Listen "215: Bob gets busy and Google's in trouble"
Episode Synopsis
News includes a new video by German Velasco explaining quote and unquote in Elixir macros, updates on the Hex.pm “Bob” project for pre-built Elixir and Erlang binaries, Sonic Pi sponsorships and support from Dashbit, the release of ElixirLS v0.23.0, and Google's recent antitrust ruling. We also cover new developments with the Error Tracker library, Florian Arens' guide to building a Phoenix HEEx component, and upcoming events at ElixirConf 2024, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/215 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/215)
Elixir Community News
- https://x.com/germsvel/status/1820765760630706343 (https://x.com/germsvel/status/1820765760630706343?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco has a new short Elixir video explaining quote and unquote in macros.
- https://github.com/hexpm/bob/pull/193 (https://github.com/hexpm/bob/pull/193?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Hex.pm “Bob” project creates pre-built binaries of different Elixir and Erlang versions. This PR adds an Erlang build for MacOS.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819378019644936595 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819378019644936595?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wojtek Mach shared his recent work on Twitter about the now merged PR for MacOS Erlang build.
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1820799818089836940 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1820799818089836940?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sonic Pi's creator, Sam Aaron, is seeking sponsorships as his Patreon support halved. José Valim shared that Dashbit supports him.
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/106 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/106?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Episode 106 discusses SonicPi and its move to Elixir.
- https://sonic-pi.net/ (https://sonic-pi.net/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sonic Pi allows writing Ruby code to generate live music.
- https://x.com/lukaszsamson/status/1820384249054175636 (https://x.com/lukaszsamson/status/1820384249054175636?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirLS v0.23.0 released, announcement on Twitter/X.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857/225?u=lukaszsamson (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857/225?u=lukaszsamson?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirLS v0.23.0 release announced with detailed information on ElixirForum.
- https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/v0.23.0/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/v0.23.0/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Detailed changelog for ElixirLS v0.23.0.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/errortracker-an-elixir-based-built-in-error-tracking-solution/65245 (https://elixirforum.com/t/errortracker-an-elixir-based-built-in-error-tracking-solution/65245?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Error Tracker library for Elixir that adds a built-in error tracking solution.
- https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker (https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Error Tracker library allows inserting exceptions into the database and resolving them.
- https://farens.me/blog/building-a-table-of-contents-component-for-a-phoenix-blog (https://farens.me/blog/building-a-table-of-contents-component-for-a-phoenix-blog?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Florian Arens wrote about building a Phoenix HEEx component to create a Table of Contents for a Markdown blog post.
- https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex (https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Uses MDEx to parse Markdown to HTML and Floki to parse HTML for headers.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819141239788523703 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819141239788523703?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Req gets file upload support with form uploads, including streaming files.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819119285920243803 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819119285920243803?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wojtek Mach shows how Req now works as a distributed HTTP client with upload support.
- https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1819431997179109792 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1819431997179109792?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New LiveView Native release candidate 0.3.0-rc.3 announced.
- https://github.com/liveview-native/liveviewnative/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/liveview-native/live_view_native/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Release mostly includes changes on configuration and setup.
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-describes-google-built-224025324.html (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-describes-google-built-224025324.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – US court rules that Google illegally used monopoly powers in antitrust case.
- Judge says, "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly."
- https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1820510964481175736 (https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1820510964481175736?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2024 weekly hangouts at 11am CDT to discuss with speakers.
- https://x.com/i/lists/1819858270737268846 (https://x.com/i/lists/1819858270737268846?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Twitter list of ElixirConf speakers to follow.
- https://2024.elixirconf.com/ (https://2024.elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2024 - August 28-30, featuring multiple speakers and sessions on Elixir.
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/215 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/215)
Elixir Community News
- https://x.com/germsvel/status/1820765760630706343 (https://x.com/germsvel/status/1820765760630706343?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco has a new short Elixir video explaining quote and unquote in macros.
- https://github.com/hexpm/bob/pull/193 (https://github.com/hexpm/bob/pull/193?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Hex.pm “Bob” project creates pre-built binaries of different Elixir and Erlang versions. This PR adds an Erlang build for MacOS.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819378019644936595 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819378019644936595?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wojtek Mach shared his recent work on Twitter about the now merged PR for MacOS Erlang build.
- https://x.com/josevalim/status/1820799818089836940 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1820799818089836940?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sonic Pi's creator, Sam Aaron, is seeking sponsorships as his Patreon support halved. José Valim shared that Dashbit supports him.
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/106 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/106?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Episode 106 discusses SonicPi and its move to Elixir.
- https://sonic-pi.net/ (https://sonic-pi.net/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sonic Pi allows writing Ruby code to generate live music.
- https://x.com/lukaszsamson/status/1820384249054175636 (https://x.com/lukaszsamson/status/1820384249054175636?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirLS v0.23.0 released, announcement on Twitter/X.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857/225?u=lukaszsamson (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-the-elixir-language-server/5857/225?u=lukaszsamson?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirLS v0.23.0 release announced with detailed information on ElixirForum.
- https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/v0.23.0/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/v0.23.0/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Detailed changelog for ElixirLS v0.23.0.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/errortracker-an-elixir-based-built-in-error-tracking-solution/65245 (https://elixirforum.com/t/errortracker-an-elixir-based-built-in-error-tracking-solution/65245?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Error Tracker library for Elixir that adds a built-in error tracking solution.
- https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker (https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Error Tracker library allows inserting exceptions into the database and resolving them.
- https://farens.me/blog/building-a-table-of-contents-component-for-a-phoenix-blog (https://farens.me/blog/building-a-table-of-contents-component-for-a-phoenix-blog?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Florian Arens wrote about building a Phoenix HEEx component to create a Table of Contents for a Markdown blog post.
- https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex (https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Uses MDEx to parse Markdown to HTML and Floki to parse HTML for headers.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819141239788523703 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819141239788523703?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Req gets file upload support with form uploads, including streaming files.
- https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819119285920243803 (https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1819119285920243803?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wojtek Mach shows how Req now works as a distributed HTTP client with upload support.
- https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1819431997179109792 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1819431997179109792?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New LiveView Native release candidate 0.3.0-rc.3 announced.
- https://github.com/liveview-native/liveviewnative/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/liveview-native/live_view_native/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Release mostly includes changes on configuration and setup.
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-describes-google-built-224025324.html (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-describes-google-built-224025324.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – US court rules that Google illegally used monopoly powers in antitrust case.
- Judge says, "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly."
- https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1820510964481175736 (https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1820510964481175736?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2024 weekly hangouts at 11am CDT to discuss with speakers.
- https://x.com/i/lists/1819858270737268846 (https://x.com/i/lists/1819858270737268846?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Twitter list of ElixirConf speakers to follow.
- https://2024.elixirconf.com/ (https://2024.elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2024 - August 28-30, featuring multiple speakers and sessions on Elixir.
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid (https://twitter.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel (https://twitter.com/bernheisel)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
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