Listen "285: From Popcorn to Robots"
Episode Synopsis
News includes Software Mansion pushing the boundaries of Popcorn by running LiveView locally in the browser using WebAssembly, the Programming Nerves book by Alex Koutmos and Hugo Baraúna launching in beta, a new minimalist Stripe integration library called PinStripe, Beam Bots announced for resilient robotics on the BEAM, Saša Jurić’s thought-provoking Goatmire talk now available online, Tidewave.ai adding Vue.js support with impressive performance improvements, LiveTable v0.4.0 released with powerful data table features, Supabase announcing Multigres for horizontally scalable Postgres, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/285 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/285)
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://nitter.net/swmansionelixir/status/2001673272706945157 (https://nitter.net/swmansionelixir/status/2001673272706945157?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Software Mansion announces running LiveView locally in the browser using WebAssembly with Popcorn
https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/tree/main/examples/localformdemo (https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/tree/main/examples/local_form_demo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Example demo of a LiveView running in WASM in the browser
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/local-forms/ (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/local-forms/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Interactive example of a local LiveView running a form with Ecto schema validations in the browser
https://nitter.net/davydog187/status/2001666856243933662 (https://nitter.net/davydog187/status/2001666856243933662?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia announces JQL library for working with Jira Query Language
https://github.com/tv-labs/jql (https://github.com/tv-labs/jql?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – JQL - An Ecto-like DSL for writing Jira Query Language to automate Jira tasks
https://bsky.app/profile/hugobarauna.com/post/3ma74jhrid22u (https://bsky.app/profile/hugobarauna.com/post/3ma74jhrid22u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hugo Baraúna announces the Programming Nerves book beta launch
https://www.programmingnerves.dev (https://www.programmingnerves.dev?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Programming Nerves book website - learn to build production ready embedded systems with Elixir and Nerves
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eileen-noonan-72a2856_tinyelixirstripe-activity-7407602470325022720-aWql/ (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eileen-noonan-72a2856_tinyelixirstripe-activity-7407602470325022720-aWql/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Eileen Noonan announces PinStripe library for Stripe integration
https://dashbit.co/blog/sdks-with-req-stripe (https://dashbit.co/blog/sdks-with-req-stripe?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dashbit article on SDKs with Req for Stripe by Wojtek Mach that inspired PinStripe
https://github.com/enoonan/pin_stripe/ (https://github.com/enoonan/pin_stripe/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PinStripe GitHub repository - A minimalist Stripe integration for Elixir
https://hexdocs.pm/pin_stripe/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/pin_stripe/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PinStripe documentation on HexDocs
https://harton.nz/blog/announcing-beam-bots/ (https://harton.nz/blog/announcing-beam-bots/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement blog post for Beam Bots - Resilient Robotics on the BEAM
https://beambots.dev/ (https://beambots.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Beam Bots website
https://github.com/beam-bots/bb (https://github.com/beam-bots/bb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Beam Bots GitHub repository with Spark DSL for declarative robot definitions
https://nitter.net/sasajuric/status/2003049285739290645 (https://nitter.net/sasajuric/status/2003049285739290645?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić announces his Goatmire talk is now online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrKfCs-mr0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrKfCs-mr0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – "Tell me a Story" talk by Saša Jurić - musings on software development in collaborative environments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Soul of Erlang talk from 2019 referenced in the discussion
https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/2003485910399348757 (https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/2003485910399348757?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim shares Tidewave.ai updates including Vue.js support
https://tidewave.ai/blog/depth-based-inspector (https://tidewave.ai/blog/depth-based-inspector?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave's new depth-based inspector for selecting elements behind other elements
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp (https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Claude's Chrome Extension for agentic browsing
https://github.com/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/blob/main/reports/claude-in-chrome-v-chrome-devtools-mcp.md (https://github.com/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/blob/main/reports/claude-in-chrome-v-chrome-devtools-mcp.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Comparison of Claude Code using Chrome extension vs Chrome's dev tool for token usage
https://nitter.net/virinchi_cv/status/2000786463206858819 (https://nitter.net/virinchi_cv/status/2000786463206858819?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of LiveTable v0.4.0 release
https://livetable.gurujada.com/ (https://livetable.gurujada.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveTable website - Phoenix LiveView library for feature-rich data tables
https://github.com/gurujada/live_table (https://github.com/gurujada/live_table?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveTable GitHub repository
https://nitter.net/kiwicopple/status/2002071541237100828 (https://nitter.net/kiwicopple/status/2002071541237100828?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Supabase announces Multigres - horizontally scalable Postgres architecture
https://github.com/multigres/multigres (https://github.com/multigres/multigres?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres GitHub repository
https://multigres.com/ (https://multigres.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres website - Vitess adaptation for Postgres
https://vitess.io/ (https://vitess.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Vitess - cloud-native database that extends MySQL with sharding and high availability
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Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/285 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/285)
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://nitter.net/swmansionelixir/status/2001673272706945157 (https://nitter.net/swmansionelixir/status/2001673272706945157?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Software Mansion announces running LiveView locally in the browser using WebAssembly with Popcorn
https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/tree/main/examples/localformdemo (https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/tree/main/examples/local_form_demo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Example demo of a LiveView running in WASM in the browser
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/local-forms/ (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/local-forms/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Interactive example of a local LiveView running a form with Ecto schema validations in the browser
https://nitter.net/davydog187/status/2001666856243933662 (https://nitter.net/davydog187/status/2001666856243933662?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia announces JQL library for working with Jira Query Language
https://github.com/tv-labs/jql (https://github.com/tv-labs/jql?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – JQL - An Ecto-like DSL for writing Jira Query Language to automate Jira tasks
https://bsky.app/profile/hugobarauna.com/post/3ma74jhrid22u (https://bsky.app/profile/hugobarauna.com/post/3ma74jhrid22u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hugo Baraúna announces the Programming Nerves book beta launch
https://www.programmingnerves.dev (https://www.programmingnerves.dev?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Programming Nerves book website - learn to build production ready embedded systems with Elixir and Nerves
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eileen-noonan-72a2856_tinyelixirstripe-activity-7407602470325022720-aWql/ (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eileen-noonan-72a2856_tinyelixirstripe-activity-7407602470325022720-aWql/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Eileen Noonan announces PinStripe library for Stripe integration
https://dashbit.co/blog/sdks-with-req-stripe (https://dashbit.co/blog/sdks-with-req-stripe?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dashbit article on SDKs with Req for Stripe by Wojtek Mach that inspired PinStripe
https://github.com/enoonan/pin_stripe/ (https://github.com/enoonan/pin_stripe/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PinStripe GitHub repository - A minimalist Stripe integration for Elixir
https://hexdocs.pm/pin_stripe/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/pin_stripe/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PinStripe documentation on HexDocs
https://harton.nz/blog/announcing-beam-bots/ (https://harton.nz/blog/announcing-beam-bots/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement blog post for Beam Bots - Resilient Robotics on the BEAM
https://beambots.dev/ (https://beambots.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Beam Bots website
https://github.com/beam-bots/bb (https://github.com/beam-bots/bb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Beam Bots GitHub repository with Spark DSL for declarative robot definitions
https://nitter.net/sasajuric/status/2003049285739290645 (https://nitter.net/sasajuric/status/2003049285739290645?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić announces his Goatmire talk is now online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrKfCs-mr0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrKfCs-mr0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – "Tell me a Story" talk by Saša Jurić - musings on software development in collaborative environments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Soul of Erlang talk from 2019 referenced in the discussion
https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/2003485910399348757 (https://nitter.net/josevalim/status/2003485910399348757?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim shares Tidewave.ai updates including Vue.js support
https://tidewave.ai/blog/depth-based-inspector (https://tidewave.ai/blog/depth-based-inspector?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave's new depth-based inspector for selecting elements behind other elements
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp (https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Claude's Chrome Extension for agentic browsing
https://github.com/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/blob/main/reports/claude-in-chrome-v-chrome-devtools-mcp.md (https://github.com/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/blob/main/reports/claude-in-chrome-v-chrome-devtools-mcp.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Comparison of Claude Code using Chrome extension vs Chrome's dev tool for token usage
https://nitter.net/virinchi_cv/status/2000786463206858819 (https://nitter.net/virinchi_cv/status/2000786463206858819?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of LiveTable v0.4.0 release
https://livetable.gurujada.com/ (https://livetable.gurujada.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveTable website - Phoenix LiveView library for feature-rich data tables
https://github.com/gurujada/live_table (https://github.com/gurujada/live_table?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveTable GitHub repository
https://nitter.net/kiwicopple/status/2002071541237100828 (https://nitter.net/kiwicopple/status/2002071541237100828?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Supabase announces Multigres - horizontally scalable Postgres architecture
https://github.com/multigres/multigres (https://github.com/multigres/multigres?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres GitHub repository
https://multigres.com/ (https://multigres.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres website - Vitess adaptation for Postgres
https://vitess.io/ (https://vitess.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Vitess - cloud-native database that extends MySQL with sharding and high availability
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
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