Episode 258 of Thinking Elixir. News includes the first CVE released under EEF’s new CNA program for an Erlang zip traversal vulnerability, Phoenix MacroComponents being delayed for greater potential, Supabase announcing Multigres - a Vitess-like proxy for scaling Postgres to petabyte scale, a surge of new MCP server implementations for Phoenix and Plug including Phantom, HermesMCP, ExMCP, Vancouver, and Excom, a fun blog post revealing that Erlang was the only language that didn’t crash under extreme load testing against 6 other languages, LiveDebugger v0.3.0 being teased with Firefox extension support and enhanced debugging capabilities, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVyY4XHVm8

We’re on the hunt for bold, brilliant talks around:

🧠 AI & ML in BEAM 🚀 Growth & Adoption strategies 🔧 Real-World Usage stories 🌱 Scalability & Sustainability solutions ✨ Gleam in Production insights

Got an idea? Now’s the time. Share it with the BEAM community before it’s too late! https://sessionize.com/code-beam-europe-2025/

You might want to choose Ash for your next Project! Read now to learn more!! https://devcarrots.com/blog/why-you-should-use-ash/

We’ve just published a new article about the latest updates to Permit – authorization library for Elixir.In the article, Michał, our CTO expands on the topic he presented at ElixirConf EU and explains how Permit helps manage access control in Elixir projects.

👉 https://curiosum.com/sl/q01mxf82

https://arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/did-contexts-kill-phoenix

review this PR

https://github.com/matheuscamarques/snooker_game_ex/pull/4

https://gleam.run/cheatsheets/gleam-for-elixir-users/ Explore differences and similarities between Elixir and Gleam:

• Comments
• Variables
• Functions
• Modules
• Operators
• Constants
• Blocks
• Data types
• Patterns
• Custom types

Phoenix 1.8.0-rc was released in March 2025 to much excitement in the Elixir community. Highlights included daisyUI, enhancements to phx.gen.auth, and scopes to ensure strong access control. Given the security improvements in the first release candidate, it seems appropriate that the final release of Phoenix 1.8 will include official security documentation.

https://paraxial.io/blog/phoenix-security-docs

A lot of Phoenix beginners get confused by contexts. They’re not sure what contexts are, how to use them, or what their contexts should be called.

In my new post I explain contexts as simply as possible. It shouldn’t be difficult, because contexts are, in fact, very simple! The confusion, I think, comes from people overthinking things, and trying to understand contexts as something more complicated than they actually are.

Check out the explanation: https://arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/phoenix-contexts-are-simpler-than-you-think

Thanks for the amazing submissions! 🎉 We’re extending the #MQSummit Call for Papers to July 6 - more time to share your story. Don’t miss out! 🚀 #CallForPapers https://mqsummit.com/#cft

Episode 257 of Thinking Elixir. News includes Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 with significant type checking improvements and faster compile times, Gleam v1.11.0 delivering 30% faster JavaScript performance, the new Elixir Outreach stipend program providing funding for speakers to present at non-Elixir conferences, a batch of ElixirConf US 2024 videos featuring talks were published, the open-sourcing of Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView, upcoming support for “for” comprehensions in HEEX templates, and José Valim’s announcement of Tidewave - the groundbreaking MCP server that gives AI agents runtime access to your Elixir applications rather than just static code, and more!

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

Join 350+ attendees for 2 days, 5 tracks, and 50+ speakers. Limited-time special pricing available now! 🚀 https://codebeameurope.com/#register

Hey there! The new free Elixir Adoption Guide ebook, premiered at ElixirConf EU 2025 in limited physical print, is out to the public now. Written with evangelizing Elixir in mind, it’s a resource to share with your boss who hesitates, your recruiter who struggles to screen candidates, and your friend who’s still stuck in OOP. Enjoy the read!

A financial API built with Elixir and Phoenix, leveraging blockchain principles and OTP (Open Telecom Platform) for concurrency and fault tolerance.

https://github.com/matheuscamarques/finance_chain

Telejogo is a terminal-based application that recreates the classic two-player Pong experience. The project is built on Erlang/OTP principles, making it robust, concurrent, and fault-tolerant.

https://github.com/matheuscamarques/telejogo_erl

Update on SnookerGameEx I’ve just added two new features to my open-source snooker game:

• Added rotations for more dynamic and realistic gameplay
• Added rolling behavior for smoother ball movement

Check it out and feel free to contribute or leave feedback: https://github.com/matheuscamarques/snooker_game_ex

🚨 We hit 20 million Oban jobs in available state!

In our latest blog post, I dive into:
What caused the spike and why available jobs kept accumulating
How we resolved it using:

• Oban Pro’s ChunkWorker
• Postgres reindexing + VACUUM ANALYZE
• Manual SQL to throttle job flow
• Oban Web’s batch job controls

Plus insights on job argument versioning, queue misconfigurations, and proactive Oban monitoring

Huge thanks to Shannon & Parker Selbert for both building an incredible tool and supporting us live at DORS/CLUC 2025 in Zagreb 🇭🇷

🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dHfGbMMe

Let me know if you’ve faced similar challenges — would love to compare notes!

GitHub: https://github.com/fuelen/html2text/

SnookerGameEx is a real-time multiplayer snooker game built with the Phoenix Framework and Elixir.

https://github.com/matheuscamarques/snooker_game_ex

Simulation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BizYeUibc7A

Github Code: https://github.com/matheuscamarques/collision_simulator_ex