## FOLLOW UPS
  
- Steffen Deusch — Phoenix gets security patches going back 4 versions (1.5 to 1.8)
https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3mthapcxlwk2v
- "Apps using old Phoenix should still update, for sure, but not necessarily for security reasons"
- "As a general note: a common misconception is also that people think they have to copy whatever changes we did to the generators. That's not the case. You can
of course do that, but it's in no way a requirement to update to later Phoenix versions. It's 1.x, so updates are generally non-breaking."

## NEWS

- Nerves has an AI policy now
https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-assisted-contributions                                                          
- Oban 2.24 and Oban Pro 1.8rc are out
- Oban v2.24.0 released
    https://elixirforum.com/t/oban-v2-24-0-released/76462
- Oban Pro announcement
    https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3mtwjkkwzy22v
- oban-bg/oban v2.24.0 release notes
    https://github.com/oban-bg/oban/releases/tag/v2.24.0
- Oban Pro changelog
    https://oban.pro/docs/pro/changelog.html
- samly (Elixir SAML client) has security issues and needs maintainers
https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/samly-add-saml-sso-to-your-phoenix-application-now-with-multiple-identity-provider-support/8511/50
- Ash releases a bunch of CVEs
https://cna.erlef.org/cves
- Quite a lot of small tools were released. An overview:
- Abuuba — a drop-in replacement for Mastodon
    https://elixirforum.com/t/abuuba-a-drop-in-replacement-for-mastodon/76501
- BeamConsole — an embeddable process map and flight recorder for BEAM applications
    https://elixirforum.com/t/beamconsole-an-embeddable-process-map-and-flight-recorder-for-beam-applications/76486
- Voyager — a modern alternative to Observer
    https://elixirforum.com/t/voyager-a-modern-alternative-to-observer/76247
- MapLibreX — MapLibre GL JS as Phoenix LiveView components
    https://elixirforum.com/t/maplibrex-maplibre-gl-js-as-phoenix-liveview-components/76457
- Temper — flaky test detection for ExUnit
    https://elixirforum.com/t/temper-flaky-test-detection-for-exunit/76476
- DSH — a DeepSeek coding harness written in Elixir
    https://elixirforum.com/t/dsh-the-deepseek-harness/76497
- Probex — exact answers to structural questions about Elixir source, built by agents for agents
    https://elixirforum.com/t/probex-exact-answers-to-structural-questions-about-elixir-source-built-by-agents-for-agents/76366
- PaperForge — a pure Elixir platform for building, securing, and transforming PDFs
    https://elixirforum.com/t/paperforge-a-pure-elixir-platform-for-building-securing-and-transforming-pdfs/76241
- Press — a HTML-to-PDF library, 100% in Elixir
    https://elixirforum.com/t/press-a-html-to-pdf-library-100-in-elixir/76418
- Announcing Pushin

## BLOGS

- Gleam — Takeaways from the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund                                                                                             
https://gleam.run/news/help-from-the-github-security-lab/
- LiveView Local: first release
https://swmansion.com/blog/local-live-view-first-release/
- River — We replaced our ledger with two functions
https://river.com/content/we-replaced-our-ledger-with-two-functions
- Johanna Larson — Speeding up a Phoenix LiveView web app with a CDN
https://jola.dev/posts/speeding-up-phoenix-liveview-cdn
- Aleksei Matiushkin (mudasobwa)
- Anti-Antipatterns in Elixir Libraries
    https://rocket-science.ru/hacking/2026/08/09/anti-antipatterns-in-elixir-libraries
- Why LLMs Rock (or: BooLLMean Logic for the Uninitiated)
    https://rocket-science.ru/hacking/2026/08/29/why-llm-rock
- Lars Wikman — Nerves, apparently popular with agents
https://underjord.io/nerves-iot-framework-apparently-popular-with-agents.html
- Terence Tao — Mathematics in the age of AI
https://arxiv.org/html/2608.16753v1
- "The goal of training a mathematician is not achieved by producing correct homework"
- "Above all, our community needs to come together to have open and honest discussions"

## MEETUPS & CONFERENCES

- Nerves Meetup — taking a break in September
- ElixirConf US — next week, Sept 10 & 11th. Ping Gus on socials if you're going and want to meet up
- CodeBEAM Europe — Oct 21–22, Haarlem 
- Goatmire — Sept 28 – Oct 2, two days of workshops, three days of conference
- AshConf/Goatmire Hackathon — Oct 3

## DISCUSSION

- Pushin
- Options for Git Hosting
- Using LLMs for building big ideas

  - Audio. We'll do better.
  - No interviews on this podcast (for now). But thanks for reaching out.

  NEWS — 02:22

  - Praia Labs — Phoenix version and Bandit adoption
    https://www.praialabs.com/phoenix-version-adoption
    https://www.praialabs.com/bandit-adoption

  - Sobelow 0.15
    https://github.com/sobelow/sobelow/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

  - New Elixir book: Elixir for Finance — Dr. Dimitrios Koutmos, Alex Koutmos, Hugo Baraúna
    https://www.financialelixir.dev/#table-of-contents

  - LLamex — a Credo plugin to clean up Ash-related LLM-isms
    https://github.com/dmitriid/llamex
    https://github.com/Jump-App/credo_checks
    https://github.com/elixir-vibe/ex_slop

  - Black Hat USA 2026: The OpenAI–Hugging Face incident
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCY

  - Tip: Impeccable for design work with LLMs
    https://github.com/pbakaus/impeccable

  - Dokploy v0.30.0 released, with nice-to-haves
    https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/releases/tag/v0.30.0

  BLOG — 12:03

  - Andrea Leopardi — GenStage Demand Visualized
    https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/genstage-demand-visualized

  - Arjun Gillard — The Elixir Hiring Paradox: notes from ElixirConf EU 2026
    https://agtalent.co.uk/the-elixir-hiring-paradox-notes-from-elixirconf-eu-2026

  - Tidewave — A new way to use Tidewave: from your terminal or editor
    https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-connect

  - Mike Zornek — An Agent Skill for Updating Elixir Dependencies
    https://mikezornek.com/posts/2026/8/elixir-dependency-update-skill

  - João Paulo Abreu — Learning Elixir: Alias, Import, Require, and Use
    https://dev.to/abreujp/learning-elixir-alias-import-require-and-use-2hk2

  - DeClaude — How AI text watermarking works
    https://declaude.org/watermarking/

  - 28:36 — PSA: Don't generate blogs with AI

  MEETUPS & CONFERENCES — 30:47

  - UnConference US (Sep 9) + ElixirConf US (Workshops Sep 9 – Conf Sep 10–11)
    https://luma.com/erlef
    https://elixirconf.com

  - Goatmire / AshConf / Hackathon (Workshops Sep 28–29 – Conf Sep 30 – Oct 2 – AshConf & Hackathon Oct 3)
    https://www.goatmire.com/
    https://luma.com/wz4z0iz6
    https://luma.com/qm8gs6j4

  - UnConference EU (Oct 20) + CodeBEAM EU (Workshops Oct 20 – Conf Oct 21–22)
    https://luma.com/erlef
    https://codebeameurope.com/

  JOKE — 32:37

  DISCUSSION — 33:11

  - 33:11 — How will the work of a senior engineer look two years from now?
    I'm done using AI
    https://brettcodes.com/im-done-using-ai/
    Don't be a meat proxy
    https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

  - 45:59 — Staying in the loop: Grill Me, being the driver, and a better code-review skill

  - 51:31 — The mental health crisis no one is talking about
    https://ai-health.syntax.fm/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUn1Fnfn0k

    How much genuine enjoyment or flow do you get from coding now compared to before you started using AI heavily?
    54% less or somewhat less — 26% more or somewhat more

    Do you feel your actual coding skills are sharpening, holding steady, or diminishing?
    60% diminishing or somewhat diminishing — 13% sharpening or somewhat sharpening
    (careful: coding skills, not experience as a developer)

    How often do you feel you should be producing more because AI makes it possible, even when you don't want to?
    65% often or daily — 18% never or rarely

    Strongest correlation between questions: coding enjoyment vs. perceived coding skill change

1. Deep dish is indeed pizza not a pie. (Is it though?)
2. Hologram is written in Elixir

NEWS

1. OTP Emergency Patch releases for OTP 27, 28, 29 fix a bunch of vulnerabilities 
   1. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-29-0-4-released/76127
   2. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-28-5-0-4-released/76128
   3. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-27-3-4-15-released/76129
2. Gleam 1.18 released
   1. https://gleam.run/news/a-field-day-for-gleams-language-server/
3. ElixirConf US 2025 Talks are being published on YouTube
   1. https://forum.elixirforum.com/tag/elixirconf/147
4. Version 0.3.0 of the Programming Nerves book by Alex Koutmos and Hugo Barauna is out
   1. https://www.programmingnerves.dev/
   2. https://bsky.app/profile/akoutmos.bsky.social/post/3mrpthmrm6k2v

BLOGS

1. Mike Zornek - Shimming your way off a dead Elixir dependency
   1. https://mikezornek.com/posts/2026/7/shim-off-a-dead-elixir-dependency
2. Johanna Larson - Distributed rate limiter with HRW in Elixir
   1. https://jola.dev/posts/distributed-ratelimiter-with-hrw
3. Paul Ricks - Profiling Rust NIFs in Elixir (with hotpath)
   1. https://blog.smaller-infinity.com/posts/profiling-rust-nifs-in-elixir
4. Jacob Swanner - Batching Phoenix LiveView Updates
   1. https://jacobswanner.com/development/2026/batching-phoenix-liveview-updates/
5. Paraxial - Security Vendor's AI Best Practices Labels Critical Elixir RCE Safe
   1. https://paraxial.io/blog/ai-spam
6. German Velasco - Diverge then converge with LLMs
   1. https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/diverge-then-converge-with-llms
7. PSA - Don’t write on medium

MEETUPS & CONFERENCES

1. Nerves Meetup - online via Zoom, this week (August 12)
2. UnConference before ElixirConf US (Sept 9) and CodeBEAM EU (Oct 20)
   1. https://luma.com/erlef
3. Goatmire - Varberg, Sweden Sept 28 - Oct 3
   1. https://goatmire.com

DISCUSSION

1. Deployment strategies in 2026 - Fly.io shifting focus:
   1. https://fly.io/blog/kurt-scott-money-sprites/
   2. https://community.fly.io/t/will-the-apps-and-machine-platform-start-winding-down/28380
   3. https://github.com/dmkenney/xamal
   4. https://coolify.io/
2. What will more intelligence actually do for us?
   1. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-will-more-intelligence-actually
3. GCC To Decline Any Significant Contributions Made Via AI/LLMs - Except For Test Cases
   1. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Declining-AI-Contributions

1. Hex 2.5.0 - mix deps.get vuln warnings
   1. https://github.com/hexpm/hex/releases/tag/v2.5.0
2. Elixir-lang redesign
   1. https://elixir-lang.org/
3. Elixirforum redesign
4. Stackoverflow 2026 Developer Survey is now open
   1. https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/06/23/the-2026-developer-survey-is-now-open-for-human-developers-only/
5. Filipe Cabaco announces Ex-Tauri 
   1. https://github.com/filipecabaco/ex_tauri
6. Augmental Mouthpad launches - alternative input device for hands-free control
   1. 1. https://www.augmental.tech/news/mouthpad-and-vox-launch
7. Blog posts
   1. Bart from Hologram
      1. https://hologram.page/blog/backing-hologram
   2. Ryan Zidago - Each test should own its setup
      1. https://ryanzidago.com/posts/self-contained-tests-in-elixir/
   3. Mike Zornek - Guarding against AI drift
      1. https://mikezornek.com/posts/2026/7/guarding-against-ai-drift/?utm_source=elixir-forum&utm_campaign=guarding-against-ai-drift
   4. Johanna Larsson - Elixir Cluster 101
      1. https://jola.dev/posts/elixir-cluster-101
      2. https://incident.io/blog/dont-add-a-read-replica-until-youve-read-this
8. Meetups and Conferences
   1. 1. Nerves Meetup EU Aug 12, 19 CEST.  https://nervesmeetup.eu/meetup/peter-ullrich-dont-get-pwned-by-mythos
      2. Goatmire - Sept 28th to Oct 3rd (Mon-Sat)
         1. AshConf + Hackathon - Oct 3nd (Sat)
      3. ElixirConf US - Sept 10-11th
      4. CodeBeam EU - Oct 21-22

DISCUSSION

1. Codeberg blocks LLM repos
   1. https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
   2. https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/i-regret-migrating-to-codeberg/
2. OpenAI says it hacked HuggingFace
   1. https://www.reuters.com/business/its-ai-agent-spent-days-hacking-company-sources-say-openai-did-not-notice-week-2026-07-24/
   2. https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/
3. What it means to be a mathematician when AI does the math
   1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathematics