221: From Keynotes to Job Listings
Thinking Elixir Podcast
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The Future of Work: MariaDB and Remote Policies
This chapter explores the implications of MariaDB's status as a publicly traded company amid discussions of a potential buyout, alongside a critique of Amazon's push for a five-day office workweek. The speakers analyze the lasting effects of the pandemic on work culture and express concerns about talent retention as companies shift back to traditional workplace requirements.
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News includes ElixirConf keynotes appearing on YouTube, updates on ErrorTracker's latest release, José Valim's deep dive on ChatGPT UX issues with Phoenix LiveView, Dockyard's announcement of LVN Go to streamline LiveView Native workshops, and Livebook's newest notebook navigation features. Plus, Nvidia's job opening that explicitly mentions Elixir, Alchemy Conf 2025 details, NASA's development of a Lunar timezone, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/221
Elixir Community News
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y – ElixirConf keynotes are appearing on YouTube, currently featuring Justin Schneck's and Chris McCord and Chris Grainger's keynotes.
- https://github.com/josevalim/sync – Phoenix Sync archival status clarified - José doesn't have plans to take it forward personally, inviting others to explore and develop the idea further.
- https://elixirstatus.com/p/1u4Hf-errortracker-v030-has-been-released – ErrorTracker v0.3.0 has been released with new features including support for MySQL and MariaDB, improved error grouping in Oban, and enhanced documentation and typespecs.
- https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/test-breakpoints – German Velasco shared a new Elixir Stream video on step-through debugging an ExUnit test in Elixir v1.17.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdi7SEPrTs – José Valim shared his video on solving ChatGPT UX issues with Phoenix LiveView, originally posted to Twitter and now available on YouTube.
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1833536127267144101 – José Valim's video on tackling ChatGPT's UX woes with Phoenix LiveView on Twitter.
- https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8394 – Merged PR in Tailwind project describing hover issue fix.
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/3421 – Issue regarding
phx-click-loadingaffecting modals. - https://dashbit.co/blog/remix-concurrent-submissions-flawed – José Valim detailed how Remix's concurrency feature is flawed in a new blog post.
- https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/09/10/introducing-lvn-go – Blog post introducing LVN Go, an app to ease starting with LiveView Native without needing XCode.
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/200 – Episode 200 of Thinking Elixir podcast featuring Brian Carderella discussing LiveView Native.
- https://x.com/livebookdev/status/1834222475820839077 – Livebook v0.14 released with new notebook navigation features.
- https://news.livebook.dev/code-navigation-with-go-to-definition-of-modules-and-functions-kuYrS – Detailed blog post about Livebook v0.14's new features.
- https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/livebook/livebook – Livebook Helm Chart for use in Kubernetes.
- https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino_flame – The kino_flame Github project
- https://x.com/miruoss/status/1834690518472966524 – Announcement of kino_flame 0.1.3's Kubernetes support.
- https://x.com/hugobarauna/status/1834040830249562299 – Job opening at Nvidia specifically mentioning Elixir.
- https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Software-Engineer---HPC_JR1979406-1?q=Hpc – Specific job listing at Nvidia mentioning Elixir.
- https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1835597103076094150 – Alchemy Conf 2025 announced, with call for talk proposals open.
- https://dev.events/conferences/alchemy-conf-2025-hjp5oo7o – Alchemy Conf 2025 event details.
- https://ti.to/subvisual/alchemy-conf-2025 – Early bird tickets for Alchemy Conf 2025 are €200.
- https://www.papercall.io/alchemy-conf-2025 – Call for talk proposals for Alchemy Conf 2025 open until Sept 30th.
- https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-confirms-its-developing-the-moons-new-time-zone-165345568.html – NASA confirms developing a Lunar timezone.
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/k1-acquires-mariadb-a-leading-database-software-company-and-appoints-new-ceo-302243508.html – MariaDB acquired by K1, strategic investment to expand enterprise solutions.
- https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio – Amazon requiring employees to return to office for work.
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