News includes Phoenix v1.8 shipping with an AGENTS markdown file for new apps to enhance coding agent experiences, Popcorn bringing Elixir to the browser through WebAssembly with no installation required, LiveVue v0.6.0 with 90% payload size reduction through JSON Patch operations, an awesome LiveView development tip for hot-reloading code changes while preserving LiveView state, MDEx v0.8 adding decorators support for enhanced code block styling, Hologram v0.5.0 delivering major performance improvements with milliseconds to microseconds execution times, ElixirConf US 2025 tickets available with our discount code, and a discussion about how AI-generated code is creating new bottlenecks in QA and code review processes, and more!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/264

Elixir Community News

https://paraxial.io/ – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer.
https://x.com/josevalim/status/1948826989357367698 – José Valim announces Phoenix v1.8 will ship with an AGENTS markdown file for new apps, ensuring teams using coding agents have an outstanding experience out of the box
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/commit/50ffaa5aa1c60503f01cd2107edd43f22435f9e7 – Phoenix commit adding the AGENTS.md file by Chris McCord
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/main/installer/templates/phx_single/AGENTS.md – The actual AGENTS.md template file in Phoenix
https://hex.pm/packages/usage_rules – Related package for usage rules
https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3luptf3p76s24 – Announcement post about Popcorn - Elixir in your browser via WebAssembly
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/ – Popcorn - run Elixir locally in your browser with no install required
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/eval – Interactive IEx shell demo running in the browser
https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/ – GitHub project for Popcorn
https://blog.swmansion.com/popcorn-bringing-elixir-to-the-browser-8993a58a00be – Blog post explaining how Popcorn works and its limitations
https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM – AtomVM - Tiny Erlang VM that powers Popcorn
https://atomvm.org/ – AtomVM website with details about the lightweight BEAM implementation
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/25/floss-weekly-episode-838-atomvm-and-the-full-stack-elixir-developer/ – Podcast appearance by AtomVM team
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1947674420459254203 – LiveVue v0.6.0 release announcement
https://github.com/Valian/live_vue – LiveVue project - end-to-end reactivity for Phoenix LiveView and Vue
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1950110941137285567 – Jakob explains new End to End testing setup for LiveVue
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1949882608424538420 – Awesome LiveView development tip for hot-reloading while keeping state
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1788308446007132509 – Original tip post about LiveView hot reloading
https://gist.github.com/chrismccord/2c26c876bb4430c1bdcd313b64e4c2c5 – Chris McCord's Gist showing how to implement LiveView hot reload with state preservation
https://x.com/leandrocesquini/status/1949827775541502037 – MDEx v0.8 release announcement
https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex – MDEx project - Markdown processor for Elixir
https://hexdocs.pm/mdex/0.8.0/MDEx.html#module-code-block-decorators – Documentation for MDEx decorators feature
https://bsky.app/profile/bartblast.com/post/3lutbbibma22a – Hologram v0.5.0 announcement
https://hologram.page/blog/hologram-v0-5-0-released – Hologram v0.5.0 release blog post
https://github.com/bartblast/hologram – Hologram project - components defined in Elixir that become JS in the browser
https://elixirconf.com/ – ElixirConf US 2025 website
https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir – ElixirConf ticket discount link with ThinkingElixir code for 10% off
https://x.com/ThatArrowsmith/status/1948490317277143438 – George Arrowsmith's tweet about QA becoming a bottleneck with AI-generated code
https://x.com/mikehostetler/status/1948491086130819331 – Mike Hostetler's response about teams struggling with code review and QA of AI-generated code
https://x.com/josevalim/status/1948634632716488809 – José Valim's insight on the need for new software verification practices with AI code generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2IZLR0LXc – Mark's first AI demo video: I Built an AI Tool That Saves Me Hours Every Week (Demo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piS1J4ru1fE – Mark's second AI demo video: How to Build AI Systems That Actually Run Your Business (Not Just Chat)

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264: Hot Reload In Dev and QA Bottlenecks

Thinking Elixir Podcast

264: Hot Reload In Dev and QA Bottlenecks