for/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k27ekg/we_built_a_custom_elixir_ast_interpreter_for/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reddit discussion about Mini Elixir AST interpreter. https://github.com/semaphoreio/semaphore (https://github.com/semaphoreio/semaphore?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Semaphore CI/CD platform open-sourced under Apache 2.0 license - primarily an Elixir application. https://semaphore.io/ (https://semaphore.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official website for Semaphore CI/CD platform. https://docs.semaphoreci.com/CE/getting-started/install (https://docs.semaphoreci.com/CE/getting-started/install?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Installation guide for Semaphore Community Edition. https://bsky.app/profile/markoanastasov.bsky.social/post/3lj5o5h5z7k2t (https://bsky.app/profile/markoanastasov.bsky.social/post/3lj5o5h5z7k2t?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement from Marko Anastasov, co-founder of Semaphore CI, about open-sourcing their platform. https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql (https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for SQL parser and sigil with impressive benchmarks. https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc?pli=1 (https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc?pli=1?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion about SQL parser being 400-650x faster than Ecto for generating SQL. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lndymobsak2p (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lndymobsak2p?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about BeaconCMS reducing development due to Dockyard cuts. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vnywtpvzgdgetnwea3fs3y6w (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vnywtpvzgdgetnwea3fs3y6w?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Related profile for BeaconCMS announcement. https://beaconcms.org/ (https://beaconcms.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – BeaconCMS official website. https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for BeaconCMS. 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Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources Discussion about Device Bound Session Credentials, a W3C initiative being built into major browsers that will require minor changes to Phoenix for implementation. https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-dbsc/ (https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-dbsc/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – W3C - Device Bound Session Credentials proposal https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-dbsc/ (https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-dbsc/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Device Bound Session Credentials explainer https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/device-bound-session-credentials (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/device-bound-session-credentials?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) on the Google Chrome developer blog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrustedPlatformModule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wikipedia article on Trusted Platform Module, relevant to Device Bound Session Credentials discussion. https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1021-notes.pdf (https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1021-notes.pdf?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Other podcast show notes discussing Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC). https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1021?autostart=false (https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1021?autostart=false?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Security Now podcast episode covering Device Bound Session Credentials (time coded link to discussion). 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250: EEF Elections and Security
News includes EEF board elections with voting beginning May 9th, Gleam v1.10.0 enhancing security with SBoMs and SLSA build provenance, an AshAuthentication vulnerability with mitigation steps, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a permanent home at the EEF, announcements for both ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando and ElixirConfEU in Krakow with speaker lineup, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/250 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/250) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025 (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF board elections announced with important dates - candidacy submissions by May 8th, voting open May 9-16th. https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1911847956308959650 (https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1911847956308959650?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.10.0 will ship with Build SBoMs and SLSA build provenance for all release artifacts and Docker images, improving visibility into dependencies and software supply chain security. https://x.com/theerlef/status/1910348770514006242 (https://x.com/theerlef/status/1910348770514006242?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The "Elixir Secure Coding Training (ESCT)" project has been transferred to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation for a more permanent home and maintainership. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lmcqhzoc7c26 (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lmcqhzoc7c26?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia shares information about the ESCT project transfer from Podium to TvLabs and ultimately to the EEF. https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding (https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – An interactive cybersecurity curriculum designed for enterprise use at software companies using Elixir. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6184 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6184?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fix for Plug.Debugger screen which was showing ANSI codes in HTML. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6194 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6194?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fix for the Phoenix installer's incorrect application of custom variants in tailwind v4. https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3988-q8q7-p787 (https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3988-q8q7-p787?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshAuthentication vulnerability published with mitigation steps - update packages, set requireinteraction to true, and add confirmroute above auth_routes. https://elixirconf.com/ (https://elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2025 is open for submitting talks and workshops in Orlando. Talk submissions due April 29, workshop submissions due April 15. https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137 (https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement for ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando with deadlines for talk and workshop submissions. https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1911747531953832323 (https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1911747531953832323?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConfEU Speakers were announced for the upcoming conference in Krakow, Poland. https://www.elixirconf.eu/#tickets (https://www.elixirconf.eu/#tickets?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ticket information for ElixirConfEU - 250 Euros for virtual ticket, 600 Euros for in-person ticket. https://www.elixirconf.eu/#keynotes (https://www.elixirconf.eu/#keynotes?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Keynote information for ElixirConfEU in Krakow, Poland, May 14-16 (training on May 14, regular sessions on May 15-16). 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249: LiveDebugger: Peering Inside a LiveView
News includes Phoenix 1.8.0-rc release with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components and magic link authentication, a new design pattern called "scopes", a new privacy-focused feature in Ecto for schema redaction, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a new home at TvLabs, a helpful iex shell tip for multiline commands, and more! We interview Krzysztof Nalepa, the primary creator of LiveDebugger, discussing how this powerful tool helps debug LiveView states and structures, how the project originated, upcoming features, and more. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-1-8-0-rc-0-released/70256?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion forum post about the Phoenix 1.8.0-rc.0 release. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/b1c459943b3279f97725787b9150ff4950958d12/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/b1c459943b3279f97725787b9150ff4950958d12/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Changelog detailing the few deprecations in Phoenix 1.8. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8.0-rc.0/scopes.html (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8.0-rc.0/scopes.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New scopes guide in Phoenix 1.8, designed to make secure data access the default. https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/4599 (https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/4599?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/post/3lm6nbpgelk2b?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky post about the new Ecto schema redaction feature. https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding (https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llwjpgsrgs2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about the ESCT project maintainership transition, with plans to eventually move it to the EEF. https://bsky.app/profile/bobbby.online/post/3llwpqtwwf22r (https://bsky.app/profile/bobbby.online/post/3llwpqtwwf22r?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tip for Elixir users - setting export VISUAL=youreditorof_choice allows entering multiline commands in iex shell by pressing ESCAPE+o. https://dep-mcp.9elements.com/ (https://dep-mcp.9elements.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://x.com/brainlid/status/1909600607935381553?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Configuration instructions for using the dep-mcp server in Cursor. https://elixirconf.com/ (https://elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando is open for submitting talks (deadline Apr 29) and workshops (deadline Apr 15). https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137 (https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about ElixirConf US 2025 with information about joining the waitlist for pre-sale tickets. 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248: Security Insights with Paraxial
News includes a new Elixir case study about Cyanview's camera shading technology used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl, Oban Pro 1.6 with 20x faster queue partitioning, the openid_connect package reaching version 1.0, Supabase's new Postgres Language Server for developer tooling, and ElixirEvents.net as a community resource. Plus, we interview Michael Lubas, founder of Paraxial.io, about web application security in Elixir, what's involved in a security audit, and how his Elixir-focused security company is helping teams and businesses in the community. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/248 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/248) Elixir Community News https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/03/25/cyanview-elixir-case/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/03/25/cyanview-elixir-case/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Elixir case study about Cyanview, a Belgian company whose Remote Control Panel for camera shading is used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl. Their Elixir-powered solution enables remote camera control across challenging network conditions. https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/changelog.html (https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/changelog.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban Pro 1.6 released with subworkflows, improved queue partitioning (20x faster), and a new guide explaining different job composition approaches. https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/composition.html (https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/composition.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Oban Pro guide explaining when to use chains, workflows, chunks, or batches for job composition. https://github.com/DockYard/openid_connect (https://github.com/DockYard/openid_connect?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Elixir package 'openid_connect' reached version 1.0, providing client library support for working with various OpenID Connect providers like Google, Microsoft Azure AD, Auth0, and others. https://hexdocs.pm/openid_connect/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/openid_connect/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for the newly released openid_connect 1.0 package. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llqwsbyutc2z (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llqwsbyutc2z?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement that openid_connect is maintained by tvlabs. https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3llee5lyerk2b (https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3llee5lyerk2b?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PhoenixTest v0.6.0 has been released with significant changes, including a breaking change. https://github.com/germsvel/phoenix_test (https://github.com/germsvel/phoenix_test?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for PhoenixTest. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenixtest/upgradeguides.html#upgrading-to-0-6-0 (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/upgrade_guides.html#upgrading-to-0-6-0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Upgrade guide for updating to PhoenixTest v0.6.0 with its breaking change. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-6-0 (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-6-0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Changelog for PhoenixTest v0.6.0. https://supabase.com/blog/postgres-language-server (https://supabase.com/blog/postgres-language-server?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Supabase has released a new Postgres Language Server for developers, providing IDE intellisense and autocomplete for PostgreSQL. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Supabase.postgrestools (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Supabase.postgrestools?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – VSCode extension for Supabase's new Postgres developer tools. https://github.com/supabase-community/postgres-language-server (https://github.com/supabase-community/postgres-language-server?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for Supabase's Postgres Language Server. https://pgtools.dev/ (https://pgtools.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official website for Postgres Tools with documentation and features. https://pgtools.dev/checking_migrations/ (https://pgtools.dev/checking_migrations/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Feature in Postgres Tools that lints database migrations to check for problematic schema changes. https://github.com/fly-apps/safe-ecto-migrations (https://github.com/fly-apps/safe-ecto-migrations?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Resource for ensuring safe Ecto migrations. https://fly.io/phoenix-files/safe-ecto-migrations/ (https://fly.io/phoenix-files/safe-ecto-migrations/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Article about safe Ecto migrations posted on Fly.io. https://elixirevents.net/ (https://elixirevents.net/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Community resource created by Johanna Larsson for tracking, sharing, and learning about Elixir events worldwide. https://bsky.app/profile/elixirevents.net (https://bsky.app/profile/elixirevents.net?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky account for ElixirEvents.net for following Elixir community events. Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://paraxial.io/blog/index (https://paraxial.io/blog/index?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog with posts about security for Elixir, Rails, and the Paraxial service https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/tech/google-wiz-acquisition/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/tech/google-wiz-acquisition/index.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/93 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/93?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Our last discussion was 3 years ago in episode 93! Titled "Preventing Service Abuse with Michael Lubas" https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244 (https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kafkaesque - having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kafkaesque - having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://paraxial.io/blog/oban-pentest (https://paraxial.io/blog/oban-pentest?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Completed a Security Audit of Oban Pro - this is after ObanPro went free and OpenSource https://paraxial.io/blog/elixir-best (https://paraxial.io/blog/elixir-best?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir and Phoenix Security Checklist: 11 Best Practices https://paraxial.io/blog/rails-command-injection (https://paraxial.io/blog/rails-command-injection?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ruby on Rails Security: Preventing Command Injection https://paraxial.io/blog/paraxial-three (https://paraxial.io/blog/paraxial-three?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io v3 blog post Guest Information - Michael Lubas, Paraxial.io Founder - michael@paraxial.io - https://x.com/paraxialio (https://x.com/paraxialio?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Twitter/X - https://x.com/paraxialio (https://x.com/paraxialio?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Twitter/X - https://github.com/paraxialio/ (https://github.com/paraxialio/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Github - https://www.youtube.com/@paraxial5874 (https://www.youtube.com/@paraxial5874?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io channel on YouTube - https://genserver.social/paraxial (https://genserver.social/paraxial?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Fediverse - https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog Find us online - Message the show - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com) - Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern)
247: Phoenix's DaisyUI Facelift
News includes Phoenix now including DaisyUI which has sparked mixed reactions, Erlang/OTP 28.0-rc2 release introducing priority process messages, the EEF Security Working Group's roadmap called Aegis, a new LiveViewPortal library for embedding LiveView pages in any website, upcoming improvements in Elixir that will spawn more OS processes for compiling dependencies potentially doubling performance, Sean Moriarity's keynote about designing LLM Native systems, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/247 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/247) Elixir Community News https://gigalixir.com/thinking (https://gigalixir.com/thinking?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gigalixir is sponsoring the show, offering 20% off standard tier prices for a year with promo code "Thinking". https://bsky.app/profile/samrat.me/post/3lksxzzjqss2t (https://bsky.app/profile/samrat.me/post/3lksxzzjqss2t?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix now comes with DaisyUI, a decision that has sparked mixed reactions in the community. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/issues/6121 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/issues/6121?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub issue discussing the addition of DaisyUI to Phoenix, showing the community's divided opinions. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/issues/6121#issuecomment-2739647725 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/issues/6121#issuecomment-2739647725?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's explanation of the decision to include DaisyUI in Phoenix. https://security.erlef.org/aegis/ (https://security.erlef.org/aegis/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Security Working Group released their objectives and roadmap as the Aegis of the ecosystem. https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/245 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/245?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous podcast episode featuring the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation (EEF). https://x.com/erlangforums/status/1902297914791358669 (https://x.com/erlangforums/status/1902297914791358669?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of Erlang/OTP 28.0-rc2 release. https://erlangforums.com/t/erlang-otp-28-0-rc2-released/4599 (https://erlangforums.com/t/erlang-otp-28-0-rc2-released/4599?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Forum discussion about the Erlang/OTP 28.0-rc2 release. https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-28.0-rc2 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-28.0-rc2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub release page for Erlang/OTP 28.0-rc2, which includes a source Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076 (https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang Enhancement Proposal (EEP) 76 introducing priority messages, a key feature in OTP 28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9JRhIKQmqk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9JRhIKQmqk?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sean Moriarity's keynote at Code BEAM America 2025 about designing LLM Native systems. https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/AI-project-fail-data-SPGlobal/742768/ (https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/AI-project-fail-data-SPGlobal/742768/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Report showing AI project failure rates are on the rise, with 42% of businesses scrapping most AI initiatives. https://tech.doofinder.com/posts/live-view-portal (https://tech.doofinder.com/posts/live-view-portal?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Introduction to LiveViewPortal, a JavaScript library for embedding Phoenix LiveView pages into any website. https://github.com/doofinder/liveviewportal (https://github.com/doofinder/live_view_portal?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for LiveViewPortal. https://elixirforum.com/t/liveviewportal-embed-liveviews-in-other-websites/70040 (https://elixirforum.com/t/liveviewportal-embed-liveviews-in-other-websites/70040?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Forum discussion about LiveViewPortal. https://bsky.app/profile/ftes.de/post/3lkohiog4uv2b (https://bsky.app/profile/ftes.de/post/3lkohiog4uv2b?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of phoenixtestplaywright v0.6.0 release. https://github.com/ftes/phoenixtestplaywright (https://github.com/ftes/phoenix_test_playwright?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for phoenixtestplaywright with new features like cookie manipulation and browser launch timeout options. https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com/post/3lkoe4tvc2s2o (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com/post/3lkoe4tvc2s2o?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about Elixir's upcoming improvement to spawn more OS processes for compiling dependencies. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14340 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14340?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Pull request for concurrent dependencies compilation in Elixir, potentially improving performance by 2x. https://goatmire.com/ (https://goatmire.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Explanation of the name "Goatmire," which is a loose translation of Getakärr, the historical name for Varberg. 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246: Dark Mode Debugger and Its RAG Time
News includes the release of Plug v1.17.0 with dark mode support for Plug.Debugger, an exciting Phoenix PR for co-located hooks that would place hook logic directly next to component code, a new RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) library from Bitcrowd for enhancing LLM interactions with document management, a syntax highlighter called Autumn powered by Tree-sitter, an Elixir-built YouTube downloader project called Pinchflat, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/246 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/246) Elixir Community News https://gigalixir.com/thinking (https://gigalixir.com/thinking?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gigalixir is sponsoring the show, offering 20% off standard tier prices for a year with promo code "Thinking". https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/pull/1261 (https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/pull/1261?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Plug v1.17.0 introduces dark mode to Plug.Debugger, providing a more comfortable experience for developers working in dark environments. https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/pull/1263 (https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/pull/1263?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Plug.Debugger now links to function definitions in Hexdocs, making it easier to understand errors. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3705 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3705?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix PR in progress for "Co-located Hooks" that would allow hook logic to be placed next to component code. https://github.com/elixir-nx/fine/tree/main/example (https://github.com/elixir-nx/fine/tree/main/example?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fine, the C++ library for Elixir NIFs, now has an example project making it easier to experiment with C++ integrations in Elixir. https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous episode discussing Fine and how it integrates with PythonEx for embedding Python in Elixir. https://github.com/bitcrowd/rag (https://github.com/bitcrowd/rag?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) library for Elixir from Bitcrowd to help with LLM context and document management. https://bitcrowd.dev/a-rag-library-for-elixir/ (https://bitcrowd.dev/a-rag-library-for-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining the new RAG library and its functionality for document ingestion, retrieval, and augmentation. https://expert-lsp.org/ (https://expert-lsp.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Expert LSP, the built-in Elixir LSP, now has a reserved domain, though the site is currently empty. https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat (https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Pinchflat is an Elixir-built project for downloading YouTube content locally, ideal for media centers or archiving. https://github.com/leandrocp/autumn (https://github.com/leandrocp/autumn?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Autumn is a new Elixir/tree-sitter syntax highlighter that supports terminal and HTML outputs, powered by Tree-sitter and Neovim themes. https://autumnus.dev/ (https://autumnus.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Website for the new Autumn syntax highlighter for Elixir. https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex (https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – MDEx library updated to support CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown, Wiki Links, Discord Markdown tags, emoji, and syntax highlighting via Autumn. https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-voidzero-inc (https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-voidzero-inc?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Evan You (Vue.js creator) announces Vite Plus, a comprehensive JavaScript toolchain described as "Cargo but for JavaScript." Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Find us online - Message the show - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com) - Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern)
245: Supply Chain Security and SBoMs
News includes a new library called phoenix_sync for real-time sync in Postgres-backed Phoenix applications, Peter Solnica released a Text Parser for extracting structured data from text, a useful tip on finding Hex package versions locally with mix hex.info, Wasmex updated to v0.10 with WebAssembly component support, and Chrome introduces a new browser feature similar to LiveView.JS. We also talked with Alistair Woodman and Jonatan Männchen from the EEF about Jonatan's role as CISO, the Security Working Group, and their work on OpenChain compliance for supply-chain security, Software Bill of Materials (SBoMs), and what these initiatives mean for the Elixir community, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/245 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/245) Elixir Community News https://gigalixir.com/thinking (https://gigalixir.com/thinking?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gigalixir is sponsoring the show, offering 20% off standard tier prices for a year with promo code "Thinking". https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync (https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New library called phoenix_sync providing real-time sync for Postgres-backed Phoenix applications. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for phoenix_sync, a solution for building modern, real-time apps with local-first/sync in Elixir. https://github.com/josevalim/sync (https://github.com/josevalim/sync?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's original proof of concept repo that was promptly archived. https://electric-sql.com/ (https://electric-sql.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Electric SQL's platform that syncs subsets of Postgres data into local apps and services, allowing data to be available offline and in-sync. https://solnic.dev/posts/announcing-textparser-for-elixir/ (https://solnic.dev/posts/announcing-textparser-for-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Peter Solnica released TextParser, a library for extracting interesting parts of text like hashtags and links. https://hexdocs.pm/text_parser/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/text_parser/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for the Text Parser library that helps parse text into structured data. https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/mix-hex-info (https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/mix-hex-info?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir stream tip on using mix hex.info to find the latest package version for a Hex package locally, without needing to search on hex.pm or GitHub. https://github.com/phoenixframework/tailwind/blob/main/README.md#updating-from-tailwind-v3-to-v4 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/tailwind/blob/main/README.md#updating-from-tailwind-v3-to-v4?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Guide for upgrading Tailwind to V4 in existing Phoenix applications using Tailwind's automatic upgrade helper. https://gleam.run/news/hello-echo-hello-git/ (https://gleam.run/news/hello-echo-hello-git/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam 1.9.0 release with searchability on hexdocs, Echo debug printing for improved debugging, and ability to depend on Git-hosted dependencies. https://d-gate.io/blog/everything-i-was-lied-to-about-node-came-true-with-elixir (https://d-gate.io/blog/everything-i-was-lied-to-about-node-came-true-with-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post discussing how promises made about NodeJS actually came true with Elixir. https://hexdocs.pm/wasmex/Wasmex.Components.html (https://hexdocs.pm/wasmex/Wasmex.Components.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wasmex updated to v0.10 with support for WebAssembly components, enabling applications and components to work together regardless of original programming language. https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-8 (https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-8?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshWeekly Issue 8 covering AshOps with mix task capabilities for CRUD operations and BeaconCMS being included in the Ash HQ installer script. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/command-and-commandfor (https://developer.chrome.com/blog/command-and-commandfor?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chrome update brings new browser feature with commandfor and command attributes, similar to Phoenix LiveView.JS but native to browsers. https://codebeamstockholm.com/ (https://codebeamstockholm.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Code BEAM Lite announced for Stockholm on June 2, 2025 with keynote speaker Björn Gustavsson, the "B" in BEAM. https://alchemyconf.com/ (https://alchemyconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AlchemyConf coming up March 31-April 3 in Braga, Portugal. Use discount code THINKINGELIXIR for 10% off. https://www.gigcityelixir.com/ (https://www.gigcityelixir.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GigCity Elixir and NervesConf on May 8-10, 2025 in Chattanooga, TN, USA. https://www.elixirconf.eu/ (https://www.elixirconf.eu/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU on May 15-16, 2025 in Kraków & Virtual. https://goatmire.com/#tickets (https://goatmire.com/#tickets?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Goatmire tickets are on sale now for the conference on September 10-12, 2025 in Varberg, Sweden. Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/02/26/elixir-openchain-certification/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/02/26/elixir-openchain-certification/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://cna.erlef.org/ (https://cna.erlef.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF CVE Numbering Authority https://erlangforums.com/t/security-working-group-minutes/3451/22 (https://erlangforums.com/t/security-working-group-minutes/3451/22?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/220 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/220?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – previous interview with Alistair https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – CRA - Cyber Resilience Act https://www.cisa.gov/ (https://www.cisa.gov/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – CISA US Government Agency https://www.cisa.gov/sbom (https://www.cisa.gov/sbom?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Software Bill of Materials https://oss-review-toolkit.org/ort/ (https://oss-review-toolkit.org/ort/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Desire to integrate with tooling outside the Elixir ecosystem like OSS Review Toolkit https://github.com/voltone/rebar3_sbom (https://github.com/voltone/rebar3_sbom?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://cve.mitre.org/ (https://cve.mitre.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://openssf.org/projects/guac/ (https://openssf.org/projects/guac/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) https://erlef.github.io/security-wg/securityvulnerabilitydisclosure/ (https://erlef.github.io/security-wg/security_vulnerability_disclosure/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Security WG Vulnerability Disclosure Guide Guest Information - https://x.com/maennchen_ (https://x.com/maennchen_?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Jonatan on Twitter/X - https://bsky.app/profile/maennchen.dev (https://bsky.app/profile/maennchen.dev?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Jonatan on Bluesky - https://github.com/maennchen/ (https://github.com/maennchen/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Jonatan on Github - https://maennchen.dev (https://maennchen.dev?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Jonatan's Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-woodman-51934433 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-woodman-51934433?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Alistair Woodman on LinkedIn - awoodman@erlef.org - https://github.com/ahw59/ (https://github.com/ahw59/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Alistair on Github - http://erlef.org/ (http://erlef.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation Website Find us online - Message the show - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com) - Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern)
244: Running Python in Elixir?
News includes the release of Elixir 1.18.2 with various enhancements and bug fixes, a new experimental SQL sigil for Ecto that brings automatic parameterized queries, a recent GOTO 2025 talk featuring Saša Jurić on code reviews. We talked with Jonatan Kłosko about his work on PythonX, a new library for executing Python code inside Elixir, the Fine library for working with C++ NIFs, and much more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244) Elixir Community News https://gigalixir.com/thinking (https://gigalixir.com/thinking?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.18.2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.18.1?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://www.erlang.org/news/174?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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 (https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The experimental SQL sigil for Ecto is being discussed on the Elixir-Ecto mailing list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUNI2Pm6_w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUNI2Pm6_w?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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/ (https://alchemyconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AlchemyConf is coming up March 31 - April 3 in Braga, Portugal. https://www.gigcityelixir.com/ (https://www.gigcityelixir.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – 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/ (https://www.elixirconf.eu/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU will be held May 15-16, 2025 in Kraków & Virtual. https://goatmire.com/#tickets (https://goatmire.com/#tickets?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Goatmire tickets are on sale now for the event happening September 10-12, 2025 in Varberg, Sweden. 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243: Elixir Jobs: Seniors Only Need Apply?
News includes the announcement of PythonX for Python interoperability in Elixir, groundbreaking academic work on compiling Elixir to eBPF for Linux kernel-level operations, and exciting AI-powered Phoenix application demos from Chris McCord. We also dive into the current state of the Elixir job market, discussing the shift away from remote work and the challenges facing junior and mid-level developers, sharing practical tips for job seekers in today's market. Other topics include the announcement of Goatmire conference tickets, new developments in the Nx ecosystem, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/243 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/243) Elixir Community News https://gigalixir.com/thinking (https://gigalixir.com/thinking?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Visit Gigalixir.com to sign up and get 20% off your first year. Or use the promo code "Thinking" during signup. https://hexdocs.pm/pythonx/Pythonx.html (https://hexdocs.pm/pythonx/Pythonx.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for PythonX, a new library for Python interoperability in Elixir https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx (https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PythonX GitHub repository https://dashbit.co/blog/running-python-in-elixir-its-fine (https://dashbit.co/blog/running-python-in-elixir-its-fine?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining Python integration in Elixir https://samrat.me/running-ml-models-in-elixir-using-pythonx/ (https://samrat.me/running-ml-models-in-elixir-using-pythonx/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Guide on running ML models using PythonX https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3liyrfvlth22c (https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3liyrfvlth22c?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim announces focus on interoperability for 2025 https://github.com/elixir-nx/fine (https://github.com/elixir-nx/fine?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fine, a new C++ and Elixir library for more ergonomic NIFs in Elixir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFNns01VjA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFNns01VjA?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Video presentation about compiling Elixir to eBPF https://homepages.dcc.ufmg.br/~fernando/publications/papers/CGO25_Kael.pdf (https://homepages.dcc.ufmg.br/~fernando/publications/papers/CGO25_Kael.pdf?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Academic paper on compiling Elixir to eBPF https://github.com/lac-dcc/honey-potion (https://github.com/lac-dcc/honey-potion?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir package for eBPF compilation https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1892957017825771848 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1892957017825771848?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord demos AI-powered Phoenix app creation https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1894229609945710798 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1894229609945710798?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Demo of Claude 3.7 generating a themed Phoenix blog with authentication https://bsky.app/profile/lawik.bsky.social/post/3liym6ggrn62p (https://bsky.app/profile/lawik.bsky.social/post/3liym6ggrn62p?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Goatmire conference announcement https://goatmire.com/#tickets (https://goatmire.com/#tickets?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Goatmire conference tickets on sale for September 10-12, 2025 in Varberg, Sweden Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Guest Information - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-erni/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-erni/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Kimberly Erni on LinkedIn Find us online - Message the show - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com) - Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern)