Overview of Elixir 1.17.0-rc.0 Release

Elixir Release News v1.17.0-rc.0 introduces several new features and updates. Notably, it includes type inference for patterns, providing initial support for constructs such as binaries, maps, and atoms. A new Duration data type is added to interact with Calendar types and shift dates, times, and datetimes. This release also adds support for Erlang/OTP 27 while dropping support for Erlang/OTP 24. Additionally, it brings enhancements like the Access.find function, Date.shift/2 function, and Kernel.to_timeout/1 function. The update includes various bug fixes, enhancements to ExUnit, IEx, Logger, and Mix, as well as soft and hard deprecations. Developers are encouraged to migrate to Erlang/OTP 26 or later.