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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 07/03/2026

Vendors are trying to emulate the BEAM, but there's truly nothing like it. Here's a walkthrough of what makes it special: processes, messaging, registries, ETS, distribution, and its ecosystem. Elixir was made for the current moment, and for what's to come. youtu.be/dKaZ89SkVYY #elixirlang

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Elixir and the BEAM: the stack that was ready for AI

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 07/12/2025

The latest Code and Stuff video is here! Learn about Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks and mitigations, complete with a working webhook demo application! #ElixirLang youtu.be/EWdphas_OP4

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Server-Side Request Forgery: How it Works

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Elixir Radar @elixir-radar.com · 19/11/2025

Elixir Radar issue 490 is out! 📣 You can read it here: buff.ly/eBGmbTd This issue comes with content from @juanazam.bsky.social @yellowduck.be @bartblast.com @noelworden.bsky.social @phx.dev and Daniil Popov. Thank you! #ElixirLang

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 31/10/2025

The latest Code and Stuff video is here! This time, a walkthrough of @mikehostetler.bsky.social’s new ReqLLM package, which provides a unified interface to many model providers—all in Elixir! youtu.be/-U2sQ3e3R-0

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ReqLLM: The Unified LLM Interface for Elixir

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 27/09/2025

It's finally here: the Code and Stuff walkthrough of Ash TypeScript! Learn how to build an Ash project from scratch, use LiveView to begin, and eject to React without much fuss! It also fits into @tanstack.com really nicely. #ElixirLang @ash-hq.org youtu.be/t-hori2Io14

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Ash TypeScript: Rich Phoenix Frontends, Simplified

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Elixir Radar @elixir-radar.com · 06/08/2025

Elixir Radar issue 480 is out! 📣 You can read it here: buff.ly/Xo2thcs This issue comes with content from @zachdaniel.dev @steffend.me @josevalim.bsky.social , Chris McCord and Christian Alexander . Thank you! #ElixirLang

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Elixir Radar 480

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 06/08/2025

The latest Code and Stuff is here: Auto-Select Timezones in Phoenix Apps It's a quick one, showing a pattern I use all the time. #MyElixirStatus youtu.be/q6Kd5C7O-F8

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Auto-Select Timezones in Phoenix Apps (Your Users Will Thank You)

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 03/08/2025

I made an Ash extension! Elixir is capable of hitting services hard; great for throughput but harsh when those services are trying to recover from an outage. The circuit breaker pattern addresses this issue and is now available in Ash! #MyElixirStatus hex.pm/packages/ash...

An example resource with a circuit breaker defined. If 10 failures are hit within 10 seconds, the action will fast fail for a minute to let the circuit reset.

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Steffen Deusch @steffend.me · 31/07/2025

Phoenix #LiveView 1.1 is out now! (Actually already yesterday, but we were only able to release the blog post now) #MyElixirStatus phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix...

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Phoenix LiveView 1.1 released! - Phoenix Blog

LiveView 1.1 brings quality of life improvements and some big new features like Colocated Hooks and keyed comprehensions.

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 31/07/2025

Phoenix LiveView 1.1 is out! Colocated JavaScript (and hooks), list comprehension improvements, and an igniter-based script that makes updating easier than ever. What an incredible release—check it out! #MyElixirStatus youtu.be/EV6DSqTOXM0

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What's new in Phoenix LiveView 1.1?

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 20/07/2025

My next video is live! This time, I explore the ash_state_machine extension. Along the way, you'll learn about policies, pubsub, and Oban integration in the demo app! #ElixirLang #AshFramework youtu.be/_x6TE7hbE1k

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What are state machines? (feat. Ash Framework)

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Zach Daniel @zachdaniel.dev · 17/07/2025

hexdocs.pm/usage_rules now includes powerful docs-search tasks, and instructs agents to use them for research. Please, if you are working with LLMs and Elixir, try it out. It helps even when packages haven't written usage-rules files, thanks to the new docs tools! #ElixirLang

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 15/07/2025

LLMs don't do a great job of cleaning up after themselves. The result: developers include way too much of this AI slop in their commits. Did nobody teach them about git add --patch?

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 14/07/2025

Coming soon: learn how to model payment states with ash_state_machine! The demo also includes background job processing to simulate payments, auth policies, and real time updates. All made easy with Ash! Which part are you interested in learning? #ElixirLang #AshFramework

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 03/07/2025

Calling multiple services doesn't have to be a nightmare. My latest video explores Reactor for workflow orchestration. Concurrent execution, automatic rollbacks on failure, and of course: it works with Ash AI. #MyElixirStatus #AshFramework youtu.be/0Dvn039qD8I

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Complex Workflows in Elixir with Reactor (+ AI Agents)

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 23/06/2025

As promised, a new Phoenix App from Scratch video: Embedded schemas and an intro to Ecto Multi, all in the context of the demo budget tracker app! There's even some animations to describe Multi, if you're into that sort of thing. #MyElixirStatus youtu.be/Vx69evZOEAE

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Advanced Forms with Embedded Schemas and Multi: Phoenix App from Scratch, Episode 9

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Peter Ullrich @peterullrich.com · 20/06/2025

Oban is probably the greatest library I have ever used, especially with Oban.Pro on top. The value you get for free - or for a very reasonable amount - is mind-blowing.

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 17/06/2025

Embedded Ecto schemas in forms and a brief intro to Multi? Coming soon in the Budgie series on Code and Stuff! #MyElixirStatus

An example of an Ecto embedded schema, containing a full budget object and an additional decimal field called `period_funding_amount`.

embedded_schema do
field :period_funding_amount, :decimal
embeds_one(:budget, Budget)
end

$An Elixir function called `construct_multi`, which inserts a budget and funds it if necessary. defp construct_multi(data) do Ecto.Multi.new() |> Ecto.Multi.insert(:budget, data.budget) |> Ecto.Multi.run(:fund_budget, fn repo, %{budget: budget} -> fund_budget_if_necessary(repo, budget, data) end) end$

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Christian Alexander @phx.dev · 15/06/2025

Did you know @ash-hq.org can import existing database tables as resources automatically? It can even generate relationships and constraints! #AshFramework #ElixirLang

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