Thinking Elixir Podcast

205: Elixir 1.17 RC and Other News

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In this episode, we delve into the latest developments including the release of Elixir 1.17-rc0, featuring significant type system improvements and new functions like DateTime.shift. We also discuss some unexpected compiler and JIT advancements in OTP 27, which are already showing performance boosts. Elixir celebrated its 12th birthday and the Erlang docs completed their migration to ExDoc, enhancing accessibility and integration. Tune in for these insightful updates and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/205

Elixir Community News

  • https://stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rJVT6XXsfTo1JI?site=stackoverflow.com – StackOverflow Developer Survey link.
  • https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.17.0-rc.0 – Release tag for Elixir 1.17-rc0.
  • https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.17.0-rc.0/CHANGELOG.md – Changelog for Elixir 1.17-rc0.
  • https://x.com/marpo60/status/1793993127939969361 – Marcelo Dominguez highlights advantages of the new type system in Elixir 1.17.
  • https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/main/DateTime.html#shift/3 – Documentation for the DateTime.shift function in Elixir.
  • https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.17.0-rc.0/Kernel.html#to_timeout/1 – Documentation to convert durations to milliseconds in Elixir 1.17-rc0.
  • https://www.erlang.org/news/170#compiler-and-jit-improvements – News about OTP 27 compiler and JIT improvements.
  • https://x.com/sorentwo/status/1795044358850298343 – Discussion about a 12.5% speed improvement in the Oban test suite.
  • https://github.com/erlang/otp/issues/8469 – Regression of :ets.select in OTP 27 mentioned.
  • https://www.erlang.org/doc/readme.html – New home for Erlang documentation.
  • Get clear on old Elixir Mix episodes being released as new.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29816472/ – The Thinking Elixir Podcast on IMDB??
  • https://dashbit.co/blog/req-v0.5 – Announcement of Req v0.5 with improved testing support and error handling.
  • https://gleam.run/news/fault-tolerant-gleam/ – Release notes for Gleam v1.2.0, focusing on fault-tolerant compilation.
  • https://x.com/jacob_luetzow/status/1794075125202956353 – José Valim celebrating Elixir's 12th Birthday.
  • https://www.youtube.com/live/epKeT8-hafE – Video of José Valim discussing Elixir on its 12th Birthday.

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