293: The BEAM as the Universal Runtime

293: The BEAM as the Universal Runtime

From Thinking Elixir Podcast by ThinkingElixir.com

February 24, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

This episode discusses recent developments in the Elixir and Erlang communities, including major updates to libraries and tools.

News includes Hackney v3.1.0 dropping ~1.3 million lines of C code in favor of a pure Erlang QUIC implementation for HTTP/3 support, Benoît Chesneau's Hornbeam 1.0.0 bringing Erlang-powered hosting to Python web apps with performance that puts Gunicorn to shame, the Easel library offering a Canvas 2D drawing API for Elixir that works with Phoenix LiveView and native WX windows, Hologram v0.7.0 hitting a major milestone with client-side Erlang runtime coverage jumping from 34% to 96%, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/293 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/benoitc/status/2023675416465023212 – Benoît Chesneau announces Hackney v3.1.0, a simple HTTP client for Erlang, now with HTTP/3 support via pure Erlang — no C compiler, CMake, or Go required. https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/releases/tag/3.1.0 – Hackney v3.1.0 release notes. Removes ~1.3M lines of C code (lsquic, BoringSSL, NIF) and replaces them with a pure Erlang QUIC implementation…

People in this episode

Host: Thinking Elixir

Topics covered

  • Erlang
  • HTTP/3
  • Elixir
  • web development
  • performance
  • technology news

Keywords

  • Hackney
  • Erlang
  • Hornbeam
  • Elixir
  • HTTP/3
  • performance
  • web apps
  • Easel
  • Hologram

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hackney, Erlang, Hornbeam, Gunicorn, Easel, Hologram, Phoenix LiveView

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