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It's all about community!
Glad to share Maggie's @exmexconf.bsky.social keynote with everyone!

#ElixirLang

In Elixir, inner scopes can read outer bindings but can't change them. Once you see that boundary clearly, the common rebinding mistake stops looking like a bug and starts looking like a design.

grox.io/blog/18-scop...
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A Phoenix LiveView app in 30 minutes sounds like pure leverage, until the “yes loop” starts and unsolicited features quietly become technical debt.

The first trap is not bad code.

It is unplanned scope that felt reasonable in real time.

Read more -
grox.io/blog/17-the-...

Level up on April 22nd: Full-day ElixirConf EU workshops.
OTP patterns, RAG systems, LLM apps, BEAM internals, AI + Elixir.
Limited spots. @whatyouhi.de @redrapids.bsky.social
Reserve: www.elixirconf.eu#training

Check out the agenda! It's going to be an excellent conference!
See you there!
#ElixirLang

You see = and think assignment.

In Elixir, it’s pattern matching. You describe the shape you’re willing to accept. If it fits, names bind. If it doesn’t, the match fails — and that failure selects the path.

New post:
grox.io/blog/16-patt...

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Goatmire Elixir 2026: Call for Speakers Goatmire Elixir is a small, single-track Elixir event. ...

We've seen some really good sessions pop into the pile already for Goatmire Elixir. If you have a talk in your heart. Especially if it feels ridiculous, sing it to us:

sessionize.com/goatmire-eli...
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This Master Class is about structured prompting, architectural patterns, and proper oversight. It's about building production-ready systems with AI, not letting AI generate whatever and hoping it works.

You are in charge, not the agent.

Learn with @redrapids.bsky.social

codebeamvancouver.com

Send me a very direct message. To my desk.. Want to send Bobby a VERY direct message? Get it to his desk right now. This page will allow you to send text and images directly to the receipt printer sitting next to his laptops on his desk at home...

I am bringing back VERY DIRECT MESSAGES from 6pm EST to 3am.

How's it work?

Visit the page. Write a message. Hit send. It'll print at my desk on my receipt printer.

Plz RT for fun & be nice.

CC @henryzoo.com @cara.city and other receipt printer dorks

500 issues of Elixir Radar 🎉

- 11 years in a weekly ritual
- 3,000+ pieces of community content featured
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Thank you to everyone who shares their knowledge, our readers, and our sponsors. You make this possible ❤️

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Wow!! Congrats Hugo and thanks for what you do for the community! Amazing!!

The Nerves Starter Kit prototype (right) and the Goatmire name badge (left). The starter kit screen is 50% larger, with higher resolution. They're running the same software, but the starter kit text is smaller due to the higher resolution

Nerves starter kit prototype front view. It has a black 3D printed frame

The Nerves Starter Kit prototype side view. There are two arms that can attach to the back which tilt the display up at a 15° angle. The stand can be removed, and instead the whole device can be wall mounted for a picture-frame like experience instead

I had the pleasure of revealing some of the latest updates for the Nerves Starter Kit project last night at the monthly @nervesmeetup.eu! There were some really good discussions, and I definitely woke up today really energized from the feedback we got :)

#Nerves #ElixirLang

Hey! We'd love for you to be with us and there's a Valentine's Day discount going on now for tickets to the conference!
Buy one, get one!

codebeamvancouver.com

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The problem with AI coding agents isn’t capability. It’s visibility.

Checkpoint-based workflows fix that. Ask to understand. Plan to align intent. Agent to execute with review. You get full information at every decision point instead of guessing.

New post:
grox.io/blog/15-the-...
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What Could Go Wrong? YouTube video by Groxio

What could go wrong?
@redrapids.bsky.social talks about why you need to know your tools.

#ElixirLang

youtu.be/ZT0l5yd4MmM

Really looking forward to being in Vancouver for @codebeam.bsky.social in March!

Come join the training and and learn about programming Elixir with AI.

Remember - you are in charge, not the agent!

#ElixirLang
Get tickets: codebeamvancouver.com

In Elixir, choosing a data structure isn’t cosmetic.

Atoms, tuples, lists, and maps each encode different intent and access patterns. The shape you choose affects how your code behaves, reads, and evolves.

New post:
grox.io/blog/14-data...
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hexdocs.pm/ash_postgres...

Very nifty little #AshFramework extension just released 🤯 #ElixirLang

🥶 ❄️ ☃️ It has been COLD in the US this week. Saturday, Brimson Minnesota was -43˚F (-42˚C)

So, until the end of the week, pretty much everything is -43% at the Bookshelf.
Just use coupon code Brrr when you check out.
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Can you make it??

Also - @redrapids.bsky.social has a great course on Coding Elixir with AI at @groxio.bsky.social - he talks about this issue a lot and how to work with the coding agent. Agents make mistakes - you have to pay attention.

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Don't offload your thinking!!!

"The largest gap in scores between the two groups was on debugging questions, suggesting that the ability to understand when code is incorrect and why it fails may be a particular area of concern if AI impedes coding development."

www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Oh man. So sorry. Hang in there.

Come join me at @codebeam.bsky.social in Vancouver!
#ElixirLang

People coming from Ruby, Python, or JS often think this defines multiple functions: def greet(:admin), do: "Welcome" def greet(:user), do: "Hello" def greet(_), do: "Hi" It doesn’t. It’s one function (greet/1) with multiple heads, selected by pattern matching before code runs.

Function Heads are Chosen By Shape
Full blog post:
grox.io/blog/13-func...

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Hey #ElixirLang folks - any of y'all in Málaga, Spain? Do you have any suggestions for some meetup/training space for prior to ElixirConf EU in April?

Thanks!!! And yes!

Thanks Max!

Bringing Nerves and Home Assistant together Join us for this presentation by Kevin Schweikert on 2026-01-14 at 19h CET!

Happy new year to all! We’re starting our 2026 meetup season tomorrow (Wed Jan 14th) at 19h CET via Zoom!

@kevinschweikert.de will be kicking us off with a presentation on using #HomeAssistant with #Nerves and #ElixirLang

Registration link:

nervesmeetup.eu/meetup/kevin...

Here's the thing about working with AI on codebases: You explain an architectural decision carefully. The model seems to understand. Then a few prompts later, it suggests something that quietly breaks the system. The instinct is to prompt better. Longer explanations. More reminders. That's not the fix. The real problem is that the decision only lived in chat. And chat disappears. What works: anchoring decisions in code. Module names that signal responsibility. Function names that encode behavior. Tests that assert boundaries. When intent lives in structure, you stop babysitting the model and start collaborating with it.

New Blog Post: Stop Prompting and Start Anchoring

Read it here:
grox.io/blog/12-stop...

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