257: Runtime Intelligence and MCP Servers
Thinking Elixir Podcast
Real-Time Application Monitoring and Gleam Updates
This chapter focuses on the critical need for rapid response to application issues in production and introduces HoneyBadger as an effective error and performance monitoring tool. It also highlights the recent Gleam 1.11 release, showcasing enhancements in JavaScript performance and testing capabilities.
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
Elixir Community News
- https://www.honeybadger.io/ – 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 – 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 – Gleam v1.11.0 announcement
- https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/ – Gleam compiled JavaScript runs 30% faster performance improvement
- https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md – Gleam v1.11.0 changelog with testing tools and performance improvements
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/ – 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 – ElixirConf US 2024 video release featuring multiple talks
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y – ElixirConf US 2024 playlist with 16 new videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M – Ash AI Launch talk by Zach Daniel from ElixirConf EU
- https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web – Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView open-sourced announcement
- https://noora.tuist.dev/ – Noora - complete, accessible design system for Phoenix LiveView with Figma files and ready-to-use components
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3827 – Phoenix LiveView PR adding support for
forcomprehensions in HEEX templates with keyed change tracking - https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09 – Lua for Elixir v0.3.0 changelog with new guard functions
- https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26 – Bluesky post about Lua for Elixir update with guard support
- https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052 – Brian Cardarella announcing web_socket_dist library release
- https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640 – Brian explaining the use-case behind web_socket_dist library
- https://github.com/otp-interop/web_socket_dist – web_socket_dist library for Erlang distribution over WebSockets
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html – Erlang distributed systems documentation
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284 – José Valim announcing Tidewave on X/Twitter
- https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave – Dashbit blog post announcing Tidewave - Elixir MCP server for AI runtime intelligence
- https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_rust#installation – Tidewave MCP proxy installation and setup instructions
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com
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