Listen "273: Does the Language Really Matter?"
Episode Synopsis
News includes Chris McCord releasing a shell-based web browser tool for LLMs extracted from phoenix.new, a new schema validation library called Zoi inspired by JavaScript's Zod, AshDiagram for generating beautiful visualizations of AshFramework applications, the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation's progress toward EU Cyber Resilience Act readiness with their Ægis security initiative, PostgreSQL 18.0 release with Index Skip Scans and async I/O improvements, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 release, IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2025 list and a discussion about whether AI-assisted coding means the end of programming language rankings, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/273 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/273)
Elixir Community News
https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-oct2025) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1972721288029548924 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1972721288029548924?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord announces the web shell command for LLM web browsing
https://github.com/chrismccord/web (https://github.com/chrismccord/web?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Web - shell command for simple LLM web browsing that converts web pages to markdown, executes js, and interacts with pages
https://hexdocs.pm/zoi/Zoi.html (https://hexdocs.pm/zoi/Zoi.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zoi - a new schema validation library for Elixir inspired by the popular JavaScript library Zod
https://github.com/phcurado/zoi (https://github.com/phcurado/zoi?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zoi GitHub repository
https://zod.dev/ (https://zod.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zod - the JavaScript library that inspired Zoi
https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lzwvkdlsw22c (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lzwvkdlsw22c?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of AshDiagram by Jonatan Männchen
https://hexdocs.pm/ash_diagram/AshDiagram.html (https://hexdocs.pm/ash_diagram/AshDiagram.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshDiagram - library for generating beautiful diagrams to visualize AshFramework applications including Entity Relationship, Class, C4 Architecture, and Policy diagrams
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_diagram (https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_diagram?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshDiagram GitHub repository with examples of generated diagrams
https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lzypq74brc25 (https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lzypq74brc25?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Security Update announcement
https://security.erlef.org/assets/aegis/updates/2025-q3.pdf (https://security.erlef.org/assets/aegis/updates/2025-q3.pdf?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation's Ægis Initiative Q3 2025 security update document
https://erlef.org/blog/eef/beam-worm (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/beam-worm?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF blog post about BEAM security initiatives
https://cyber-resilience-act.com/ (https://cyber-resilience-act.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
https://cyber-resilience-act.com/cra/chapter-2/article-24/ (https://cyber-resilience-act.com/cra/chapter-2/article-24/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – CRA Article 24 covering requirements for open-source software stewards
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5 (https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#200 (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#200?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Claude Code 2.0 update with new native VS Code extension
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/ (https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PostgreSQL 18.0 release announcement
https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/get-excited-about-postgres-18 (https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/get-excited-about-postgres-18?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Crunchy Data blog post about PostgreSQL 18 features
https://x.com/vlad_mihalcea/status/1972198023200440720 (https://x.com/vlad_mihalcea/status/1972198023200440720?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PostgreSQL 18 now supports Index Skip Scans and async I/O when scanning pages from disk
https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lzq2hq7uec2r (https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lzq2hq7uec2r?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban team shares what PostgreSQL 18 means for the Oban project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAf9jRMIR0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAf9jRMIR0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Southern California Linux Expo talk diving into PostgreSQL 18 details
https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025 (https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2025 list
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings (https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion about whether AI means the end for top programming language rankings
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Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/273 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/273)
Elixir Community News
https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-oct2025) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1972721288029548924 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1972721288029548924?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord announces the web shell command for LLM web browsing
https://github.com/chrismccord/web (https://github.com/chrismccord/web?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Web - shell command for simple LLM web browsing that converts web pages to markdown, executes js, and interacts with pages
https://hexdocs.pm/zoi/Zoi.html (https://hexdocs.pm/zoi/Zoi.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zoi - a new schema validation library for Elixir inspired by the popular JavaScript library Zod
https://github.com/phcurado/zoi (https://github.com/phcurado/zoi?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zoi GitHub repository
https://zod.dev/ (https://zod.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zod - the JavaScript library that inspired Zoi
https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lzwvkdlsw22c (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lzwvkdlsw22c?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of AshDiagram by Jonatan Männchen
https://hexdocs.pm/ash_diagram/AshDiagram.html (https://hexdocs.pm/ash_diagram/AshDiagram.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshDiagram - library for generating beautiful diagrams to visualize AshFramework applications including Entity Relationship, Class, C4 Architecture, and Policy diagrams
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_diagram (https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_diagram?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshDiagram GitHub repository with examples of generated diagrams
https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lzypq74brc25 (https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lzypq74brc25?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Security Update announcement
https://security.erlef.org/assets/aegis/updates/2025-q3.pdf (https://security.erlef.org/assets/aegis/updates/2025-q3.pdf?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang Ecosystem Foundation's Ægis Initiative Q3 2025 security update document
https://erlef.org/blog/eef/beam-worm (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/beam-worm?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF blog post about BEAM security initiatives
https://cyber-resilience-act.com/ (https://cyber-resilience-act.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
https://cyber-resilience-act.com/cra/chapter-2/article-24/ (https://cyber-resilience-act.com/cra/chapter-2/article-24/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – CRA Article 24 covering requirements for open-source software stewards
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5 (https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#200 (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#200?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Claude Code 2.0 update with new native VS Code extension
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/ (https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PostgreSQL 18.0 release announcement
https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/get-excited-about-postgres-18 (https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/get-excited-about-postgres-18?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Crunchy Data blog post about PostgreSQL 18 features
https://x.com/vlad_mihalcea/status/1972198023200440720 (https://x.com/vlad_mihalcea/status/1972198023200440720?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PostgreSQL 18 now supports Index Skip Scans and async I/O when scanning pages from disk
https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lzq2hq7uec2r (https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lzq2hq7uec2r?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban team shares what PostgreSQL 18 means for the Oban project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAf9jRMIR0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAf9jRMIR0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Southern California Linux Expo talk diving into PostgreSQL 18 details
https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025 (https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2025 list
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings (https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion about whether AI means the end for top programming language rankings
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