248: Security Insights with Paraxial
Thinking Elixir Podcast
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Navigating Security Vulnerabilities in Software Development
This chapter focuses on security vulnerabilities in web development with Elixir and Phoenix, highlighting the significance of using established security practices. The discussion contrasts automated security scanning tools with manual penetration testing, emphasizing their unique roles in identifying and addressing security issues.
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News includes a new Elixir case study about Cyanview's camera shading technology used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl, Oban Pro 1.6 with 20x faster queue partitioning, the openid_connect package reaching version 1.0, Supabase's new Postgres Language Server for developer tooling, and ElixirEvents.net as a community resource. Plus, we interview Michael Lubas, founder of Paraxial.io, about web application security in Elixir, what's involved in a security audit, and how his Elixir-focused security company is helping teams and businesses in the community.
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/248
Elixir Community News
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/03/25/cyanview-elixir-case/ – New Elixir case study about Cyanview, a Belgian company whose Remote Control Panel for camera shading is used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl. Their Elixir-powered solution enables remote camera control across challenging network conditions.
- https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/changelog.html – Oban Pro 1.6 released with subworkflows, improved queue partitioning (20x faster), and a new guide explaining different job composition approaches.
- https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/composition.html – New Oban Pro guide explaining when to use chains, workflows, chunks, or batches for job composition.
- https://github.com/DockYard/openid_connect – The Elixir package 'openid_connect' reached version 1.0, providing client library support for working with various OpenID Connect providers like Google, Microsoft Azure AD, Auth0, and others.
- https://hexdocs.pm/openid_connect/readme.html – Documentation for the newly released openid_connect 1.0 package.
- https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llqwsbyutc2z – Announcement that openid_connect is maintained by tvlabs.
- https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3llee5lyerk2b – PhoenixTest v0.6.0 has been released with significant changes, including a breaking change.
- https://github.com/germsvel/phoenix_test – GitHub repository for PhoenixTest.
- https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/upgrade_guides.html#upgrading-to-0-6-0 – Upgrade guide for updating to PhoenixTest v0.6.0 with its breaking change.
- https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_test/changelog.html#0-6-0 – Changelog for PhoenixTest v0.6.0.
- https://supabase.com/blog/postgres-language-server – Supabase has released a new Postgres Language Server for developers, providing IDE intellisense and autocomplete for PostgreSQL.
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Supabase.postgrestools – VSCode extension for Supabase's new Postgres developer tools.
- https://github.com/supabase-community/postgres-language-server – GitHub repository for Supabase's Postgres Language Server.
- https://pgtools.dev/ – Official website for Postgres Tools with documentation and features.
- https://pgtools.dev/checking_migrations/ – Feature in Postgres Tools that lints database migrations to check for problematic schema changes.
- https://github.com/fly-apps/safe-ecto-migrations – Resource for ensuring safe Ecto migrations.
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/safe-ecto-migrations/ – Article about safe Ecto migrations posted on Fly.io.
- https://elixirevents.net/ – Community resource created by Johanna Larsson for tracking, sharing, and learning about Elixir events worldwide.
- https://bsky.app/profile/elixirevents.net – Bluesky account for ElixirEvents.net for following Elixir community events.
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com
Discussion Resources
- https://paraxial.io/
- https://paraxial.io/blog/index – Blog with posts about security for Elixir, Rails, and the Paraxial service
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/tech/google-wiz-acquisition/index.html
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/93 – Our last discussion was 3 years ago in episode 93! Titled "Preventing Service Abuse with Michael Lubas"
- https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kafkaesque - having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality
- https://paraxial.io/blog/oban-pentest – Completed a Security Audit of Oban Pro - this is after ObanPro went free and OpenSource
- https://paraxial.io/blog/elixir-best – Elixir and Phoenix Security Checklist: 11 Best Practices
- https://paraxial.io/blog/rails-command-injection – Ruby on Rails Security: Preventing Command Injection
- https://paraxial.io/blog/paraxial-three – Paraxial.io v3 blog post
Guest Information
- Michael Lubas, Paraxial.io Founder - michael@paraxial.io
- https://x.com/paraxialio – on Twitter/X
- https://x.com/paraxialio – on Twitter/X
- https://github.com/paraxialio/ – on Github
- https://www.youtube.com/@paraxial5874 – Paraxial.io channel on YouTube
- https://genserver.social/paraxial – on Fediverse
- https://paraxial.io/ – Blog
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