Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 19/08/2025lu.ma/33ghwjqtlu.maShip It Club Berlin · LumaShip It Club Berlin: Kickoff Meetup The very first ShipIt Club meetup is here! Join a growing community of mobile devs, indie hackers, and app founders who are… 000
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 12/06/20252/ @maciej.gryka.net walked us through an Elixir version of @thorstenball.com 's coding agent tutorial 031
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 12/06/2025Great presentations and conversation at the Elixir Berlin Meetup today 1/ Lukas talked about his big bag of Postgres tricks and techniques #elixirlang 230
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 12/06/2025No, haven't tried it yet. I like the simple Python interface though. Should be simple to get the audio to Elixir using Pythonx, I think 🤔 010
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 06/06/2025I found Pantheon from your earlier post, and really enjoyed it. Appreciate the book and show reviews/recommendations! 120
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 14/05/2025github.com/samrat/membr...github.comGitHub - samrat/membrane_twilio_pluginContribute to samrat/membrane_twilio_plugin development by creating an account on GitHub. 020
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghPaulo Valente @polvalente.social · 11/05/2025I've just released Handoff, a new Elixir library for distributed function graph execution. hexdocs.pm/handoff Among other things, the library enables distributed Nx computations (anyone said distributed inference?) A huge part of this was sponsored by tvlabs.ai!hexdocs.pmHandoff v0.1.0 — Documentation 25715
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghJosé Valim @josevalim.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Introducing Tidewave: tidewave.ai While working on our web apps, we run code, query the database, read logs, search docs… but our AI tools are limited to reading code. Tidewave closes this gap by introducing Runtime Intelligence, for Phoenix and Rails. More coming soon, check out the website!tidewave.aiTidewave 517760
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 02/04/2025Gemini has a slightly different schema for tool declarations: github.com/thmsmlr/inst...github.cominstructor_ex/lib/instructor/adapters/gemini.ex at 2c89b1cd52e0125562c8c5cb2eb99d2324261cfa · thmsmlr/instructor_exStructured outputs for LLMs in Elixir. Contribute to thmsmlr/instructor_ex development by creating an account on GitHub. 110
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 27/03/2025Demo: Making phone calls from Elixir I'm working on a Twilio plugin for the Membrane multimedia framework. The demo shows an outbound call, but receiving calls works too. #ElixirLang www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhl...youtube.comMaking phone calls from Elixir using TwilioYouTube video by Samrat Man Singh 3100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 26/03/2025Are you using AI studio? Are you using any tools to feed multiple files to it? 100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 26/03/2025Testing Voice AI flows can become tedious fast But... you can just simulate conversations using another voice agent. Then, evaluate how the conversation went. 020
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 21/03/2025Got a small, standalone Python script working to use the new OpenAI transcription models(`gpt-4o-transcribe` and `gpt-4o-mini-transcribe`) using the Realtime WebSocket connection: samrat.me/standalone-o...samrat.meStandalone OpenAI transcription Python scriptOpenAI announced some new audio models yesterday, including new transcription models(gpt-4o-transcribe and gpt-4o-mini-transcribe). This model performs better than Whisper, though because they are bui... 001
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 20/03/2025www.openai.fmopenai.fmOpenAI.fmAn interactive demo for developers to try the new text-to-speech model in the OpenAI API 000
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 20/03/2025OpenAI's new TTS looks(and sounds) pretty great for the price. Also, I hope this pushes other providers to just price API usage by minute. Every other TTS provider(ElevenLabs, Cartesia, etc) currently have monthly credits pricing. 110
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 20/03/2025Phoenix now comes with DaisyUI. Looks like a great addition for non-designers(like me) #ElixirLang 43510
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 19/03/2025What would be the reason to switch to Canadian/EU-based institutions? 🤔 100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 09/03/2025There's a video here if you still have a Twitter account x.com/thmsmlr/stat...x.comThomas Millar on X: "✨ Introducing Livebook Tools ✨ BYOE(ditor) — Cursor and Windsurf now work with Livebook Livebook MCP Server — Claude can fetch the outputs of a running livebook to see what to do next `livebook_tools run notebook.livemd` — Run .livemd from the CLI. Livebook 🤝 CRON https://t.co/d7jSesgtyj" / X✨ Introducing Livebook Tools ✨ BYOE(ditor) — Cursor and Windsurf now work with Livebook Livebook MCP Server — Claude can fetch the outputs of a running livebook to see what to do next `livebook_tools run notebook.livemd` — Run .livemd from the CLI. Livebook 🤝 CRON https://t.co/d7jSesgtyj 030
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 09/03/2025New #ElixirLang tool LivebookTools lets you work on Livebook in your own editor and opens MCP access to cell outputs(so Cursor, etc) can automatically iterate on the code if the cell has errors github.com/thmsmlr/live...github.comGitHub - thmsmlr/livebook_tools: Powertools for livebook.dev — AI Code Editing, MCP Servers, and Running Livebooks from the CLIPowertools for livebook.dev — AI Code Editing, MCP Servers, and Running Livebooks from the CLI - thmsmlr/livebook_tools 1112
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghLars Wikman @lawik.bsky.social · 04/03/2025What does talk-prep look like? Bug-fixin' mostly @samrat.me darling, you have a PR :D github.com/samrat/kokor...github.comFix concatenation issue for tensors by lawik · Pull Request #5 · samrat/kokoroNx.concatenate requires the same shape and very frequently a random chunk of text would not be the right shape. So it would blow up. The concatenate was avoidable so instead of a complex padding sc... 111
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 04/03/2025Pushed my first @replicate.com model, SmolVLM2 by @hf.co (@pcuenq.hf.co et al.) Will push the 500M and 2.2B models soon as well. 040
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 01/03/2025Voice models are getting scary good. This one feels very human: www.sesame.com/research/cro...sesame.comCrossing the uncanny valley of conversational voiceAt Sesame, our goal is to achieve “voice presence”—the magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real, understood, and valued. 010
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 20/02/2025I wrote up a post on how you can run AI models on Elixir that aren't yet supported by Bumblebee samrat.me/running-ml-m... #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLangsamrat.meRunning ML models in Elixir using PythonxI just discovered Pythonx, which runs a Python interpreter in the same OS process as Elixir. Looks like it also wraps uv so it sets up a virtual environment with all the Python dependencies your code... 1225
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 20/02/2025Wow, this looks super useful for running models that aren't yet supported in Bumblebee(among other things) #ElixirLang github.com/livebook-dev...github.comGitHub - livebook-dev/pythonx: Python interpreter embedded in ElixirPython interpreter embedded in Elixir. Contribute to livebook-dev/pythonx development by creating an account on GitHub. 072
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 14/02/2025👀 Interesting! Are you using Membrane on embedded devices? 120
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghDavid Bernheisel @david.bernheisel.com · 07/02/2025Holy smokes this is awesome, a new debugger for Phoenix LiveView. Think React devtools, but not a chrome extension. github.com/software-man... #ElixirLang 515040
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghXenova @xenova.bsky.social · 07/02/2025We did it! Kokoro TTS (v1.0) can now run 100% locally in your browser w/ WebGPU acceleration. Real-time text-to-speech without a server. ⚡️ Generate 10 seconds of speech in ~1 second for $0. What will you build? 🔥 1236
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghSamrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 05/02/2025Interested in how to build voice AI apps in Elixir? Here's a blog post I wrote about building a Membrane pipeline that orchestrates audio/video communication between a browser and Google Gemini #ElixirLang blog.swmansion.com/building-a-m...blog.swmansion.comBuilding a Membrane Pipeline to Talk to Google GeminiElixir, together with the Membrane framework, is great for building pipelines that enable seamless communication between users and LLMs. 171
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 05/02/2025Thanks to @swmansion.com for publishing the post. Their team also build and maintain the incredible Membrane framework. 100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 05/02/2025And here's the Livebook github.com/samrat/gemin...github.comGitHub - samrat/gemini_live_with_membraneContribute to samrat/gemini_live_with_membrane development by creating an account on GitHub. 100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 05/02/2025Interested in how to build voice AI apps in Elixir? Here's a blog post I wrote about building a Membrane pipeline that orchestrates audio/video communication between a browser and Google Gemini #ElixirLang blog.swmansion.com/building-a-m...blog.swmansion.comBuilding a Membrane Pipeline to Talk to Google GeminiElixir, together with the Membrane framework, is great for building pipelines that enable seamless communication between users and LLMs. 171
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 04/02/2025Awesome, will check it out. I'm also preparing a Livebook to do something similar(using a Kino form instead of stdin): bsky.app/profile/did:... 100
Reposted by Samrat Man SinghLars Wikman @lawik.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Had some fun generating speech using the Elixir Kokoro implementation by @samrat.me. Made a script for typing stuff and getting the talky-talk. github.com/samrat/kokor... So a bit of ONNX, some Erlang Ports, Membrane :D #elixirlanggithub.comMix.install-based example beyond raw audio · Issue #4 · samrat/kokoroThis will start prompting your terminal for input and speak it to your default audio output. I have this other example unrelated to TTS that includes working with files and MP3s. #!/usr/bin/env eli... 1103
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 31/01/2025Reworking the Livebook for Kokoro(🔊 text-to-speech model). Now, you get a text input to input text you want read out loud(or whispered) to you. #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang 093
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 26/01/2025Writing up a blog post about this. Not sure how much of it should be an introduction to Membrane. #ElixirLang 051
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 25/01/2025It should be possible to do it using Elixir, but I imagine it would be full of edge-cases, especially if you start looking into multiple languages. 130
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 25/01/2025I was also surprised that the text-to-phonemes step happens outside the model. Larger TTS models do seem to do work end-to-end(text input instead of phonemes as input): huggingface.co/hexgrad/Koko...huggingface.cohexgrad/Kokoro-82M · Curb Your Expectations: Data & Architecture LimitationsTwo things you should be aware of 020
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 25/01/2025Elixir bindings for Kokoro TTS github.com/samrat/kokoro #ElixirLanggithub.comGitHub - samrat/kokoro: Elixir bindings to Kokoro-82M text-to-speech modelElixir bindings to Kokoro-82M text-to-speech model - samrat/kokoro 191
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 25/01/2025Here you go: github.com/samrat/kokoro Let me know if you run into issues running it.github.comGitHub - samrat/kokoro: Elixir bindings to Kokoro-82M text-to-speech modelElixir bindings to Kokoro-82M text-to-speech model - samrat/kokoro 120
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 09/01/2025Have you tested this with the `4o-mini` model? It's cheaper, but in my experience it becomes much less reliable at function calling. Curious if that's a general issue, or just skill issue on my part. 100
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 07/01/2025More voice AI exploration: Bumblebee doesn't currently support text-to-speech models, but managed to get Kokoro TTS working with Ortex Demo 👇 youtu.be/VFKX6Af9gs4youtu.beElixir text-to-speech with KokoroYouTube video by Samrat Man Singh 1142
Reposted by Samrat Man Singhantirez @antirez.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Posted on HN. Feel like sharing here as well. 8536
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 04/01/2025I've been building a small voice AI app. So far, both OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Multimodal Live seem very unreliable with function calling. And Gemini insists that it did the function call😅 000
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 30/12/2024Got Gemini Multimodal Live API working with Membrane WebRTC. Here's me having a short chat with it #ElixirLang youtu.be/JxWE3pxyGqAyoutu.beTalking to Gemini Multimodal Live with Membrane WebRTCYouTube video by Samrat Man Singh 091
Samrat Man Singh @samrat.me · 29/12/2024Boring title, but this is a delightful read on China, travel and life www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/notes-on-c...dwarkeshpatel.comNotes on ChinaLast month, I spent 2 weeks in China - I visited Beijing, Chengdu, Emeishan, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. 000
