In today's episode, we peek into Elixir's impact on operational costs and developer experience, highlighted by Amplified's move to Elixir and insights from José Valim. Learn about the latest community discussions, including a tip for Elixir package maintainers. Plus, there's a buzz about the upcoming NervesConf US. Join us for these stories and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/186 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/186)
Elixir Community News
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFwWuD7gVo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrFwWuD7gVo?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DockYard posted an Elixir Roundtable interview with Chris Grainger discussing Amplified's switch from Python to Elixir, leading to a significant AWS bill reduction.
- https://twitter.com/cigrainger/status/1745371714660258169 (https://twitter.com/cigrainger/status/1745371714660258169?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris Grainger tweeted about cutting AWS costs in half by utilizing tools like Nx, Axon, OTP, and Broadway after moving to Elixir from Prefect and Spark.
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1745431023893024827 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1745431023893024827?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim discussed on Twitter the benefits of reducing operational complexity with Elixir and how it can also slash AWS bills.
- https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1745894060890452476 (https://twitter.com/zachsdaniel1/status/1745894060890452476?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel reminds Elixir package maintainers on Twitter to update ex_doc to benefit from its ongoing improvements and suggests using mix hex.publish docs for updating documentation.
- José Valim suggested checking the Hex API for new ex_doc versions and willing to accept a PR for a warning implementation, exemplifying OpenSource collaboration.
- https://www.thestackcanary.com/phoenix-liveuploads-pdf/ (https://www.thestackcanary.com/phoenix-liveuploads-pdf/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrés X Alejos created a tutorial on integrating Phoenix LiveView with pdf.js for handling PDF previews in applications.
- https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-2024-update/61007 (https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-forum-2024-update/61007?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Forum 2024 Update mentions a discount section, the Ash Framework moving there for support, added chat features, and teases more features for 2024.
- https://nervesconf.us/ (https://nervesconf.us/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – NervesConf US announcement for May 9th, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn, calling for speakers and mentioning the CFP is open for all levels and Nerves-related topics.
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