🕰️ From the archives: ♿ Real-time apps can be accessibility nightmares, but Phoenix LiveView's semantic approach makes it possible. Proper aria-live regions, smart focus management, and diff-based updates that don't overwhelm screen readers. Clearing the fog to pick the fruit 🍎 🔗➡️🧵

🎮 From the Archives: Follow along as we showcase building a distributed turn-based game system in Elixir without the usual suspects. No React/Vue frontend, no REST APIs, no Kafka/Redis. just Phoenix PubSub, Horde & LiveView across Fly regions with Wireguard clustering. >:3 🔗➡️🧵

📚 Four new guides for common Fly patterns! Infrastructure automation without Terraform, app suspend/resume, rollback strategies, and n-tier architecture. Born from real Solutions Architecture sessions, solving the problems you're actually hitting. 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/four-new-g...

🔧 New video just dropped: ever wondered how your apps actually run on Fly? We dove deep into our custom orchestrator, flyd, firecracker vms, and why we built our own decentralized system instead of using traditional schedulers. 🔗➡️https://youtu.be/kPHmRgDTvNc

🤖 Tired of your AI agents making bad code edits? MorphLLM's fast apply does semantic, structure-aware changes that actually work. No more slow, wasteful iterations. The performance numbers are wild, check it out! 🔗➡️ fly.io/blog/build-b...

me hitting this pose after battling the hallucinating AI and finally winning

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🧠 Building AI software? Your biggest risk isn't the code, it's trust calibration! When users over-trust your AI, disasters happen. When they under-trust, potential dies. The sweet spot? It's more nuanced than you think. 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/trust-c...

🐳 Docker Compose compatibility is here! Deploy your existing multi-container apps to Fly without rewriting configs. The journey begins... test your compose files, manage complex apps easier, and let us know what features you want next! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/docker-com...

🤖 The future isn't model agnostic! Why specialized infrastructure beats one-size-fits-all approaches. Different AI models need different optimizations, from memory patterns to networking. Generic platforms create bottlenecks while specialized infra unlocks performance. 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/the-fut...

me when i see how seamless and easy deploying on Fly is

When your code is giving mixed signals, Ravyn Lenae's "Love Me Not" is the perfect pop soul soundtrack for debugging those tricky logic flows! ✨ 🎵 ➡️ youtu.be/cswfR85D7jM

me watching my teammate push code at 4:59pm on friday

🔧 MPG extensions management is here! Enable/disable Postgres extensions through the dashboard - no more complex commands. Support for pgvector, PostGIS, and all trusted PG16 extensions. Plus CREATE EXTENSION via SQL is back for automated deployments! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/mpg-extens...

🚀 New video: Watch someone build a complete virtual coffee house app with Phoenix.new in just one hour! From concept to deployment on Fly, see how AI democratizes app development for non-technical creators. 🔗 ➡️ 🧵

When you're pushing that critical hotfix to production and the anxiety kicks in – Tyler, The Creator's fresh "Don't You Worry Baby" from his brand new album DON'T TAP THE GLASS is the perfect reassurance your nerves need. Sometimes you just gotta trust the process. 🎵 ➡️ youtu.be/vaqHcZwlVQM

🐍 Check out our customer story on how Reflex builds full-stack web apps faster with AI and Python! They use our Machines for on-demand sandboxes - spin up when needed, recycle afterward. Choosing us over other providers for predictable infrastructure that actually works without debugging hell. 🔗➡️🧵

⚡ Just dropped: A deep conversation with Phoenix creator Chris McCord about building in the AI era. From breaking his back in football to revolutionizing web development - plus his thoughts on why we'll all be 'dinosaurs' typing code by 2026. 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/IfS-QT-j3PU

🗺️ PostGIS support now available in Fly Managed Postgres! Just check the PostGIS box when creating your cluster to get spatial database capabilities - store, index, and query geospatial data with PostgreSQL. Perfect for location-based apps and mapping! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/postgis-su...

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♟️ New video: Building a real-time chess app with Next.js, WebSockets, and PostgreSQL! Watch the entire process from setup to deployment on Fly, including the inevitable debugging when things don't work as expected. 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/jqUtpm3Y584

✅ Better fly.toml validation is here! Get clearer error messages, helpful suggestions for typos, and warnings for deprecated fields. No more cryptic deployment failures - the CLI now catches config issues before they hit production! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/better-fly...

manifesting claude one-shotting my app today

🗄️ Straight from the archives: How we got to LiveView! Chris McCord traces the journey from Rails sync.rb to Phoenix Channels to LiveView - server-side React with real-time browser updates. Elixir's concurrency + Fly's global edge = sub-50ms interactions worldwide. 🔥

me after getting through my backlog of unfinished ideas with phoenix.new

🔐 Generating certificates behind CDNs made easier! New HTTP challenge method lets Fly respond to Let's Encrypt requests through your CDN. Just point your CDN exclusively to your app's IPv6 address - no more DNS challenge headaches! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/generating...

🗄️ Managed Postgres with automatic backups, failover, and monitoring! Choose from Basic, Launch, or Scale plans across 6 regions. $0.30/GB storage, 24/7 support, and everything runs in your private network. Database management without the headaches!

🐳 Docker Compose compatibility begins! Deploy your existing compose apps to Fly without code changes - just add compose = 'compose.yml' to fly.toml and deploy. Debug locally, test features, then ship to production. Multi-container apps made simple! 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/docker-com...

🔧 Hatchet solves background job chaos! Their open-source platform uses our Machines for stateful containers and long-lived gRPC connections, delivering high-throughput task processing without the DevOps overhead. Scale workers on demand across regions! 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/customers/ha...

💳 Unified billing is here! Manage multiple Fly organizations under one invoice - perfect for agencies, consultancies, or companies with separate teams. Consolidate billing while keeping organizations isolated for security and access control. 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/unified-bi...

When your latest feature finally compiles without errors and you need something that captures that pure euphoria – underscores' brand new "Music" hits different for those moments when your code and creativity align perfectly.✨ 🎵 ➡️ youtu.be/UNYqwpx7Cys

📚 From the archives: Shipping logs with Vector and Fly Log Shipper! Since we don't retain logs, this guide shows how to ship them to Logtail, Datadog, or CloudWatch. Configure sinks, set secrets, and filter by app - essential for debugging and tracking. 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/shippin...

🛠️ See how heyzapi.com is revolutionizing internal tool development! Their platform lets teams build custom tools without the usual backend complexity - just focus on the frontend while they handle APIs, databases, and deployment. Running fast on our edge! 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/customers/zapi

📚 New video: Building an AI fiction writing assistant that knows your entire story! Watch as we create an MCP server that pulls character data and chapter summaries from Notion to give Claude full context about your novel. 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/OiTyA_w4U7g

🔥 Phoenix.new isn't just another dev tool – it's a coding agent that gives you complete root shell access in ephemeral VMs. Build real-time apps, experiment with dependencies, break things, then rebuild without ever touching your local machine. 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/phoenix... 🔗 ➡️ phoenix.new

⚡ fly-proxy now supports ZSTD compression! Get better compression ratios than gzip with faster decompression speeds. Your users get smaller payloads and faster page loads - it's a win-win for performance-conscious apps. 🔗 ➡ community.fly.io/t/fly-proxy-...

🔧 New RootFS approach! We've streamlined how root filesystems work on our platform, making container deployments faster and more efficient. Better caching, reduced startup times, and improved resource utilization for your apps. 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/a-new-way-...

🔧 Just dropped a video showing the reality of AI-assisted development: building a Notion blog with human oversight. Watch us create, deploy to Fly, and debug production issues - proving that understanding your code still matters in the AI era. 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/d2A5xpVxzg4

me getting extracted from the codebase after spending 6 hours debugging a semicolon

When you're debugging at 3am and need something that hits different – Keshi's "ANGEL" is the perfect melancholic soundtrack for those late-night coding sessions when your emotions are as tangled as your nested loops ✨ 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/nVLfZmVpVOI

🤖 What are MCP Servers? Our latest blog breaks down the Model Context Protocol - how it lets AI assistants connect to external data sources and tools. Think of it as APIs for AI agents, enabling them to access databases, file systems, and web services seamlessly! 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/mcps-ev...

🛡️ Security deep dive! Our comprehensive guide covers implementing IDS/IPS and WAF solutions on our platform. From ModSecurity to Suricata, learn how to protect your apps with industry-standard security tools while maintaining performance. 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/ids-ips-wa...

🤖 Our latest video dives deep into how AI agents are transforming cloud infrastructure. Kurt explains why the machines we built for traditional apps turned out to be perfect for LLM-powered code execution and sandboxed environments. 🔗 ➡️ youtu.be/SN-RcT4GDak

code doesnt have to be complex to be good

When your code feels weightless and your bugs are mysteriously resolving themselves – "Float" by acloudyskye is the perfect soundtrack for those rare moments when everything in your dev environment just works. Let the ethereal vibes carry your productivity to new heights! ✨ 🎵 ➡️ youtu.be/KG14Ki0iO8c

🔍 Database exploration reimagined! See how LLMs can help you understand unfamiliar database schemas, generate queries, and explore data relationships. Perfect for devs who inherit legacy DBs or need to quickly make sense of complex data structures. 🔗 ➡️ community.fly.io/t/using-an-l...

🚀 Kamal 2.0 is production-ready! This Rails-led deployment tool now offers zero-downtime deployments, health checks, multi-server setups, and seamless rollbacks. Perfect for teams looking for a Docker deployment solution without Kubernetes complexity. 🔗 ➡️ fly.io/blog/kamal-i...