207: Poison v6 is Waaay Faster and Drama Turns Productive

News includes the release of Poison v6.0.0, making it faster than ever, the discontinuation of the Lumen/Firefly project, and a new accessibility testing library for Elixir web apps. José Valim discusses managing client and server state with Phoenix LiveView, and there's a showcase of an AI Emoji generator written in Elixir. Tickets for ElixirConfUS 2024 are now available with exciting options for training and speakers, plus a surprise announcement for the event's emcee, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/207 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/207)
Elixir Community News
- https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/s/V5StIsdcbP (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/s/V5StIsdcbP?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Poison v6.0.0 release announcement discussing its performance improvements.
- https://github.com/devinus/poison (https://github.com/devinus/poison?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Poison v6.0.0 GitHub repository.
- https://gist.github.com/devinus/afb351ae45194a6b93b6db9bf2d4c163 (https://gist.github.com/devinus/afb351ae45194a6b93b6db9bf2d4c163?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Benchmark comparisons of Poison with other JSON libraries.
- https://github.com/devinus/poison/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/devinus/poison/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Poison v6.0.0 CHANGELOG detailing new features and improvements.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/s/ciFzDvfzZL (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/s/ciFzDvfzZL?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement that Lumen/Firefly project is discontinued.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1dca6sl/comment/l7yw6sd/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1dca6sl/comment/l7yw6sd/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella explains why DockYard discontinued the Lumen/Firefly project.
- https://x.com/src_rip/status/1800210232150470999 (https://x.com/src_rip/status/1800210232150470999?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Highlighting a new feature in Elixir 1.17.
- https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.17.0-rc.1/Kernel.html#get_in/2-working-with-structs (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/1.17.0-rc.1/Kernel.html#get_in/2-working-with-structs?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Kernel.get_in/2 now works with structs in Elixir 1.17.
- https://mas.to/@angelikatyborska/112590587923208917 (https://mas.to/@angelikatyborska/112590587923208917?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New A11yAudit test library for automated accessibility testing in Elixir.
- https://angelika.me/2024/06/10/automated-accessibility-testing-for-elixir-web-apps/ (https://angelika.me/2024/06/10/automated-accessibility-testing-for-elixir-web-apps/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post about implementing automated accessibility checks in Elixir web apps.
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/50 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/50?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Podcast episode with Angelika Tyborska.
- https://x.com/charliebholtz/status/1700170783589277996 (https://x.com/charliebholtz/status/1700170783589277996?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AI Emoji generator written in Elixir by Charlie Holtz.
- https://github.com/cbh123/emoji (https://github.com/cbh123/emoji?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for the AI Emoji generator.
- https://dashbit.co/blog/web-apps-have-client-and-server-state (https://dashbit.co/blog/web-apps-have-client-and-server-state?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's blog post on handling client and server state in web applications with Phoenix LiveView.
- https://github.com/woutdp/live_svelte (https://github.com/woutdp/live_svelte?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Svelte inside Phoenix LiveView for seamless reactivity.
- https://x.com/j_tormey/status/1799859208709677512 (https://x.com/j_tormey/status/1799859208709677512?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Justin created a LiveView Slack clone to showcase Phoenix and LiveView capabilities.
- https://github.com/fly-apps/live_beats (https://github.com/fly-apps/live_beats?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveBeats improvement and bug fixes in Phoenix LiveView.
- https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1799829176427463035 (https://x.com/ElixirConf/status/1799829176427463035?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of ElixirConfUS 2024 tickets availability.
- David will be the emcee for ElixirConfUS 2024.
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