234: Source Drops, AI, and Holiday Cheer

News includes Ellie Fairholm and José Giralt D'Lacoste releasing the source code for "Engineering Elixir Applications," Michael Russo introducing "hex2txt" to enhance AI coding assistants, Brian Cardarella showcasing LiveView Native's LiveUploads, Headway's guide on building AI-powered iOS apps with LiveView Native, and more! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/234

Elixir Community News

• https://github.com/gilacost/engineering_elixir_applications – Source code for the book "Engineering Elixir Applications" is now publicly available on GitHub.
• https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/206 – Previous episode with José Giralt D'Lacoste and Ellie Fairholm about their BEAM-focused DevOps book.
• https://x.com/mjrusso/status/1868881707262439582 – Michael Russo created a proof-of-concept package "hex2txt" that converts hex package docs into llms.txt files.
• https://llmstxt.org/ – Website describing the llms.txt file standard for providing information for coders and AI.
• https://hex2txt.fly.dev/ – Michael's website for browsing examples of generated text files using hex2txt.
• Sum up that a proposal aims for such standardization to help AI coding assistants.
• https://github.com/brainlid/langchain/discussions/218 – New release v0.3.0-rc.1 of the Elixir LangChain library.
• https://github.com/brainlid/langchain – Repository for the Elixir LangChain library.
• https://github.com/brainlid/langchain/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – CHANGELOG for the Elixir LangChain library detailing breaking changes and updates.
• New features in LangChain like SummarizeConversationChain and LLMChain.run with fallbacks enhance production resilience and usability.
• https://bsky.app/profile/liveviewnative.dev/post/3lcgrxqm5lk2g – Brian Cardarella showed LiveView Native's support for LiveUploads, unlocking photo and video features.
• https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3ldhg433mxc2y – Shows direct usage of LiveUploads in LiveView Native.
• LiveView Native simplifies mobile app development by reducing project and team requirements.
• https://bsky.app/profile/liveviewnative.dev/post/3ldhosnmjjc2v – Building an AI-powered iOS app with LiveView Native by Headway.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx_7gLfk7vA – 40-minute video tutorial on getting started with LiveView Native, Nx, and Axon by Headway.

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