223: A Boost for Nx, Lib Updates, and Passion Projects
Thinking Elixir Podcast
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The hosts explore the latest trends in the Elixir community, emphasizing a keynote from ElixirConf and a notable blog post. They discuss Fly.io's use of GPUs for machine learning and ongoing initiatives to merge high-performance computing with NX and Livebook.
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News includes José Valim and Chris McCord's collaboration on AI GPU clusters with Fly.io, Nx being selected for Mozilla's Builders Accelerator with a $100,000 award, Parker Selbert's highlights on PostgreSQL 17's improvements for the Oban project, a major update to the Cachex library, and an extension of the call for talks deadline for Alchemy Conf 2025, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/223
Elixir Community News
- https://fly.io/blog/ai-gpu-clusters-from-your-laptop-livebook/ – José Valim and Chris McCord's blog post on AI GPU clusters.
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838632848955150811 – José Valim shares a post about using Fly.io GPUs with Livebook.
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1838633779851833391 – José Valim discusses bringing Nx, Livebook, and FLAME to HPC.
- https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/09/24/nx-selected-for-mozilla-inaugural-builders-accelerator-cohort-promoting-open-source-ai-solutions – Nx project selected for Mozilla's Builders Accelerator, receiving $100,000.
- https://x.com/germsvel/status/1841054951801569778 – German Velasco's ElixirStream video on the new Date shift function in Elixir.
- https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/date-shift – Demo of Date shift function constrained by calendar rules in Elixir.
- https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-4-0 – PhoenixTest update with changes including
PhoenixTest.upload/3. - https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1840786285755035839 – Parker Selbert's post about PostgreSQL 17 and its benefits for Oban.
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-17-released-2936/ – PostgreSQL 17 release announcement.
- https://learnsql.com/blog/cte-with-examples/ – Explanation of CTEs.
- https://whitfin.io/blog/cachex-v4-0-optimization-consolidation-and-routing/ – Blog post about Cachex v4.0 updates and changes.
- https://github.com/whitfin/cachex – The GitHub repository for Cachex, a powerful caching library for Elixir.
- https://x.com/TylerAYoung/status/1838631217857474979 – Update on Elixir's Geo library version 4.0.
- https://github.com/felt/geo – GitHub repository for the Geo library.
- https://felt.com/ – Company maintaining the Geo library and providing GIS data tools.
- https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1841069715743002728 – Alchemy Conf 2025 extends call for talks deadline to Oct 31st.
- https://www.papercall.io/alchemy-conf-2025 – Submission page for the Alchemy Conf 2025 call for talks.
- https://alchemyconf.com/ – Official website for the Alchemy Conf 2025.
- https://blog.psantos.dev/deploying-phoenix-application-with-kamal-2/ – Blog post on deploying Phoenix applications with Kamal.
- https://kamal-deploy.org/ – Official site for Kamal, a deployment pipeline tool.
- https://x.com/bernheisel/status/1840183497463320733 – Insight into SUSE's Elixir projects, including Trento.
- https://github.com/trento-project – Trento project on GitHub, related to SUSE Linux's system monitoring.
- Mark shared how Passion Place is a new service and podcast supporting married couples, designed with a Phoenix LiveView application.
- http://podcast.passion.place/ – Podcast link for Passion Place.
- https://passion.place/ – Website for the Passion Place service.
- https://www.youtube.com/@PassionPlace – YouTube channel for Passion Place.
- https://www.instagram.com/Passion.Place.Show/ – Passion Place on Instagram
- https://www.facebook.com/people/Passion-Place/61566411255014/ – The Passion Place Facebook Page
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