218: Creating an Opening

Thinking Elixir Podcast

News includes the upcoming signed installers for Livebook and Elixir on Windows, the release of Telemetry v1.3 with improved documentation, LiveView Native 0.3.0's announcement ahead of ElixirConf, Google Research introducing an alternative SQL syntax with a pipe, a Livebook leveraging LLMs and FFMPEG for media conversion, legal updates on the US non-compete agreements ban, and potential antitrust actions against Google, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/218

Elixir Community News

• https://x.com/josevalim/status/1825954736094457943 – The next versions of Livebook and Elixir will have signed installers on Windows, thanks to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation and Wojtek Mach.
• https://x.com/wojtekmach/status/1826521109476344035 – Wojtek Mach discusses the challenges of packaging Livebook into a .msix for the Windows Store and asks for contributions from those familiar with the process.
• https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry/1.3.0/readme.html – Telemetry v1.3 is out with improved documentation, rewritten to ExDoc from Erlang edoc, thanks to contributions from Wojtek Mach and Andrea Leopardi. OTP 27 is required.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826266402631889091 – LiveView Native 0.3.0 is now released with the official announcement at ElixirConf. Blog posts, tutorials to follow.
• https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1826279303623082421 – Additional details about the LiveView Native 0.3.0 release.
• https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1827482890680332386 – Google Research released a paper on an alternative SQL syntax with a pipe, similar to Ecto querying syntax.
• https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/24/pipe-syntax-in-sql/ – More details on the new SQL syntax introduced by Google for ZetaSQL.
• https://twitter.com/ac_alejos/status/1794105872680972458 – A Livebook that uses LLMs and FFMPEG to simplify the process of converting videos or audio by suggesting the right flags and switches.
• https://github.com/acalejos/CinEx – Detailed information on using LLMs within Livebook for conversion tasks.
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-2024-08-20/ – A US Judge struck down the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements, stating the FTC lacks legal authority and the ban is too wide-reaching.
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html – The US government is considering ordering Google to be broken up following antitrust allegations.
• https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/22/apple-eu-default-app-update/ – Apple might allow EU residents to delete apps currently blocked from removal, addressing app store issues in the EU.
• Living in a time when industry rules are being challenged creates opportunities for new businesses and markets, as highlighted by ongoing legal issues with major tech companies like Google and Apple.

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