The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it. We cover news and interview guests to learn more about projects and developments in the community.
214: Stack Overflow Results
News includes the latest Stack Overflow survey highlighting Elixir and Phoenix as highly admired technologies, a Reddit discussion on what makes Phoenix and Elixir so revered, the release of Lexical LSP 0.7.0, and Gleam v1.4.0-rc1 available for testing. Additionally, there's a spotlight on a new library called LiveScript for local script development with code-reloading, a new website showcasing projects built with Phoenix, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/214
Elixir Community News
- https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology – Stack Overflow survey released showing Elixir and Phoenix are highly admired technologies.
- https://x.com/DockYard/status/1816592108595367982 – Elixir's admiration and usage metrics by developers.
- Elixir maintained its position as the second most admired language, although its usage slightly dropped.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1edjqbn/what_makes_it_that_productive_why_is_it_the_most/ – Discussion on Reddit about why Phoenix and Elixir are so admired, highlighting various features.
- https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/releases/tag/v0.7.0 – Lexical LSP 0.7.0 update released with new features and a note for OTP 27 users to wait for 0.7.1.
- https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/v1.4.0-rc1/CHANGELOG.md – Gleam v1.4.0-rc1 released for testing with impressive features, including a built-in Language Server.
- https://x.com/louispilfold/status/1817870737165664604 – Louis Pilfold, creator of Gleam, requesting sponsors due to a decline in sponsorships.
- https://github.com/thmsmlr/livescript – New library called LiveScript helps develop scripts locally with code-reloading.
- https://builtwithphoenix.com/ – New website to showcase projects built with Phoenix.
- https://x.com/mmmykolas/status/1817620188264538477 – Progress update on the "Built with Phoenix" website.
- https://getoban.pro/articles/pro-1-5-launch-week-day-5 – Oban Pro finished their launch week with several new features.
- https://x.com/ElixirConf – ElixirConf is holding weekly Twitter Spaces sessions discussing topics like LiveView native and conference attendance.
- https://2024.elixirconf.com/ – Preview of ElixirConf 2024 including highlights of scheduled talks and speakers.
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