Following our passion for #oss and our love for #elixir, we released a new package that tells you when something went wrong on your #Phoenix application. Go check it out and let us know what you think! #myelixirstatus https://github.com/wyeworks/boom

I’ve written a post giving a practical introduction to the Matrix protocol with the Matrix Elixir SDK, an open source project I started earlier this year. Check it out at: https://simplabs.com/blog/2020/11/02/bringing-matrix-to-elixir/

I released v1.5.0 of Credo, the static code analysis tool emphasizing code consistency and teaching.

This release introduces mix credo diff as well as mix credo –watch.

For details, please refer to the CHANGELOG.

This library allows you to define your permission policies declaratively by leveraging Absinthe’s meta field.

Here is GitHub repo: https://github.com/b-erdem/absinthe_permission

Made a new episode on using Torch to create admin pages.

https://elixircasts.io/admin-pages-with-torch

SmartLogic’s Elixir Wizards are hosting a Halloween themed Elixir live stream this Friday at 11AM EDT; we’ll have special guests, costumes, and more. Come hang with us: https://www.twitch.tv/smartlogictv

In episode 19 of Thinking Elixir, we talk with Milada Majáková about combining Elixir and art. Milada came new to Elixir from Architecture and Graphic Design. We reject the idea that people are either logical or artistic but not both. She shares her journey, what it was like learning Elixir as a first programming language, creating generative art using Elixir and LiveView, and much more!

Podcast Episode

The latest Elixir blog post is out! Check it out here: https://blog.smartlogic.io/elixir-recursion-basics/

An informative rant about the BEAM and the future of Erlang and Elixir. Or hopefully informative. That’s the idea at least.

https://underjord.io/the-beam-marches-forward.html

RefData is a small library that allows you to add reference data to Phoenix projects without needing a database table. I wrote a Blog Post about it

The version 0.5.0 allows now multi-cycles for Event -> Command -> Event, increments documentation and adds more features in the Bank example app, including integration tests. Check it out: https://hex.pm/packages/incident

Built with Phoenix and Phoenix LiveView, a new utility was published to https://utils.zest.dev/sink that will echo any requests it receives. This is useful for testing webhooks. This utility joins a regex tester.

How to setup Mutual TLS in Elixir with HTTPoison to secure your app.

https://michaelviveros.medium.com/mutual-tls-in-elixir-part-1-httpoison-b8a727669d88

An intro into supervision trees in Elixir and how they can help you build fault-tolerant systems. Hope you’ll find some value in it.

Check it out here: https://kodius.com/blog/elixir-supervision-tree

Azure is not yet as popular cloud provider, so the community attention and support is a bit scarce. I wrote how to take advantage of shared access signature (SAS) to implement the typical use case of pre-signing blobs from the Azure object storage.

Toxiproxy is a proxy to simulate network and system conditions. The Elixir API aims to make it simple to write tests that ensure your application behaves appropriately under harsh conditions.

Check it out here: https://github.com/Jcambass/toxiproxy_ex

So any time recently that I’ve gone looking for a good overview of supervision trees in Elixir I haven’t found what I want. So I tried to build an example and write a bit about it. Hope it helps people.

https://underjord.io/elixir-supervision-trees-an-example.html

In episode 18 of Thinking Elixir, we talk with German Velasco about his free book Test-Driven Development with Phoenix. He shares his experiences of learning TDD at ThoughtBot, his writing process, tips and more. On TDD, we talk about the benefits we see, the process of “Red Green Refactor”, tools and even when we don’t do it. Some great insights!

Podcast Episode

Gain insight into events and performance measurements from your Phoenix application with a simple but scalable integration of telemetry.

https://thoughtbot.com/blog/instrumenting-your-phoenix-application-using-telemetry

Turns Machinery state machines into easy-to-digest graphics from an easy-to-call mix task. Check it out: https://github.com/Ianleeclark/machinery_display