April 16, 2024

198: Cade Gets the Last Word

21 minutes

This week's show covers exciting updates in the Elixir world, including the peek at what's coming with Elixir v1.17.0's new "Duration" and "shift" features. We'll also dive into the impressive Kino Benchee integration for Livebook, showcasing benchmarking visualizations. Not to be missed is the release of a fitting Phoenix emoji 🐦‍🔥 that's set to ignite your dev conversations, as well as the announcement of Ash Framework's v3 Release Candidate. Amidst these powerful tools and features, there's an essential shift in our hosting lineup; Cade will discuss his decision to step back from the show due to the arrival of a new member in the family. Make sure to tune in for these stories, valuable Elixir tips, intriguing alternatives to Redis, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/198

Elixir Community News

https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v1170-dev – Changelog for the forthcoming Elixir v1.17.0 revealing new features like support for the "Duration" type and the "shift" function for date types.

https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino_benchee – Integration of Benchee with Livebook for Elixir benchmarking, known as Kino Benchee.

https://twitter.com/akoutmos/status/1775158490819858542 – Alex Koutmos's tweet showcasing the graphical visualization capabilities of the Kino Benchee integration in Livebook.

https://twitter.com/JLarky/status/1777552462876168549 – Benchmark comparison between Gleam and Go languages in terms of latency and speed, shared on Twitter.

https://emojipedia.org/phoenix-bird – A Phoenix emoji 🐦‍🔥 was released.

https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.1 – Page showing new emojis introduced along with the Phoenix, including a reference to the lime emoji.

https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1777645631533633757 – German Velasco shares an Elixir tip about using the "tap" and "then" functions in pipelines, providing an insight and example.

https://twitter.com/germsvel/status/1775476085624344581 – German Velasco discusses the differences between the '&&/and' and '||/or' in Elixir.

https://dashbit.co/blog/req-api-client-testing – A new blog post about testing with the Req HTTP client library in Elixir on the Dashbit website.

https://elixirforum.com/t/ash-framework-3-0-release-candidates/62684 – The announcement of the Ash Framework v3 Release Candidate on the Elixir Forum, showcasing the ecosystem's growth.

https://github.com/ash-project/ash/issues/943 – The GitHub issue tracking the status of Ash Framework v3 Release Candidate for both core and community packages.

https://twitter.com/sorentwo/status/1777037533366387067 – Parker Selbert shares a git alias command for 'changelog', helpful for maintainers of hex packages.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community – The announcement of Valkey, an open-source alternative to Redis supported by the Linux Foundation and various industry leaders.

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Cade's family has grown and he needs to step back from the show to prioritize his family's needs.

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