Understanding Phoenix and Ecto for Backend Development

This talk explores how Phoenix and Ecto guide backend engineers towards best practices in application design and architecture.

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Implementing Meaning-Based Search in Elixir Using pgvector

This content covers the implementation of semantic search in Elixir using pgvector, ReqLLM, and OpenAI embeddings, enabling searches based on meaning rather than just exact wording.

Evaluating Mocking Techniques in Elixir

This talk, recorded at ElixirConf US 2025, explores various mocking tools in Elixir, comparing and contrasting them based on their effectiveness.

Latest Elixir Community Updates and Innovations

This podcast episode covers significant updates in the Elixir community including the introduction of a new RAG library, Arcana, and highlights from various projects and speakers at upcoming events.

Building Multi-Agent AI Systems with Whisperer Framework in Elixir

This talk discusses Whisperer, a new framework for creating multi-agent AI systems, presented at ElixirConf EU 2025.

Exploring Ash Framework for Building Domain Models in Elixir

Shankar Dhanasekaran discusses the Ash Framework for Elixir, showcasing its ability to model complex business logic with ease by creating the AshTherapy app.

Understanding State in Elixir Applications

An exploration of state at various levels of a stack, discussing relevant tools in Elixir.

Introducing Localize, the New Localisation Library for Elixir

Localize is a next generation localisation library for Elixir, developed as ex_cldr version 3.0, expected to be released by March 2026.

Exploring the BEAM on High-Core ARM Processors

Lars Wikman discusses the potential of running the BEAM on the powerful Ampere One server processor with 192 cores, exploring what many BEAM instances could achieve.

Introduction of Type Inference in Elixir v1.20 Release Candidate

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Elixir’s first commit with the announcement of the release candidate for Elixir v1.20, which implements type inference for all language constructs.

Elixir's Type Inference Enhancements in Version 1.20.0-rc.0

Today, Elixir announces the first release candidate for v1.20, featuring type inference for all constructs, celebrating 15 years since Elixir's inception.

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