291: From 2x Compilation to Junior Comprehension

About this episode

The episode discusses major updates in the Elixir community, including compilation speed improvements and new tools for developers.

News includes José Valim announcing another major compilation time improvement coming to Elixir v1.20 achieving 2x speedup while adding the type checker, a new alternative Erlang syntax called Telelang, Membrane's YOLO plugin bringing AI-powered object detection to video pipelines, Christian Alexander's Claude Skill for automating dependency updates through AI conversation, José Valim's experimental PR Quiz tool that transforms code reviews into interactive learning experiences inspired by Anthropic research on AI coding skills, legal changes to US SBOM requirements, AshPartition for database partitioning, building containers directly from Erlang/Elixir code, and the complete ElixirConf EU speaker lineup featuring 39 speakers plus keynotes from José Valim and Chris McCord! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/291 Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://x.com/josevalim/status/2017671777187438683 – José Valim shared another compilation time improvement coming to Elixir v1.20 RC. Livebook…

People in this episode

Host: José Valim

Topics covered

• compilation improvements
• Elixir news
• AI in programming
• dependency automation
• database partitioning
• ElixirConf EU

Keywords

• Elixir
• compilation speed
• AI
• dependency updates
• Telelang
• Membrane
• ElixirConf

Sponsors

Paraxial.io

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Membrane, Anthropic, ElixirConf EU

Products: Claude Skill, Telelang, AshPartition

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