Thinking Elixir Podcast

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Oct 21, 2025 • 29min

275: From Slop to Success?

News includes the release of Elixir v1.19.0-rc.2 with impressive deps compile times and optimized set-theoretic type checking, a timeline update on typed structs arriving by next year, the new "mix help app:phoenix" command for building AI Agent context, gRPC library v0.11.0 with client load balancing, ReqCassette for recording test requests, German Velasco's video walkthrough of Phoenix's AGENTS.md file, Brian Cardarella's insights on the influx of AI-generated codebases needing rescue, Elixir Observer's major updates with categories and semantic search, Chris McCord's demonstration of isolated AI coding sandboxes on Fly Machines, NPM's new security changes for token management, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/275 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://netter.net/josevalim/status/1975605515313979674 – José Valim announces Elixir v1.19.0-rc.2 release https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-19-0-rc-2-released/72805 – Elixir Forum discussion of v1.19.0-rc.2, the last stop before official v1.19 release Remote.com confirmed their codebase compiles 55% faster on v1.19 with type checking still ~1ms/module on average José and Guillaume Duboc went beyond current state-of-the-art to optimize key operations for set-theoretic type checking, articles to be published later https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/1975588421201715334 – New "mix help app:phoenix" command in Elixir v1.19 lists all modules with first paragraph of docs Great shortcut tool for building AI Agent context with brief module descriptions https://nitter.net/z_4seven/status/1975795139739357404 – José Valim provides update on Elixir's typesystem status and timeline Plan shifted from typed structs by end of year to providing type inference of all constructs; typed structs might arrive by end of next year https://nitter.net/sleipni_r/status/1977901944329875893 – Elixir gRPC library v0.11.0 release announcement https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc – Full-featured Elixir implementation of gRPC protocol with new Client Load Balancing following official specs https://hexdocs.pm/req_cassette – ReqCassette documentation - new Req library for recording and serializing real requests in tests https://github.com/lostbean/req_cassette/ – ReqCassette GitHub repository, similar to ExVCR but works with Req and supports async tests https://github.com/parroty/exvcr – ExVCR library for comparison https://nitter.net/karlclement/status/1976677105980072238 – Karl Clement's Twitter thread asking who's using Elixir in production with numerous company replies https://nitter.net/germsvel/status/1976264583682625776 – German Velasco's new ElixirStream video walking through Phoenix 1.8 AGENTS.md file Full video is ~25 minutes or split into 12 shorter videos showing what AI typically gets wrong in new Phoenix apps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpDaUVxiII – Episode https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fpbWpunfLVg – German Velasco's short video illustrating Ecto's datetime helpers https://nitter.net/bcardarella/status/1976217163754070372 – Brian Cardarella shares insight about clients needing help finishing AI-generated apps DockYard seeing many AI slop generated apps that are nightmares to build on top of https://elixir-observer.com/packages/req – Elixir Observer website updates by Mimiquate with better design and new features https://elixir-observer.com/categories – New categories feature for package discovery (Actors, AI, Audio, Authentication, etc.) Categories include semantic search and show unreleased changes per package https://nitter.net/chris_mccord/status/1976813860742217754 – Chris McCord demonstrates creating isolated Claude Code sandbox instances on Fly Machines in 15 seconds Interesting approach for running AI agents fully isolated from local machine https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-29-strengthening-npm-security-important-changes-to-authentication-and-token-management/ – NPM announces new security changes including more frequent token rotation and Trusted Publishers (OIDC) support Response to recent supply chain attacks showing compromised long-lived tokens are critical vulnerability Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Oct 14, 2025 • 32min

274: Protocols, Permissions, and Performance

Elixir 1.19 is out, boasting 2.3x faster dependency compilation and key compatibility updates. JetBrains embraces the Agent Client Protocol to streamline AI integration in coding. LiveView Native's future is under reconsideration, prompting potential reimagining. The MDex library now offers enhanced streaming and Quill delta conversion functionalities. Meanwhile, Supabase raises $100 million amid the rise of 'vibe coding'. Tensions in the Ruby community over gem ownership echo governance challenges, coupled with growing security concerns around AI agents escalating privileges.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 39min

273: Does the Language Really Matter?

News includes Chris McCord releasing a shell-based web browser tool for LLMs extracted from phoenix.new, a new schema validation library called Zoi inspired by JavaScript's Zod, AshDiagram for generating beautiful visualizations of AshFramework applications, the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation's progress toward EU Cyber Resilience Act readiness with their Ægis security initiative, PostgreSQL 18.0 release with Index Skip Scans and async I/O improvements, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 release, IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2025 list and a discussion about whether AI-assisted coding means the end of programming language rankings, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/273 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1972721288029548924 – Chris McCord announces the web shell command for LLM web browsing https://github.com/chrismccord/web – Web - shell command for simple LLM web browsing that converts web pages to markdown, executes js, and interacts with pages https://hexdocs.pm/zoi/Zoi.html – Zoi - a new schema validation library for Elixir inspired by the popular JavaScript library Zod https://github.com/phcurado/zoi – Zoi GitHub repository https://zod.dev/ – Zod - the JavaScript library that inspired Zoi https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lzwvkdlsw22c – Announcement of AshDiagram by Jonatan Männchen https://hexdocs.pm/ash_diagram/AshDiagram.html – AshDiagram - library for generating beautiful diagrams to visualize AshFramework applications including Entity Relationship, Class, C4 Architecture, and Policy diagrams https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_diagram – AshDiagram GitHub repository with examples of generated diagrams https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lzypq74brc25 – EEF Security Update announcement https://security.erlef.org/assets/aegis/updates/2025-q3.pdf – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation's Ægis Initiative Q3 2025 security update document https://erlef.org/blog/eef/beam-worm – EEF blog post about BEAM security initiatives https://cyber-resilience-act.com/ – Information about the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) https://cyber-resilience-act.com/cra/chapter-2/article-24/ – CRA Article 24 covering requirements for open-source software stewards https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5 – Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#200 – Claude Code 2.0 update with new native VS Code extension https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/ – PostgreSQL 18.0 release announcement https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/get-excited-about-postgres-18 – Crunchy Data blog post about PostgreSQL 18 features https://x.com/vlad_mihalcea/status/1972198023200440720 – PostgreSQL 18 now supports Index Skip Scans and async I/O when scanning pages from disk https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lzq2hq7uec2r – Oban team shares what PostgreSQL 18 means for the Oban project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAf9jRMIR0 – Southern California Linux Expo talk diving into PostgreSQL 18 details https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025 – IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2025 list https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings – Discussion about whether AI means the end for top programming language rankings Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Sep 30, 2025 • 31min

272: Process Vaults and Quantum Crypto

News includes the release of Vault, a lightweight library for process-scoped global data storage that uses the Process Dictionary for immutable context sharing, OTP 28.1 with quantum-resistant ML-DSA cryptographic support and enhanced DNS resolver capabilities, Tidewave Teams launching and Tidewave's new TODO support, AshTypescript for automatic TypeScript type generation from Ash resources with impressive frontend integration demos, exciting Elixir 1.19-rc.0 performance improvements showing dependency compilation speeds cut by more than half on multi-core systems, conference updates from the successful Goatmire Elixir 2025 event, and the ExMex Elixir conference opening ticket sales for their November Austin event, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/272 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://elixirforum.com/t/vault-a-lightweight-process-scoped-global-data-storage-with-immutability-guarantees/72553 – Elixir Forum announcement for Vault library - lightweight process-scoped global data storage https://github.com/dimamik/vault – GitHub repository for Vault - provides immutable data storage within a process subtree using Process Dictionary https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-28.1 – OTP 28.1 release with support for compiled Regular Expression export/import, DNS resolver enhancements, and ML-DSA quantum-resistant algorithm support https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/final – FIPS 204 specification for ML-DSA quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithm https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/teams.html – Documentation for Tidewave Teams feature - central management for billing and configuration https://x.com/josevalim/status/1970493050725245120 – José Valim's tweet about Tidewave now supporting TODOs https://github.com/ash-project/ash_typescript – AshTypescript library for automatic TypeScript type generation from Ash resources and actions https://github.com/ChristianAlexander/ash_typescript_demo – Community demo project showing ash_typescript integration with TypeScript frontend https://x.com/RootCert/status/1967380217795846645 – Christian Alexander's tweet showcasing TypeScript bridge for Ash resources over HTTP and Phoenix Channels https://bsky.app/profile/derekkraan.bsky.social/post/3lyufmue6ss2f – Derek Kraan's performance report on Elixir 1.19-rc.0 showing significant dependency compilation speed improvements https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lxvf7fi2j22v – Zach Daniel's macOS command for setting MIX_OS_DEPS_COMPILE_PARTITION_COUNT environment variable MacOS ENV command for partition count export MIX_OS_DEPS_COMPILE_PARTITION_COUNT=$(( $(sysctl -n hw.physicalcpu) / 2 )) Linux ENV command for partition count export MIX_OS_DEPS_COMPILE_PARTITION_COUNT=$(( $(lscpu -p | grep -v '^#' | sort -u -t, -k2,2 | wc -l) / 2 )) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/rebar3-integrating-with-erlang-otp – Peer Stritzinger's Kickstarter for rebar3 improvements, including plugin lockfile mechanisms https://underjord.io/conference-report-goatmire-elixir-2025.html – Lars Wikman's conference report from Goatmire Elixir 2025 with behind-the-scenes insights https://bsky.app/profile/exmexconf.bsky.social/post/3lv74npz6mc2u – ExMex Elixir conference announcement for ticket sales opening https://exmexconf.com/ – ExMex Elixir conference website - November 6-7 in downtown Austin Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Sep 23, 2025 • 17min

271: Testing, Searching, and Funding

News includes an interactive test runner called mix_test_interactive that brings Jest-style testing to ExUnit, TrieHard - a blazing fast Rust-powered Trie implementation for search and autocomplete functionality, ReqLLM - a new unified library for LLM interactions built on Req, Hologram v0.6.0 bringing production-ready features to the pure Elixir full-stack framework, the successfully funded Rebar4 project promising better OTP integration, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/271 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive – An interactive test runner for ExUnit tests with dynamic test filtering https://x.com/navinpeiris/status/1967077714030195143 – X post sharing the mix_test_interactive library https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive?tab=readme-ov-file#interactive-commands – Interactive commands documentation for mix_test_interactive https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit – An interactive Git shell mentioned as a related tool https://x.com/nikos_maroulis/status/1967626142560793057 – X post announcing TrieHard library by Nikos Maroulis https://github.com/nyo16/trie_hard – Blazing fast, memory-efficient Trie implementation for Elixir with Rust backend https://torus.dimamik.com/ – Alternative to TrieHard for database-based search functionality https://github.com/dimamik/torus – GitHub repository for Torus database search library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigram – Trigram reference mentioned in discussion https://github.com/agentjido/req_llm – ReqLLM - A Req-based library for LLM interactions by Mike Hostetler https://x.com/mikehostetler/status/1966989434781659571 – X post thread for the new ReqLLM library https://elixirforum.com/t/reqllm-composable-llm-client-built-on-req/72514/7 – ElixirForum post with ReqLLM discussion Jido - toolkit for building autonomous, distributed agent systems in Elixir https://hologram.page/blog/hologram-v0-6-0-released – Hologram v0.6.0 release announcement with production-ready features https://hologram.page/demos/bouncing-ball – Interactive Bouncing Ball Demo showcasing Hologram's new action delay capabilities https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/rebar3-integrating-with-erlang-otp – Successfully funded Rebar4 project Kickstarter campaign Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Sep 16, 2025 • 23min

270: Kickstarting the Future of Rebar

Kickstarter campaigns are shaping the future of Rebar 4, which aims to enhance the Beam ecosystem. The podcast dives into recent security vulnerabilities affecting the Elixir community, particularly in the ASH framework and popular NPM packages. It also explores the rising threat of ransomware for developers. Furthermore, updates are shared about Tidewave Web's new support for React and Open Router, and highlights from the latest Phoenix release and Elixir Conf videos keep listeners informed about community developments.
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Sep 9, 2025 • 30min

269: Elixir with LLMs and Expert Arrives

News includes the release of Expert, the new official Elixir LSP that's already supported by Zed editor, Tidewave Web getting its first major update with editor integration and notifications, Paulo Valente's handoff library v0.2.0 for distributed graph execution across BEAM nodes, LiveDebugger v0.4.0 with new inspect mode and improved features, fascinating research showing Elixir performing exceptionally well in LLM code generation benchmarks (scoring highest among all tested languages), the announcement that next ElixirConf US will be in Chicago, and a critical security alert about a new type of developer dependency attack that weaponizes AI CLI tools, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/269 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert – Expert, the new official Elixir LSP was released https://expert-lsp.org/ – Expert LSP official website https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert/blob/main/pages/installation.md#editor-specific-setup – Installation instructions for different editors https://zed.dev/docs/languages/elixir#expert – Zed editor already supports Expert https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960402157922082981 – José Valim announces Tidewave Web first update https://tidewave.ai/blog/editor-integration-notifications – Tidewave Web blog post and full changelog https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960692138112352355 – José mentions plans to open public roadmap soon https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962491846795391333 – José Valim interviewed about Tidewave Web with Ruby focus https://rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-introducing-tidewave-interview-with-jos-valim#interview-with-jose-valim – Full Ruby AI interview with José Valim https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960683093225865463 – José discusses Zed's Agent Client Protocol (ACP) https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/agent_servers/src/claude.rs – Zed working on Claude Code support https://github.com/orgs/tidewave-ai/projects/1 – Tidewave's public roadmap https://github.com/polvalente/handoff – Paulo Valente's handoff library v0.2.0 for distributed graph execution https://x.com/elixirmembrane/status/1961071773438574897 – LiveDebugger v0.4.0 release announcement https://forms.gle/V6tUHpJt94vi1v1TA – LiveDebugger feedback form https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger – LiveDebugger GitHub repository https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962649394139877479 – José Valim shares Elixir's exceptional LLM performance results https://x.com/tomthesilva/status/1962628935730241712 – Thomas Silva's research on language performance in code generation https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark – Tencent's AutoCodeBenchmark multilingual coding evaluation https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark/blob/main/figures/exp_acb.png – Benchmark results showing Elixir's top performance https://x.com/hugobarauna/status/1961914102764261688 – Next ElixirConf US announced for Chicago Errata correction from José about OIDC implementation attribution to Jonatan Männchen https://x.com/zack_overflow/status/1960771720727683507 – New developer dependency attack vector using AI CLI tools https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/supply-chain-security-alert-popular-nx-build-system-package-compromised-with-data-stealing-malware – Supply chain security alert about compromised Nx package https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/security-alert-nx-compromised-to-steal-wallets-and-credentials/ – Semgrep security analysis of the NPM project's Nx compromise https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-chrome – Anthropic's post about securing browser interactions Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Sep 2, 2025 • 42min

268: Got your Popcorn here!

News includes a new library called Lotus and LotusWeb that provides a safe, read-only environment for running SQL analytics queries with organized storage for saved queries. After the news, we had an interview with Mateusz Front about the Popcorn project, which enables Elixir to run in WebAssembly (WASM) in the browser courtesy of AtomVM. We dig into how it works, what it's capable of doing, and where it could go in the future! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/268 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://github.com/typhoonworks/lotus – Lotus - a lightweight SQL query runner and storage library for Elixir applications with Ecto https://github.com/typhoonworks/lotus_web – LotusWeb - companion library for the Lotus SQL query runner Provides a safe, read-only environment for executing analytical queries while offering organized storage and management of saved queries https://www.metabase.com/ – Metabase - business intelligence tool that Lotus draws inspiration from https://github.com/ankane/blazer – Blazer - Ruby gem that inspired the Lotus library Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Discussion Resources https://popcorn.swmansion.com/ https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/eval – Interactively run an IEx shell in the browser locally with no Elixir install https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/ – Github project for Popcorn https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3luptf3p76s24 – Popcorn announcement post https://blog.swmansion.com/popcorn-bringing-elixir-to-the-browser-8993a58a00be – Blog post about Popcorn and how it works, limitations, etc. https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM – AtomVM - Tiny Erlang VM https://atomvm.org/ – AtomVM is a lightweight implementation of the BEAM virtual machine https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 – LiveDebugger - Software Mansion project we talked about previously https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten – Emscripten - An LLVM-to-WebAssembly Compiler https://wasi.dev/ – WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) is a group of standards-track API specifications for software compiled to the W3C WebAssembly (Wasm) standard. https://github.com/software-mansion/smelter – Toolkit for real-time, low latency, programmable video and audio mixing. https://smelter.dev/ https://globalelixirmeetups.com/ – Website setup to coordinate the meetups (find a registered one or host) Guest Information https://x.com/uusszz – on Twitter/X https://github.com/mat-hek/ – on Github https://swmansion.com/ – Software Mansion website https://x.com/elixirmembrane – Membrane Framework on X/Twitter https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social – Membrane Framework on Bluesky https://discord.com/invite/nwnfVSY – Software Mansion on Discord Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Aug 26, 2025 • 1h 8min

267: Dive into Tidewave Web with José Valim

News includes the exciting announcement of Tidewave Web, a new AI-powered service that runs locally in your development environment with an AI chat sidebar that can directly interact with and modify your Phoenix and Rails applications. José Valim joins us for a deeper dive into Tidewave as well! We also cover a comprehensive new ElixirLang blog post about interoperability in 2025 that explores all the ways Elixir and BEAM can work with other languages and runtimes, from traditional NIFs and Ports to newer options like AtomVM for microcontrollers, Popcorn for browser deployment, and integrations with Rust, Zig, Python, and C++. Additionally, Livebook Teams has officially launched out of beta with SSO support and enterprise features, Oban v2.20.0 brings job updating capabilities and improved plugin supervision, PhoenixAnalytics v0.4.0 adds 12 new themes and drops the DuckDB requirement, LiveView v1.1.7 introduces a new stream_async function, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/267 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails – Tidewave Web service announcement - an AI chat in the sidebar that can directly interact with and modify your app during development https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957763507211927557 – José Valim's tweet about Tidewave implementing autoplay features and using contextual browser testing https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957545436824166605 – José Valim's tweet announcing the new ElixirLang blog post on interoperability https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/08/18/interop-and-portability/ – ElixirLang blog post "Interoperability in 2025 beyond the Erlang VM" covering NIFs, Ports, AtomVM, Popcorn, Hologram, and various language integrations https://x.com/josevalim/status/1956342836430881102 – José Valim's announcement that Livebook Teams is out of beta https://livebook.dev/teams/ – Livebook Teams landing page - deploy Elixir notebooks as internal apps with SSO and Google Workspace support, $30/editor pricing https://github.com/erlef/oidcc – OpenId Connect client library in Erlang & Elixir https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lwekwml7zc2k – Oban v2.20.0 release announcement with update job, unique state groups, and nested plugin supervision features https://hexdocs.pm/oban/changelog.html – Oban v2.20.0 changelog with detailed improvements https://hexdocs.pm/oban/v2-20.html – Oban v2.20.0 optional upgrade steps for pruning performance improvements https://x.com/mrpopov_com/status/1956006788819472594 – PhoenixAnalytics v0.4.0 release announcement https://github.com/lalabuy948/PhoenixAnalytics – PhoenixAnalytics repository - now supports 12 themes, Postgres/MySQL/SQLite, and no longer requires DuckDB https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lwod4ia6522e – LiveView v1.1.7 release announcement https://github.com/utopos/live_stream_async – Reference to live_stream_async library that inspired the new stream_async function https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/1.1.7/changelog.html#v1-1-7-2025-08-18 – Phoenix LiveView 1.1.7 changelog with new stream_async function and portal hooks bugfix https://elixircasts.io/multiple-layouts-in-phoenix-1.8 – ElixirCasts video tutorial on new Phoenix v1.8 layouts functionality Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Discussion Resources https://tidewave.ai https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails https://x.com/josevalim/status/1957763507211927557 https://agents.md/ Guest Information https://genserver.social/josevalim – José Valim on Mastadon https://x.com/josevalim – José Valim on X/Twitter https://github.com/josevalim – José Valim on Github https://dashbit.co/ – Dashbit website and blog Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 32min

266: Phoenix 1.8.0 Brings Fresh Features

News includes the official release of Phoenix 1.8.0 with exciting new features like dark mode themes, streamlined generators, magic links in phx.gen.auth, and AGENTS.md for LLM-assisted development. ElixirLS v0.29.2 with call hierarchy provider and MCP server integration, the new Torus library for seamless PostgreSQL search with Ecto, ThinkingElixir courses becoming completely free and open, a new Elixir Hub website centralizing community resources, LiveTable v0.3.1 updates for dynamic LiveView tables, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/266 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1952839142993252736 – Chris McCord announces Phoenix 1.8.0 release on X https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released – Official Phoenix 1.8.0 release blog post with details on new features https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.8.0/CHANGELOG.md – Phoenix 1.8.0 changelog detailing all changes and improvements Phoenix 1.8.0 features include AGENTS.md for LLM development, themes with dark mode, streamlined generators, phx.gen.auth magic links, revamped guides, and scopes https://thinkingelixir.com/ – ThinkingElixir courses (Pattern Matching and Code Flow) are now completely free and open, no longer requiring login. Site converted from WordPress to static hosting. https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/releases/tag/v0.29.2 – ElixirLS v0.29.2 release with call hierarchy provider, built-in MCP server for LLM integration, and custom .formatter.exs file location setting https://github.com/dimamik/torus – Torus - new Elixir library for seamless PostgreSQL search integration with Ecto https://torus.dimamik.com/ – Torus library demo site showcasing search capabilities https://bsky.app/profile/curiosum.bsky.social/post/3lwb7kqp34c2u – Bluesky announcement of new Elixir Hub website https://x.com/pattrnmatch/status/1953905555141005692 – X post about Elixir Hub website launch https://elixir-hub.com/ – Elixir Hub website - centralized resource for Elixir companies, books, and podcasts https://bsky.app/profile/virinchicv.bsky.social/post/3lssupg7j7c2t – Bluesky announcement of LiveTable v0.3.1 update https://github.com/gurujada/live_table – LiveTable - LiveView library for dynamic tables with sorting, filtering, and pagination https://hexdocs.pm/flop – Flop library - alternative to LiveTable for data filtering and pagination https://hexdocs.pm/flop_phoenix – Flop Phoenix - Phoenix integration for Flop filtering library https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lwcf5xstik23 – EEF Bluesky post about sharing BEAM events on their website http://erlef.org/events – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation events page for submitting BEAM community events https://elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf US 2025 official website https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir – ElixirConf US 2025 both virtual and in Orlando FL, August 28-29. Tickets with ThinkingElixir discount code for 10% off Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Find us online Message the show - Bluesky Message the show - X Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social Sponsored By:Paraxial.io: Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.

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