Release of Elixir v1.16 with Improved Diagnostics and Documentation

The Elixir community celebrates the release of version 1.16, which brings significant enhancements focused on developer experience, documentation, and compiler feedback. This version introduces code snippets with syntax highlighting in compiler diagnostics for errors, mismatches, and unclosed delimiters, offering developers a visual and precise understanding of where issues occur in their code. Vinícius Müller is acknowledged for his contribution to this improved diagnostic functionality. Elixir v1.16 also boasts a complete overhaul in documentation. Shifting tutorials and references to the main language repository enables versioned tutorials, improved navigation with full-text search, and automatic API linkage in tutorials. Moreover, the addition of cheatsheets and Mermaid.js diagrams further supplements learning materials and API guidance. Elixir continues to add to its comprehensive set of have also introduced a living anti-patterns reference into the official documentation based on extensive research from Lucas Vegi and Marco Tulio Valente. The aim is to aid developers by pointing out common pitfalls in Elixir code and providing advice for improvements. It's crafted to be a live document that's continuously updated with community contributions and feedback. Alongside this, the next steps for the language include further development of the type system with an initial set-theoretic types in the compiler, thanks to sponsorship from various companies. Other notable updates involve new language features such as `String.replace_invalid/2`, the `:limit` option in `Task.yield_many/2`, and binary pattern matching improvements. The full release notes provide an exhaustive list of changes in this version. Users are encouraged to install the updated language and explore the updated Getting Started guide.