26 May 2026 10:15
305: Eleven Minutes to Mayhem
News includes Elixir 1.20.0-rc.6 arriving as likely the final release candidate before v1.20.0 ships, completing a ~15-week roadmap and delivering full type inference across applications and dependencies. The EEF 2026 election results are in with 3 returning and 1 new board member, LiveStash v0.3.0 lands with a Redis adapter and auto-stashing for Phoenix LiveView state recovery on WebSocket reconnects, a call goes out for BEAM ecosystem companies to step up and support the EEF’s critical security work, and GitHub suffered a significant breach when a hijacked VS Code extension quietly exfiltrated ~3,800 internal repositories in just 11 minutes, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/305
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://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-v1-20-0-rc-6-released/75448 – Elixir v1.20.0-rc.6 released on the ElixirForum - the likely final release candidate before v1.20.0 final, completing the ~15 week type inference roadmap. Includes tips for profiling compile times before and after upgrading.
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc.6 – GitHub release page for Elixir v1.20.0-rc.6. Highlights include full type inference across applications and type inference across deps.
- https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2026-results – EEF 2026 election results - David Bernheisel, Francesco Cesarini, Amos King, and Alistair Woodman were elected.
- https://x.com/swmansionelixir/status/2054945784148201684 – Software Mansion announces LiveStash v0.3.0, featuring a new Redis Adapter and Auto-Stashing for Phoenix LiveView state recovery on WebSocket reconnects.
- https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/live-stash – GitHub repo for LiveStash - a library providing a reliable API to stash and recover Phoenix LiveView assigns when socket connections are interrupted or re-established.
- https://x.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/2057517360060522872 – A call to action for companies generating revenue on the BEAM ecosystem to support the EEF. The EEF maintains a CNA and coordinates security across the ecosystem including hex.pm, but the current effort is no longer sustainable.
- https://hauleth.dev/post/writing-tests/ – A solid blog post on writing better Elixir tests. Covers using a @subject module attribute, grouping tests with describe, preferring dependency injection over mocking, avoiding factory libraries in favor of calling context functions directly, and using property-based testing with StreamData.
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