News includes the latest Stack Overflow survey highlighting Elixir and Phoenix as highly admired technologies, a Reddit discussion on what makes Phoenix and Elixir so revered, the release of Lexical LSP 0.7.0, and Gleam v1.4.0-rc1 available for testing. Additionally, there's a spotlight on a new library called LiveScript for local script development with code-reloading, a new website showcasing projects built with Phoenix, and more!

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Elixir Community News

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology – Stack Overflow survey released showing Elixir and Phoenix are highly admired technologies.
https://x.com/DockYard/status/1816592108595367982 – Elixir's admiration and usage metrics by developers.
Elixir maintained its position as the second most admired language, although its usage slightly dropped.
https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1edjqbn/what_makes_it_that_productive_why_is_it_the_most/ – Discussion on Reddit about why Phoenix and Elixir are so admired, highlighting various features.
https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/releases/tag/v0.7.0 – Lexical LSP 0.7.0 update released with new features and a note for OTP 27 users to wait for 0.7.1.
https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.4.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md – Gleam v1.4.0-rc1 released for testing with impressive features, including a built-in Language Server.
https://x.com/louispilfold/status/1817870737165664604 – Louis Pilfold, creator of Gleam, requesting sponsors due to a decline in sponsorships.
https://github.com/thmsmlr/livescript – New library called LiveScript helps develop scripts locally with code-reloading.
https://builtwithphoenix.com/ – New website to showcase projects built with Phoenix.
https://x.com/mmmykolas/status/1817620188264538477 – Progress update on the "Built with Phoenix" website.
https://getoban.pro/articles/pro-1-5-launch-week-day-5 – Oban Pro finished their launch week with several new features.
https://x.com/ElixirConf – ElixirConf is holding weekly Twitter Spaces sessions discussing topics like LiveView native and conference attendance.
https://2024.elixirconf.com/ – Preview of ElixirConf 2024 including highlights of scheduled talks and speakers.

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