237: Types, Analytics, and FLAME on EC2

Thinking Elixir Podcast

News includes upcoming improvements to ex_doc for version navigation, the release of Phoenix Analytics 0.3.0 for plug-and-play application metrics, José Valim's detailed exploration of set-theoretic types for better library compatibility, German Velasco's demonstration of Elixir 1.18's enhanced type system, the beta release of the Ash Framework book on PragProg, and exciting developments in the FLAME ecosystem with AWS EC2 support, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/237

Elixir Community News

• https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com/post/3lffr6xdvq22r – ex_doc will soon feature a new button to navigate to the latest version's documentation when viewing older versions.
• https://x.com/mrpopov_com/status/1878817795049488421 – Phoenix Analytics 0.3.0 released with improved support for Fly.io and Heroku deployments.
• https://github.com/lalabuy948/PhoenixAnalytics – Plug and play analytics solution for Phoenix applications, offering embedded dashboard functionality.
• https://dashbit.co/blog/data-evolution-with-set-theoretic-types – José Valim's article explaining how set-theoretic types will improve library backwards-compatibility in Elixir.
• https://www.elixirstreams.com/tips/elixir-118-type-system-changes – German Velasco's ElixirStream video demonstrating the improved type system changes in Elixir 1.18.
• https://pragprog.com/titles/ldash/ash-framework/ – Ash Framework book by Rebecca Le and Zach Daniel released in beta on PragProg, covering LiveView, auth, search, APIs, and notifications.
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/flame – FLAME (Fleeting Lambda Application for Modular Execution) by Chris McCord enables dynamic resource scaling on Fly.io.
• https://github.com/probably-not/flame-ec2 – FlameEC2 library extends FLAME functionality to AWS EC2 machines.
• https://bsky.app/profile/codebeam.bsky.social/post/3lfp4penmik2v – Code BEAM Lite London 2025 is on January 31, featuring Michał Muskała as speaker.
• https://alchemyconf.com/ – Alchemy Conf scheduled for March 31 - April 3 in Braga, Portugal.
• https://membrz.club/alchemyconf/events?tag=workshop – Alchemy Conf workshops announced featuring Saša Jurić, Zach Daniel, and Andrea Leopardi.
• https://x.com/Alchemy_Conf/status/1879136370691862929 – Additional announcement about Alchemy Conf workshop details.

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