180: Thinking Elixir News
Thinking Elixir Podcast
Nested Data Structures Solution and Introducing libcluster postgres
Discussion about a solution to a nested data structures traversal problem in Elixir and the introduction of the libcluster postgres library for clustering Elixir nodes using a Postgres strategy.
News teases an intriguing update from Chris McCord hinting at a groundbreaking feature in Phoenix and Elixir's capabilities. José Valim proposes local accumulators in Elixir, stirring discussions on the future of coding elegance. Supabase launches the innovative "libcluster_postgres" library, promising to enhance Elixir node discovery with Postgres. And for those seeking to crunch numbers differently, a must-read blog post lays out a roadmap for translating code in NumPy to Nx. Plus, Elixir enthusiasts are buzzing about this year's Advent of Code challenges—find out how the community tackles these puzzles with bespoke tooling and shared Livebooks strategies, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/180
Elixir Community News
- https://twitter.com/chris_mccord/status/1731668893213544900 – Teaser by Chris McCord hinting a new development in Phoenix and LiveView as a potent alternative to something.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/local-accumulators-for-cleaner-comprehensions/60130 – José Valim's proposal on ElixirForum for adding local accumulators to cleaner list comprehensions in Elixir.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/introducing-for-let-and-for-reduce/44773 – A discussion from two years ago on ElixirForum about a different variation of local accumulators proposal for Elixir.
- https://twitter.com/kiwicopple/status/1730242820441588147 – Announcement of a newly released Elixir library called "libcluster_postgres" by Paul Copplestone from Supabase.
- https://github.com/supabase/libcluster_postgres – GitHub repository for the "libcluster_postgres" library, used by Supabase for Elixir node discovery using a Postgres strategy.
- https://www.thestackcanary.com/numpy-to-nx/ – A blog post that guides through translating NumPy code to Nx by providing side-by-side examples.
- https://adventofcode.com/ – Link to the official Advent of Code website which is a popular coding challenge during the Christmas season.
- https://github.com/mhanberg/advent-of-code-elixir-starter – Mitch Hanberg's Advent of Code Starter Kit repository, which provides a template project for solving the Advent of Code challenges in Elixir.
- https://notes.club – A platform that hosts a frontend of Livebooks on GitHub, organized by author, likes, and tags, useful for exploring how people are solving Advent of Code problems in Elixir.
- https://github.com/ljgago/kino_aoc – A GitHub repository for a Livebook Smart Cell which aids in solving Advent of Code directly from Livebook.
- https://github.com/nettinho/smaoc – Another Livebook Smart Cell repository on GitHub for Advent of Code that facilitates problem interaction within Livebook.
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