Hacker News with Generative AI: Elixir

Agent-Less System Monitoring with Elixir Broadway (opsmaru.com)
We've started working on something that will be a critical component the Opsmaru platform. This part requires having proper infrastructure monitoring for several reasons. While Opsmaru has health monitoring for every cluster managed by the platform, it doesn't give us deep insights into the metrics of the systems.
Elixir, System Monitoring, Infrastructure, DevOps, Software Engineering
65 points by zacksiri 2 days ago | 16 comments
Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust (chriis.dev)
Here's the thing about PDFs - they're complex beasts that require quite a bit of thinking to properly parse - they come in all shapes and sizes, and they can contain a lot of different types of data and formatting. 90% of the time, we just want to extract the text from the file, but that's not always easy - for the remaining 10%, well we won't be covering that in this blog post.
Programming Languages, Elixir, Rust, PDF Parsing
191 points by bustylasercanon 22 days ago | 16 comments
Stories and conversations around Elixir, Erlang and the BEAM ecosystem (beamrad.io)
In this conversation, Bruce, Andrew, and James discuss their experiences with Elixir programming, the importance of exploring and modeling in software development, and innovative educational approaches using Livebook.
Elixir, Erlang, BEAM, Programming Languages, Education
9 points by mooreds 27 days ago | 0 comments
Ash Framework: Build Declarative Elixir Web Apps (pragprog.com)
Ash Framework is the game-changing toolkit for Elixir developers. With modular, plug-and-play building blocks, Ash slashes development time, effort, and complexity, letting you do more with less code. Design declarative, customizable domain models that are easy to maintain and optimized for performance. Shift your focus to what to build, instead of how, using Ash’s intuitive design principles. Tackle bigger challenges and build scalable, future-proof web applications with confidence. Elevate your Elixir skills and revolutionize your workflow with Ash.
Elixir, Web Development, Frameworks, Programming, Software Development
11 points by borromakot 32 days ago | 1 comments
Hologram: A full-stack isomorphic Elixir web framework (hologram.page)
Build rich, interactive UIs entirely in Elixir using Hologram's declarative component system.
Elixir, Web Frameworks, Full-Stack Development, User Interfaces, Declarative Programming
128 points by kimi 36 days ago | 37 comments
Data evolution with set-theoretic types (dashbit.co)
Recently I have been working on projects that integrate Elixir with native code in C and Rust. One of the Rust libraries defines the following struct (with fields removed for simplicity):
Programming Languages, Data Structures, Elixir, Rust
127 points by josevalim 37 days ago | 32 comments
Building a World of Warcraft Server in Elixir: 2024 Update (pikdum.dev)
Thistle Tea is my World of Warcraft private server project, started in June 2024. I wrote a blog post back then journaling the first month of development and have since been working on the project bit by bit. This is a follow-up to highlight progress since then, so I’d recommend skimming the original post first.
Elixir, Gaming, Programming, Private Servers
25 points by pikdum 51 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Jido – Run 10k agents at 25KB each (Elixir) (github.com/agentjido)
Jido is a foundational framework for building autonomous, distributed agent systems in Elixir.
Software, Programming, Elixir, Distributed Systems, Frameworks
13 points by mikehostetler 52 days ago | 9 comments
Show HN: IsMyAIDown – AI status monitor with Phoenix LiveView. Can you crash it? (ismyaidown.com)
An experiment in real-time distributed systems with Elixir/Phoenix. Questions, suggestions or feedback? Let me know! 🙏
AI, Elixir, Phoenix, Real-time Systems, Web Development
10 points by ryandaigle 58 days ago | 0 comments
Elixir 1.18 Is Here: What's New in the Latest Release (github.com/elixir-lang)
Elixir v1.18 is an impressive release with improvements across the two main efforts happening within the Elixir ecosystem right now: set-theoretic types and language servers. It also comes with built-in JSON support and adds new capabilities to its unit testing library.
Programming, Elixir, New Releases, Software, Languages
10 points by r0xsh 63 days ago | 0 comments
Elixir 1.18 Released (elixir-lang.org)
Elixir v1.18 is an impressive release with improvements across the two main efforts happening within the Elixir ecosystem right now: set-theoretic types and language servers. It also comes with built-in JSON support and adds new capabilities to its unit testing library. Let’s go over each of those in detail.
Programming Languages, Elixir, New Releases, Software
70 points by plainOldText 63 days ago | 5 comments
Show HN: Static blog companion built with Elixir and Phoenix LiveView (blogmate.io)
The perfect companion to your static blog.
Elixir, Phoenix LiveView, Static Sites, Web Development, Open Source
15 points by dbishai 66 days ago | 0 comments
Elixir/Erlang Hot Swapping Code (2016) (kennyballou.com)
One of the untold benefits of having a runtime is the ability for that runtime to enable loading and unloading code while the runtime is active.
Elixir, Erlang, Programming Languages, Hot Swapping
225 points by justinludwig 70 days ago | 112 comments
Fair Go vs. Elixir Benchmarks (github.com/antonputra)
The code previously used Jason.encode! but Jason.encode_to_iodata! should be preferred over IO devices. This should increase performance and reduce memory usage. This is what frameworks such as a Phoenix would have used by default
Programming, Elixir, Performance Optimization, Benchmarks, Web Frameworks
13 points by ahamez 70 days ago | 0 comments
Discover Code Beam: The Erlang and Elixir Conferences (elixirforum.com)
Programming, Conferences, Erlang, Elixir
6 points by unripe_syntax 70 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Real-Time YOLO Object Detection in Elixir: Fast, Simple, Extensible (github.com/poeticoding)
YOLO is an Elixir library designed to simplify object detection by providing seamless integration of YOLO models. With this library, you can efficiently utilize the power of YOLO for real-time object detection.
Elixir, Object Detection, Computer Vision, Open Source, Show HN
96 points by alvises 76 days ago | 11 comments
Voice Activity Detection in Elixir with Membran (underjord.io)
Using Silero VAD from Elixir is not something I discovered or was first to write about. I leaned on this post by Sean Moriarty for DockYard. Finding the right version of Silero VAD to match Ortex was a bit of a hassle because the model has changed significantly and is out of step with Ortex, the Elixir library based on the Rust library Ort which provides and ONNX runtime.
Elixir, Programming, AI
58 points by lawik 85 days ago | 5 comments
Bodging GenServers Together (underjord.io)
What feels like forever ago but what was probably a year and a half I gave a talk about Lively LiveView with Membrane. Video is available for the curious. It was a stunt talk but also a talk about creativity and how Elixir let’s me plug things together and try things that feel magical. That feeling has never left me.
Elixir, Programming, Creativity, Web Development
11 points by lawik 90 days ago | 0 comments
Elixir-like pipes in Ruby (oh no not again) (zverok.space)
On a new approach to implement that long-envied feature.
Programming Languages, Ruby, Elixir, Software Development
5 points by ezekg 95 days ago | 0 comments
Avoiding recompilation hell in Elixir with mix xref (r.ena.to)
Elixir is an amazing language and it’s been a huge privilege being able to work with it for over a decade now (how time flies)!
Elixir, Programming, Development Tools
40 points by napsterbr 111 days ago | 0 comments
Managing Distributed State with GenServers in Phoenix and Elixir (appsignal.com)
Phoenix and Elixir are designed at their core to build real-time, fault-tolerant applications. With its elegant syntax and the robustness of the Erlang VM, Elixir is an ideal candidate for tackling the challenges of distributed state management.
Distributed Systems, Elixir, Phoenix, Erlang VM, State Management
16 points by amalinovic 114 days ago | 1 comments
Zigler: Zig NIFs in Elixir (github.com/E-xyza)
Zigler is available in Hex, and the package can be installed by adding zigler to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:
Programming, Elixir, Zig, Software, NIFs
229 points by ksec 119 days ago | 89 comments
Bringing full text search to Elixir's Ecto (moosie.us)
ParadeDB 0.11.0 dropped last week with lots of improvements, including an overhauled API.
Elixir, Databases, Programming, Open Source, Software
86 points by philippemnoel 120 days ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? (ycombinator.com)
It seems that when implemented correctly, running full-stack Elixir can greatly simplify complicated distributed systems. In-memory storage can replace a cache, and the architecture itself can replace a message queue. Horizontal or even vertical scaling can replace complicated scaling mechanisms.
Programming Languages, Elixir, Distributed Systems
87 points by wkyleg 134 days ago | 89 comments
Serialization Is the Secret (zachdaniel.dev)
One of the major elements that sets Elixir apart from most other programming languages is immutability. But what does that actually mean? What does it do for us?
Programming, Elixir, Immutability, Software Development, Functional Programming
277 points by borromakot 144 days ago | 100 comments
Elixir's LiveView pairs beautifully with front end frameworks (twitter.com)
Elixir, LiveView, Front-End Frameworks
21 points by tosh 146 days ago | 3 comments
AI GPU Clusters, from Your Laptop, with Livebook (fly.io)
Livebook, FLAME, and the Nx stack: three Elixir components that are easy to describe, more powerful than they look, and intricately threaded into the Elixir ecosystem. A few weeks ago, Chris McCord (👋) and Chris Grainger showed them off at ElixirConf 2024. We thought the talk was worth a recap.
Artificial Intelligence, Elixir, Cloud Computing
62 points by clessg 149 days ago | 1 comments
Create your first LiveView Native (Elixir) Application (dockyard.com)
Build your mobile app more efficiently with LiveView Native. Book a free consult today to learn how we can put it to work for you.
Elixir, Mobile Development, LiveView, Web Development
68 points by bcardarella 153 days ago | 10 comments
Elixir Macros Demystified: defmacro and require (arrowsmithlabs.com)
This is Part 3 in a series on Elixir macros - what they are, why they matter, and how to use them.
Elixir, Macros, Programming, Software Development
20 points by arrowsmith 154 days ago | 0 comments
Silos in the Elixir Community (zachdaniel.dev)
A few years ago, someone asked on the Elixir slack “Is the Ash project dead?” Thats how I knew something was wrong.
Elixir, Community, Open Source, Software Development
6 points by lawik 156 days ago | 3 comments