News includes a proof of concept for Phoenix Sync by José Valim, exciting new developments in Elixir's type system, Algora.tv's open-source Twitch for developers, Sean Moriarity's insights on the future of Nx, Axon, and Bumblebee, a powerful new feature in Livebook integrating with Fly.io, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/219

Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/josevalim/sync – Phoenix Sync - A proof of concept of an Elixir/Phoenix node that runs PostgreSQL Replication to synchronize data with clients, as showcased at ElixirConf US 2024 keynote by José Valim.
• https://x.com/TylerAYoung/status/1829248168908968220 – Tyler Young's Twitter thread discussing the big idea behind Phoenix Sync which involves frontend applications syncing with backend using Phoenix channels and logical replication.
• https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2024/08/28/typing-lists-and-tuples/ – New ElixirLang blog post exploring how various Elixir idioms interact with the upcoming type system, especially focusing on lists and tuples.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1829537976378159139 – José Valim's Twitter post about the mathematical soundness of set-theoretic types as discussed in the latest ElixirLang blog post.
• https://github.com/algora-io/tv – Algora.tv is trending as an open-source Twitch for developers using Membrane for real-time video processing.
• https://dockyard.com/blog/2024/08/20/where-are-nx-axon-bumblebee-headed – Sean Moriarity's blog post on DockYard discussing the current state of the AI space and future directions for Nx, Axon, and Bumblebee.
• https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/commit/ab8261180cd54ca95c0c34035a5380ade2805afb – José Valim's commit in Nx demonstrating how few lines of code are required to support compiling a machine learning model in one node and sending it to another for execution using Erlang erpc module.
• https://x.com/cigrainger/status/1829822647489728679 – New Livebook feature shared online integrates with Fly.io platform to run local notebooks on arbitrary hardware with a few clicks, allowing scalability and elasticity.
• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1828781593387004065 – Image from Chris McCord's talk showing a Livebook connecting to a production node and getting intellisense for remote node code.
• https://elixirstatus.com/p/wmpxg-code-beam-america-2025-call-for-talks-is-open- – Call for Talks for CodeBEAM America 2025 is open. Deadline for proposals is October 20, 2024. Conference dates are March 6-7, 2025, in San Francisco and Online.
• https://codebeamamerica.com/#cft – Official site for CodeBEAM America 2025 Call for Talks.
• https://codebeamnyc.com/ – CodeBEAM NYC conference on November 15th, a one-day event.
• Reflections on ElixirConf discussion.

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