I want to give a heartwarming welcome to the two latest corporate sponsors of @elixir_tools…

@dashbit and Oban Pro!

The support by companies in the @elixirlang community has been wonderful! #MyElixirStatus

https://twitter.com/mitchhanberg/status/1762918825350074551

A summary of Elixir support from security vendors by Paraxial.io.

https://paraxial.io/blog/elixir-support

Love this 🔥 trick

Ever want to focus an input when LiveView first loads?

Combine a phx-mounted lifecycle binding with JS.focus/1. 🤩

🎥 Elixir Streams |> 🔍 Focus an input on LiveView mount

Episode 191 of Thinking Elixir. In this special episode, we kick off a brand-new series that dives into the world of Elixir—but with a twist. We’re exploring the systems surrounding the language and what it takes to support and run a company or team that uses Elixir. Join us as we engage in insightful conversations with various industry voices, starting with Tyler Young, about the practical systems and solutions used by businesses like Felt.com and SleepEasy.app. This series promises to be an enlightening journey for anyone curious about the behind-the-scenes workings of an Elixir-based product. Tune in to hear the unique challenges and successes experienced by others in the field and more!

https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/191

How integrating Alpine.js with LiveView can significantly enhance the user experience in your applications.

https://curiosum.com/blog/enhancing-user-experience-in-liveview-applications-with-alpinejs

Episode 190 of Thinking Elixir. In this episode, we delve into the significant updates to Phoenix LiveView with its march towards 1.0, including crucial bug fixes in the latest v0.20.5 release. We explore the sleek new testing utility for Elixir, example_test, that’s redefining readability in code tests. Plus, the Erlang community is abuzz with a fresh proposal to integrate JSON into the standard library. We’ll look into how Fly.io has made GPU instances widely available and what this means for your projects. Don’t miss out as we discuss these topics, Gleam’s journey toward its 1.0.0 release, and more!

https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/190

🔥 little trick that makes Enum.find better.

Use Enum.find/3 and set a default option. It can be a good default or a nicer error message!

🎥 Elixir Streams |> 🤩 Better defaults with Enum.find/3

https://blog.appsignal.com/2024/02/20/creating-custom-exceptions-in-elixir.html

Learn how to write dynamic Ecto queries efficiently with Composite, optimizing code organization and query composition for better performance and readability compared to traditional methods.

Article: Writing dynamic Ecto queries with Composite

At some point, you might introduce a new mix alias to run a subset of your tests.

But mix requires you to write MIX_ENV=test every time before you run the mix alias! 😡

Well, it turns out there’s a better way. Just set the preferred CLI environment!

Elixir Streams |> ⚙️ Set your preferred CLI env for mix aliases

Using macros to generate FIT profile https://arathunku.com/b/2024/fit-parsing-and-code-generation-in-elixir/

Title: Modern Clicks (Erlang Fullstack Web Development with Nitrogen)

The main idea is to make an introduction to Nitrogen (a framework to do full stack web development with Erlang) sharing my personal experience in my current work.

Giving a minimal explanation on how to code in Erlang for a beginner developer and making a simple example on Nitrogen.

This will be a talk driven by code samples and memes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgo435yZlk

Title: Modern Clicks (Erlang Fullstack Web Development with Nitrogen)

The main idea is to make an introduction to Nitrogen (a framework to do full stack web development with Erlang) sharing my personal experience in my current work.

Giving a minimal explanation on how to code in Erlang for a beginner developer and making a simple example on Nitrogen.

This will be a talk driven by code samples and memes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgo435yZlk

If you use Faker in LiveView tests, some HTML special characters can cause tests to fail randomly.

You can fix it with 1 line of config –

Read the article: https://johnelmlabs.com/posts/flaky-faker-liveview-tests See the tweet: https://x.com/JohnElmLabs/status/1757107288169455996?s=20

BeamRad.io hosts Lars Wikman and Alex Koutmos chat with Brian Cardarella, CEO of DockYard about LiveView Native, its development, and its potential impact on the market. They share personal stories and experiences with LiveView Native, highlighting its intuitive and familiar development process. Don’t miss this one!

https://www.beamrad.io/70

Episode 189 of Thinking Elixir. In this week’s podcast, we cover the release of Elixir 1.16.1 with its various bug fixes, delve into German Velasco’s ExUnit testing tip for running tests in parallel, explore the performance boosts experienced by Thomas Millar after upgrading to Bandit, and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Inch, René Föhring’s documentation analysis tool. We also discuss the innovative use of Elixir Protocols for customized route parameters in Phoenix, the creation of a new Kino for embedding YouTube videos into Livebook, and a stark reminder of the potential dark side of AI and ML with a deepfake phishing scam that cost a company $25 million, and more!

https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/189

When simple bash scripts start to become unwieldy, you may consider reaching out for something “higher” level, like Perl, Ruby or Python. I’m reaching out for Elixir.

https://arathunku.com/b/2024/shell-scripting-with-elixir/

A simple req cookie jar plugin, can be used when automating or scraping websites that implement cookie based sessions.

https://blog.litapp.ovh/Simple Req Cookie Jar.html

Join Jon Ringle, lead embedded software engineer at GridPoint, on a walkthrough of how the Cairo graphics library is transforming Scenic to deliver high performance graphics to Nerves devices.

https://www.meetup.com/nerves/events/298253592/

Great talk from Thomas on how to use LLMs in Elixir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RABXu7zqnT0