297: JavaScript Joins the BEAM?
From Thinking Elixir Podcast by ThinkingElixir.com
March 31, 2026 · 36 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the integration of a JavaScript runtime into the BEAM and various updates in the Elixir community.
News includes Quickbeam, an exciting new research project that brings a full JavaScript runtime inside the BEAM with OTP supervision, native DOM access, and a built-in TypeScript toolchain, plus a companion Volt asset pipeline for Elixir; José Valim highlights how Elixir’s type system work is already inspiring optimizations in Python’s Ruff project, and shares a new blog post on the latest BDD performance improvements coming in Elixir v1.20; LiveView Debugger v0.7 arrives with source code links, nested live view tree structure, and a closer path to v1.0; a new browser-based Elixir Language Tour expands its Processes chapter with hands-on GenServers, Supervisors, and more; Oban v2.21 lands with workflow tracking, rate limiting, and massive index improvements; and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/297 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://github.com/elixir-volt/volt – Volt - a new asset pipeline for Elixir that replaces esbuild wrapper, Tailwind CLI, and node_modules…
People in this episode
Host: José Valim
Topics covered
- JavaScript runtime
- BEAM
- Elixir
- type system
- performance improvements
- asset pipeline
- community news
Keywords
- JavaScript
- BEAM
- Elixir
- Quickbeam
- Volt
- Oban
- LiveView Debugger
- performance
- type system
- community news
Sponsors
Paraxial.io
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Quickbeam, Volt, Oban
Books & works: Elixir v1.20, LiveView Debugger v0.7
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