February 13, 2024

189: Thinking Elixir News

12 minutes

In this week's podcast, we cover the release of Elixir 1.16.1 with its various bug fixes, delve into German Velasco's ExUnit testing tip for running tests in parallel, explore the performance boosts experienced by Thomas Millar after upgrading to Bandit, and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Inch, René Föhring's documentation analysis tool. We also discuss the innovative use of Elixir Protocols for customized route parameters in Phoenix, the creation of a new Kino for embedding YouTube videos into Livebook, and a stark reminder of the potential dark side of AI and ML with a deepfake phishing scam that cost a company $25 million, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/189

Elixir Community News

https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.16.1 – Elixir 1.16.1 release with bug fixes for Elixir, IEx, and Mix.

https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1752296600024543386 – German Velasco's tip on using temporary directories in ExUnit for parallel testing.

https://twitter.com/thmsmlr/status/1749628412073857340 – Thomas Millar's experience on upgrading to Bandit which improved CPU and latency performance.

https://github.com/mtrudel/bandit – Bandit, an Elixir HTTP server toolkit, mentioned for its performance benefits.

https://twitter.com/philipbrown/status/1753009553904701753 – Philip Brown's insight on using Elixir Protocols to select different params for verified routes.

https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1754020191976001729 – Announcement of a Kino for embedding YouTube videos in Livebook by Andrés Alejos.

https://github.com/acalejos/kino_youtube – GitHub repository for kino_youtube for embedding YouTube content in Livebook.

https://twitter.com/rrrene/status/1751920017870860422 – Celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Inch by René Föhring.

https://rrrene.org/2024/01/28/inch-turns-ten/ – More on the 10 year anniversary of Inch, a documentation analysis tool.

https://youtu.be/RABXu7zqnT0?si=1sQUtAyRmlYbVMae&t=50 – Thomas Millar's talk on InstructorEx, a bridge between Elixir and AI.

https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/185 – Episode 185 of the Thinking Elixir podcast discussing InstructorEx.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html – CNN article about a deepfake scam that tricked a finance worker into paying $25 million.

Explanation of the deepfake video call scam and a reminder of the potential misuse of AI and ML.

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