Listen "231: Pretty Error and OTP Raw Mode"
Episode Synopsis
News includes Dave Lucia's PR making Elixir's protocol errors more readable, OTP 28 introducing a "raw mode" for immediate CLI input processing, Saša Jurić's "Against the Grain" talk on YouTube about a bespoke Kafka client, Johanna Larsson's new site listing Elixir events, DockYard's official acceptance of native application contracts highlighting the readiness of their LiveView Native library, and Brian Cardarella's teased Motion.dev wrapper enhancing animations in LiveView, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/231 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/231)
Elixir Community News
https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lbhh5ghevc2n (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lbhh5ghevc2n?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia shared his recent PR merged into Elixir, improving protocol error messages.
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14003 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14003?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave's PR titled "Make protocol errors pretty" addresses unreadable struct errors in Elixir.
Dave encourages others to contribute to open-source by fixing issues like ugly error messages.
https://github.com/spencerolson/chat (https://github.com/spencerolson/chat?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – With OTP 28's new "raw mode" feature, interactive CLI programs can process stdin inputs immediately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6c4iqsl2us (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6c4iqsl2us?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić's talk "Against the Grain" from CodeBeam America about developing a bespoke Kafka client is available on YouTube.
Johanna Larsson launched a mini site listing Elixir events.
https://bsky.app/profile/jola.dev/post/3lbs2cae4ec2x (https://bsky.app/profile/jola.dev/post/3lbs2cae4ec2x?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of the new mini site for Elixir events.
https://elixirevents.net/ (https://elixirevents.net/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – A resource for upcoming Elixir events.
https://erlef.org/events/ (https://erlef.org/events/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ERLEF’s calendar for Elixir-related events.
https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1861169450805850122 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1861169450805850122?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DockYard is officially accepting native application contracts, showcasing their LiveView Native library.
https://dockyard.com/services/mobile (https://dockyard.com/services/mobile?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DockYard's services page for mobile application contracts.
https://github.com/liveview-native/liveviewnative (https://github.com/liveview-native/live_view_native?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The LiveView Native open-source library created by DockYard.
https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1858254238964412855 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1858254238964412855?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella teases a new Motion.dev wrapper for LiveView enhancing animation support.
https://motion.dev/ (https://motion.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Motion.dev is an animation library for JavaScript and React.
https://hex.pm/packages/motion (https://hex.pm/packages/motion?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The "motion" package on Hex providing the library.
https://github.com/dockyard/motion (https://github.com/dockyard/motion?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for the Motion library.
Brian explains the significance of animation integration in LiveView for mobile experiences.
https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1861012571865698426 (https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1861012571865698426?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU announces José Valim and Chris McCord as keynote speakers.
https://www.elixirconf.eu/ (https://www.elixirconf.eu/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about ElixirConf EU 2025 with a call for talks open.
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 - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com)
- Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/231 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/231)
Elixir Community News
https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lbhh5ghevc2n (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lbhh5ghevc2n?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia shared his recent PR merged into Elixir, improving protocol error messages.
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14003 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14003?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave's PR titled "Make protocol errors pretty" addresses unreadable struct errors in Elixir.
Dave encourages others to contribute to open-source by fixing issues like ugly error messages.
https://github.com/spencerolson/chat (https://github.com/spencerolson/chat?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – With OTP 28's new "raw mode" feature, interactive CLI programs can process stdin inputs immediately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6c4iqsl2us (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6c4iqsl2us?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić's talk "Against the Grain" from CodeBeam America about developing a bespoke Kafka client is available on YouTube.
Johanna Larsson launched a mini site listing Elixir events.
https://bsky.app/profile/jola.dev/post/3lbs2cae4ec2x (https://bsky.app/profile/jola.dev/post/3lbs2cae4ec2x?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of the new mini site for Elixir events.
https://elixirevents.net/ (https://elixirevents.net/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – A resource for upcoming Elixir events.
https://erlef.org/events/ (https://erlef.org/events/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ERLEF’s calendar for Elixir-related events.
https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1861169450805850122 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1861169450805850122?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DockYard is officially accepting native application contracts, showcasing their LiveView Native library.
https://dockyard.com/services/mobile (https://dockyard.com/services/mobile?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DockYard's services page for mobile application contracts.
https://github.com/liveview-native/liveviewnative (https://github.com/liveview-native/live_view_native?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The LiveView Native open-source library created by DockYard.
https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1858254238964412855 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1858254238964412855?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella teases a new Motion.dev wrapper for LiveView enhancing animation support.
https://motion.dev/ (https://motion.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Motion.dev is an animation library for JavaScript and React.
https://hex.pm/packages/motion (https://hex.pm/packages/motion?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The "motion" package on Hex providing the library.
https://github.com/dockyard/motion (https://github.com/dockyard/motion?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for the Motion library.
Brian explains the significance of animation integration in LiveView for mobile experiences.
https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1861012571865698426 (https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1861012571865698426?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU announces José Valim and Chris McCord as keynote speakers.
https://www.elixirconf.eu/ (https://www.elixirconf.eu/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about ElixirConf EU 2025 with a call for talks open.
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 - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com)
- Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir)
- Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir)
- Email the show - [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
- Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid)
- Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social)
- Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/brainlid)
- David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com)
- David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected] (https://genserver.social/dbern)
More episodes of the podcast Thinking Elixir Podcast
283: Erlang Turns 27 and React at Risk
16/12/2025
282: Type Systems and View Transitions
09/12/2025
281: Planning for the Unexpected
02/12/2025
280: Dark Matter Developers
25/11/2025
279: Hot Code Upgrades and Hotter AI Takes
18/11/2025
278: WAL-ing Through Database Changes
11/11/2025
277: Searching Across the Hexiverse
04/11/2025
276: Elixir v1.19 Types and Speed
28/10/2025
275: From Slop to Success?
21/10/2025
274: Protocols, Permissions, and Performance
14/10/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.