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Elixir Radar Newsletter Issue #468

 

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Articles

Anthony Accomazzo compares different approaches for building a sandbox for user code, from cloud functions to custom interpreters. Ultimately, they created "Mini-Elixir", a restricted AST interpreter that only allows user code to call functions or operators from a pre-approved list.
Krzysztof Nalepa introduces LiveDebugger, a browser-based tool for Phoenix LiveView apps. Similar to React DevTools, it simplifies debugging by showing component trees, state inspection, and callback tracing—making it easier to understand complex LiveView interactions without digging through logs.
Aaron Votre dives into why Elixir shines for AI-assisted development after months of using tools like Cursor and Claude Code. He highlights three core advantages: first-class documentation providing context, functional & compiled, and integrated testing.
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Davide Briani builds a scalable system bridging RabbitMQ and Google Cloud PubSub using Broadway for processing, Horde for distributed supervision, and libcluster for node communication—all while maintaining strict message ordering guarantees.
Michael Lubas explains the critical Erlang SSH vulnerability and its implications for Elixir developers. He clarifies that most Phoenix applications aren't affected by default and provides steps to check if your app/server is exposed.

 

Videos

Filipe Cabaço demonstrates how to tame the world of Elixir macros for code generation. Through his work on openapi_codegen, he shows how macros offer a powerful alternative to string templating when generating client libraries, giving developers full control while eliminating boilerplate code.

 

Job listings

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Events

May 08 - Chattanooga, TN, USA
May 09-10 - Chattanooga, TN, USA
May 15-16 - Kraków, Poland & Virtual
June 02 - Stockholm, Sweden
August 28-29 - Orlando, USA & Virtual
September 10-12 - Varberg, Sweden

 

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