Following old school acquaintances on social media, it's remarkable how many have left the UK. And more keep leaving. And we're not in our 20s anymore, these aren't backpacking trips. Grown-ups with careers are expatriating for the long-term. The brain-drain will destroy us.

Visiting the US in 2025 feels like I defected from the Eastern Bloc. Comrades, the capitalists have driverless cars. DRIVERLESS CARS. Meanwhile in Europe we invent nothing, produce nothing and our economies are still stuck in 2006. Do you think we might be losing?

ANNOUNCEMENT: “George Arrowsmith” is dead. A couple of years ago when I started publishing Elixir content, I decided I wanted to keep my online persona separate from my real life, and thus began writing under a pseudonym. 1/

QA is about to become a huge bottleneck in software development. AI lets us churn out HUGE amounts of code extremely fast, but you still need to make sure it works. AI can help with testing too, but if you _really_ want to be sure it works, 1/

Elixir friends: tomorrow I will begin the below challenge, using AI to resurrect a large abandoned codebase. Any suggestions? I'd love to find an Elixir project if there's a good candidate. What does the community need?

New testimonials for Learn Phoenix LiveView. Thanks Georgi and Dwight! Check it out yourself at LearnPhoenixLiveView.com

I don't think it's just contexts' fault. I think it's also too much boilerplate that's needed to achieve basic stuff and LiveView not being part of the framework + its design with views and components being two different things. It's still the best stack on the planet if you asked me 🙃 (1/2)

Did contexts kill Phoenix? New blog post: arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/did-con...

New testimonial for Mastering Phoenix Forms. Thanks Jim! (Check it out for yoursellf at MasteringPhoenixForms.com, now fully updated for Phoenix 1.8.)

Phoenix contexts are simpler than you think. My new blog post explains why: arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/phoenix...

I just pushed an update to *Mastering Phoenix Forms*. The content and code are now fully up-to-date for Phoenix 1.8. See for yourself at MasteringPhoenixForms.com! Here's some feedback from existing customers:

New blog post: **Numbering nested inputs in Phoenix LiveView.** This should be a simple feature to add to your nested forms, but it's not obvious how to implement it, and there are complications if your nested inputs are sortable. arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/numberi...

Elixir Radar issue 473 is out! 📣 You can read it here: buff.ly/sToO24X This issue features content from @thatarrowsmith.bsky.social @josevalim.bsky.social , Marcin Ruszkiewicz, Caio Delgado and Dan Schultzer. Thank you! #ElixirLang

Here's some of the feedback I've received since launching the LiveView and OTP Crash Course five months ago. (Check it out yourself at liveviewcrashcourse.com. It's free! 😉)

As we're getting ready for the first release candidate of #Phoenix #LiveView 1.1, I want to write about some of the new features and improvements we've been working on. A thread! #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus

Fully agree with this HN comment. LLMs are the most amazing technology I've ever seen. Why all the hate and negativity?

Been a while since I published new Phoenix content! My new blog post is about how to do some things with nested LiveView forms that go slightly beyond the standard add/remove/sort stuff describe in the docs: arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/phoenix...

I want an LLM for my email. “Write a short email to David telling him I’m looking forward to seeing him on Saturday, and ask him what the dress code is. Show it to me for approval before sending.” Much easier than writing it myself. Does this exist yet?

New testimonial for Learn Phoenix LiveView. Thanks Ondra! Check it out yourself at LearnPhoenixLiveView.com

Kudos @thatarrowsmith.bsky.social for your post on auto_reload - it served as the basis for my implementation. arrowsmithlabs.com/blog/iex-con...

Claude sucks at writing Phoenix - it still uses all the old pre-1.7 syntax like `form_for`, `Routes` etc.. Working around this by writing detailed explanations of the new syntax in my cursorrules but it's a PITA... is there a better way? @elixirlang.bsky.social #MyElixirStatus

Who are the most interesting people talking about coding with AI on Bluesky?

It's a steal!!! Get it if you have the oportunity!

New testimonial for Learn Phoenix LiveView. Thanks Dan!

Just ~31 hours left to grab this course at the lower price!

Claude Sonnet 3.7 is great, except that I'm now spending 10% of my time writing prompts or code, and 90% sitting around waiting for Cursor's agent mode to finish. Starting to think I could code while reading a book.

This Sunday I will be doubling the price of my course Mastering Phoenix Forms, from $49 to $99. Get it at the lower price while it's still available: masteringphoenixforms.com

Whoever coded this should be fired:

Underrated Bsky feature: the “for you” tab tells me whether I already follow someone, without me having to click through their profile to check. I wish X did this.

When I'm king of the world, Coca Cola will be rebranded in Spanish-speaking countries to "Cueca Cuela".

Elixir update: Look what arrived! Looking forward to diving into it this weekend.

One VERY noticeable difference between Bluesky and X is how much more responsive Bluesky's web UI is. Everything is just faster: links/buttons load instantly and I feel no tangible delay when clicking anything. The bird app is slow as hell in comparison.

New testimonial for Learn Phoenix LiveView. Thanks Kevin!

The more I work with JS, either backend or frontend, the more I want to work with Phoenix and LiveView. The JS fatigue is real and finally infected me.

TIL: there's a town in New York called Texas, and a town in Texas called New York.

What's the best AI coding tool for iOS development? Cursor or something else?

New testimonial for Learn Phoenix LiveView. Thanks Sven! Check it out yourself at learnphoenixliveview.com

🔗 Free tutorial: Learn Phoenix LiveView and OTP #ElixirLang #ElixirPhoenix #phoenix #reading-list

Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do study history are doomed to watch helplessly while everyone else repeats it.

📢 DYK - Did you Know that you can hire me as a freelancer Software Engineer for Elixir related projects? Lets chat If your team needs extra hands with tech debt, bugs, features, security, and more. ✅ Rate discounts for Elixir projects using the #AshFramewrok 😀 #ElixirLang #ElixirPhoenix 👇

Bluesky (and the other place) really needs to extend its "muted words" feature to apply to: - OCRed text in attached images - user bios (muting the entire user if certain words are in the bio) I try to avoid certain topics on here but they're inescapable.

Ashraf Ghannam's review of the LiveView and OTP Crash Course. Thanks! Check it out yourself at LiveViewCrashCourse.com

"In the future we won't need software engineers because people can just tell the AI what they want!" Bruh, have you ever heard a normal person trying to describe the app he wants?

Mike Stok's review of the LiveView and OTP Crash course. Thanks Mike! Check it out yourself at liveviewcrashcourse.com

Looking forward to all the talks at #CodeBEAMLiteLondon today. Are any of my followers here? Hmu. #myelixirstatus @codebeam.bsky.social

The LiveView and OTP Crash Course is a FREE 15-lesson tutorial that will get you up and running with Phoenix LiveView in record time. Sign up for free at https://buff.ly/40rqDlC #sponsored

Another review. Thanks @wktdev! Check it out yourself at liveviewcrashcourse.com

More feedback coming in for the LiveView and OTP Crash Course. Check it out yourself at liveviewcrashcourse.com

After ~8 years of learning Portuguese, I've just learned that to say "mine" (as opposed to "my" + some noun) you just say "meu"/"minha" (masc/fem) and not "o meu" / "a minha". I've been saying it wrong for 8 years and no-one ever corrected me, and now I can't stop saying it the wrong way. FML.

Forgot to bring the right type of plug adapter to Brazil and now I need to prop my laptop charger up with books so it doesn’t fall out of the socket 💀