Episode 253 of Thinking Elixir. News includes growing excitement around Tidewave for Elixir with users sharing success stories and integration tips, preparation for Elixir 1.19’s deprecation of regex in module attributes, LiveViewNative launching a new “OTP Interop” organization focused on enabling offline functionality, and a major U.S. court ruling against Apple’s App Store policies that opens new payment options for iOS developers, creating opportunities for services like Stripe to offer more competitive alternatives to Apple’s 30% commission, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN5xCHQMqLM

In Curiosum, we’ve been working on this project for the last few months. We prepared a special ebook for Elixir Conf 2025.

💜 Elixir Adoption Guide It is the strategic starting point for understanding what it really takes to bring Elixir into the team or organization. Written by our CTO, Michał and shaped by years of practical experience, this short ebook is for tech leaders, ambitious developers, and decision-makers looking for clarity, not just code.

You’ll find there a thoughtful perspective on why, when, and how to adopt Elixir in 2025’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.

This ebook’s pre-release takes place during the #elixirconfeu in Cracow this week. It’ll be available in online version and in a limited number of physical copies at our stand.

Our Curiosum’s newsletter subscribers will get it on Thursday morning. To sign up: https://curiosum.com/newsletter

Let’s set up Ecto monitoring in your Elixir application using AppSignal: https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/05/13/an-introduction-to-ecto-for-elixir-monitoring-with-appsignal.html

I’ve tried Phoenix 1.8 and it’s an amazing update. The layout is simpler than in previous versions, and it now supports themes through DaisyUI. New features like the magic login link can really save you time.

This is my guide for anyone interested in trying the new Phoenix version—I hope it helps you get started faster.

Link https://dev.to/manhvanvu/migrate-to-phoenix-18-rc-version-olc

Secure your spot today for the year’s most exciting Elixir gathering. https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/PresaleLIVENOW

Hey friends! We’ve been obsessing over Elixir’s awesome telemetry library at Honeybadger lately, and instrumented a bunch of new things in Honeybadger for our new automatic dashboards feature:

Honeybadger’s new performance monitoring dashboards capture Elixir telemetry automatically while giving you direct access to transform, query, and alert on the underlying data—no black boxes, just total visibility.

Learn more here:

https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/elixir-performance-monitoring/

Working with Erlang, Elixir, or Gleam? Share your story with the BEAM community! Submit your talk: https://codebeameurope.com/#cft Training: https://forms.gle/7hgUdr7YAVE4V3ey9

Episode 252 of Thinking Elixir. News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software Mansion’s LiveDebugger v0.2.0 coming in May, mix test.interactive for enhanced ExUnit testing workflows, and information about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB2KuXm2xvM

devcarrots.com - Link to get the book now!!

This book is packed with 150+ practical, real-world tasks, walking you through how to build a full-featured project management app using Ash – models, relationships, migrations, queries, and more!

People are loving the book so far! Here’s what readers are saying:

“I recommend this book for anyone who wants to use Ash to its fullest extent” - Zach Daniels(Creator of Ash)

“Very much liking the hybrid approach, logical structure, level of detail and ‘Ash & more Ash’ focus” - Pal

Check out the repo that is being used in the book here: github.com/devcarrots/tuesday

We hope that you like the book and find it helpful in your Ash learning journey! Don’t forget to grab the book at devcarrots.com with 20% off before the launch offer ends in 2 days!

What you’ll learn:

• Why do different games have such different network models

• What makes a game responsive and “feel good”

• How to think about tick rates and latency

https://www.erlang-solutions.com/webinars/creating-a-multiplayer-game-server-in-elixir/

Learn about SAFE for Elixir, a security audit developed with Erlang Solutions, ELTE-Soft and Eötvös Loránd University researchers.

SAFE helps businesses identify and address vulnerabilities in their code. https://www.erlang-solutions.com/webinars/safe-for-elixir-strengthening-security-for-elixir-and-erlang/

Watch the webinar in which team behind the audit will break down common security risks, show how SAFE works, and explain why integrating it into your CI/CD pipeline can make your life easier while keeping your applications secure.

What you’ll learn:

• The biggest security risks in Elixir and Erlang projects (and how to spot them)

• How SAFE makes vulnerability detection more accurate

• How to integrate SAFE into your CI/CD pipeline for automated security checks

• Why secure coding isn’t just about avoiding hacks. It also helps prevent downtime, financial loss, and compliance headaches

I enjoy an ecosystem that is not funded by a megacorp. How does Elixir continue to exist? https://underjord.io/elixir-is-not-owned-by-big-tech.html

Episode 251 of Thinking Elixir. News includes a critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH, José Valim teasing a new project, Oban Pro v1.6’s impressive new “Cascade Mode” feature, Semaphore CI/CD platform being open-sourced as a primarily Elixir application, new sandboxing options for Elixir code with Dune and Mini Elixir, BeaconCMS development slowing due to DockYard cuts, and a look at the upcoming W3C Device Bound Session Credentials standard that will impact all web applications, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG0lcPz5gw0

We’re giving away 1 IN-PERSON ticket and 1 VIRTUAL ticket to ElixirConfEU! To enter: Comment below with what keeps you awake at night in the Elixir world (coding challenges, deployment issues, architecture decisions…) Tag a friend who might be interested in attending The raffle closes in 3 days! Winners will be announced this Friday. Share your Elixir nightmares and you might just win the dream opportunity to attend one of the best Elixir events of the year!

https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/reduce-reuse-refactor-clearer-elixir-with-the-enum-module/

The ElixirConf EU schedule is live! With 35+ amazing speakers and a month to go, now’s the time to plan your perfect conference experience. Check it out! https://www.elixirconf.eu/schedule/

Episode 250 of Thinking Elixir. News includes EEF board elections with voting beginning May 9th, Gleam v1.10.0 enhancing security with SBoMs and SLSA build provenance, an AshAuthentication vulnerability with mitigation steps, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a permanent home at the EEF, announcements for both ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando and ElixirConfEU in Krakow with speaker lineup, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC8Ls0zEX_M

Our latest article on Oban Pro v1.6’s new “Cascade Mode”, and using it to generate a collection of children’s stories.

https://oban.pro/articles/weaving-stories-with-cascading-workflows

https://dev.to/azyzz/wysiwyg-editor-in-liveview-with-embedded-images-that-are-uploaded-to-s3-bucket-2n51

Why I Looked Beyond Ruby

For years, Ruby was my go-to language for building everything from small prototypes to full-fledged production apps. I fell in love with its elegance and expressiveness and how Ruby on Rails could turn an idea into a working web app in record time. The community—with its focus on kindness and collaboration—only deepened my appreciation. In short, Ruby felt like home.

But as my projects grew in complexity, I started running into bottlenecks. I had apps requiring real-time features, massive concurrency, and high availability. Scaling them with Ruby often meant juggling multiple processes, external services, or creative threading approaches—all of which worked but never felt truly seamless. That’s when I stumbled upon Elixir.

At first glance, Elixir’s syntax reminded me of Ruby. It looked approachable and developer-friendly. But beneath the surface lies a fundamentally different philosophy, heavily influenced by Erlang’s functional model and the concurrency power of the BEAM. Moving from Ruby’s object-oriented approach to Elixir’s functional core was eye-opening. Here’s how I made that transition and why I think it’s worth considering if you’re a fellow Rubyist.

Keep reading 👉👉👉 https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/my-journey-from-ruby-to-elixir-lessons-from-a-developer/