Elixir is not owned by Big Tech

I enjoy an ecosystem that is not funded by a megacorp. How does Elixir continue to exist?
#elixirlang

...what if we planted trees instead?

GitHub - elixir-dbvisor/sql: Brings an extensible SQL parser and sigil to Elixir, confidently write SQL with automatic parameterized queries. Brings an extensible SQL parser and sigil to Elixir, confidently write SQL with automatic parameterized queries. - elixir-dbvisor/sql

This is wild, [sql](github.com/elixir-dbvis...) is between 400-650x faster then Ecto at generating SQL groups.google.com/g/elixir-ect... [read more!](elixirforum.com/t/sql-brings...)

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

Obsidian is now free for work Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore organizations that support Obsidian on our new Enterprise page.

Obsidian is now free for work.

Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site.

obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...

"let's agree to disagree"

ElixirConf EU 2025 Banner - 15-16 May 2025 | Kraków and Virtual

My talk "TigerBeetlex: An Elixir and Zig Love Story" got accepted at ElixirConf EU!
I'll show how to connect your Elixir app to TigerBeetle and cover some interesting aspects of writing NIFs (and how Zig can help).

Check out all the speakers on elixirconf.eu!

#ElixirLang #weBEAMTogether #ZigLang

Connection not private error from the browser when visiting pragprog.com

@pragprog.com it looks like there's something wrong with your website, you might want to look into it 👀

Totally relatable! Thanks @ashleyhindle.com for sharing 🙌

www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-ship/

Elixir Survey 2024 | Curiosum Get latest data insights from Elixir world in annual Curiosum's Elixir Survey edition 2024.

curiosum.com/surveys/elix...

> About a fifth of respondents are new (18.4%), while nearly as many (14.8%) have been using Elixir for eight years or more.

From the graphs, it also looks like in case ppl don't drop off after the first years, they stay with Elixir for years.

#ElixirLang

A MacBook with an Amazon and other geek stickers

So today is my last day at #Amazon as a Design Technologist after two and a half years. Is the #RTO the reason I quit? Yes and no, but it's a long story; I will summarize it in my following posts. Before going further, remember that Amazon is a big company.

If anything, at least games are upfront about this.

Apps, sites, services, products: if you work on them you know. Otherwise you might not assume that much of B2C and even some B2B software is like this: best-effort, never finished, always changing.

Competition never stops: neither does the world.

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

I’m on vacation for 2 weeks. When I come back I can skip my 99+ Slack notifications and get back to speed much faster. How so?⚡️
I leave a “PTO handover & catch-up” doc and my colleagues fill in while I’m out.
How cool is that? 😎 Here’s our public template:
www.notion.so/remotecom/Su...

2024 wrap-up and Christmas round table!, Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup Un altro anno di Elixir Milano Meetup è trascorso! Chiudiamo il 2024 tutti insieme, ripercorrendo gli argomenti di cui abbiamo trattato durante l'anno, e condividendo idee

Last Elixir Milano meetup of the year on Dec 17th! Let's wrap up 2024, plan for next year and make a toast together 🥂 🎄

meetup.com/elixir-langu...

#ElixirLang