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News includes a powerful new HexDocs search engine built in Gleam that lets you search across all your project dependencies with mix hex.search, Software Mansion's interactive Elixir Language Tour that runs in the browser via WebASM, Paulo Valente's breakthrough getting Stable Diffusion running on Mac GPUs through EMLX, lessons learned from the AWS outage that left smart beds stuck and overheating, Chrome DevTools' new MCP server for AI coding assistants, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/277

Elixir Community News

• https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
• https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/1982913977459061036 – José Valim discusses how newcomers found it challenging to find which API to use when docs were spread around Phoenix, LiveView, Ecto, etc.
• https://hexdocs.pm/ – HexDocs home page with new search functionality
• https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs-search – GitHub repository for the HexDocs search engine, built in Gleam and Lustre
• https://hex.pm/blog/announcing-new-hexdocs-search-engine – Official announcement of the new HexDocs search engine powered by Typesense
• New mix hex.search command available after updating with mix local.hex - searches across all your project dependencies with their specific versions
• https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/ – Elixir standard library docs (currently not included in hex.search results)
• https://bsky.app/profile/swmansionelixir.bsky.social/post/3m3s3bzsp6s2g – Software Mansion announces the Elixir Language Tour
• https://elixir-language-tour.swmansion.com – Web-based interactive Elixir learning tool using Popcorn (Elixir running in WebASM) - no installation required
• https://nitter.net/polvalente/status/1981174585040261610 – Paulo Valente announces completion of Nx work targeting Mac hardware
• https://github.com/elixir-nx/emlx/pull/87 – PR for EMLX Nx Backend enabling Stable Diffusion on Mac GPU using MLX (an array framework for Apple silicon)
• Work sponsored by tvlabs, dashbit, and TheErlef - companies can sponsor ongoing Nx work through TheErlef
• https://nitter.net/gergelyorosz/status/1980560177305878702 – Analysis of how the AWS outage exposed engineering failures where products don't plan for region or provider failures
• https://www.techradar.com/home/smart-home/smart-bed-owners-experience-aws-nightmare-as-outage-leaves-them-sweating-and-stuck-in-upright-position – Eight Sleep Pod smart beds were left overheating and stuck in upright positions during the AWS outage
• https://immich.app/ – Self-hosted photo and video management solution (not cloud-dependent)
• https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp – Google Chrome releases public preview of Chrome DevTools Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI coding assistants
• https://tidewave.ai/ – Tidewave Web - browser agnostic development tool

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• Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.