261: Why Elixir and a $300K Daily Bill?

News includes Phoenix LiveView 1.1.0 release candidates featuring change tracking in comprehensions by default and TypeScript annotations, José Valim's inspiring DevLabs interview about building authentic tools and fostering healthy ecosystems, Matthew Sinclair's comprehensive post outlining 9 compelling reasons to choose Elixir, Peter Solnica's exciting teaser about rebuilding rom-rb in Elixir, Igniter's growing adoption with 45 packages now using it for simplified installation, ElixirConf 2025 US tickets available with ThinkingElixir discount, Figma's S-1 filing revealing their staggering $300,000 daily AWS costs, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/261 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/261) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-july2025) – 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://hexdocs.pm/phoenixliveview/1.1.0-rc.2/changelog.html#v1-1-0-rc-2-2025-07-05 (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/1.1.0-rc.2/changelog.html#v1-1-0-rc-2-2025-07-05?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView 1.1.0 release candidate with change tracking in comprehensions by default https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lteubbasjc2g (https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lteubbasjc2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Steffen's thread about LiveView 1.1.0 RC changes and improvements Includes Colocated JS hooks and TypeScript type annotations to all public JavaScript APIs https://x.com/vmelnikova_en/status/1939754121005031881 (https://x.com/vmelnikova_en/status/1939754121005031881?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DevLabs interview announcement with José Valim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihn2fuc_ueQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihn2fuc_ueQ?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim on feeding desire to learn, healthy Elixir ecosystem and the future of AI tooling https://bsky.app/profile/matthewsinclair.com/post/3ltfyuekfkc2w (https://bsky.app/profile/matthewsinclair.com/post/3ltfyuekfkc2w?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Matthew Sinclair's post about why Elixir is a great choice https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0181-why-elixir (https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0181-why-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – \"Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions\" blog post with 9 reasons https://hex.pm/packages/recon (https://hex.pm/packages/recon?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Collection of functions and scripts to debug Erlang in production. https://hex.pm/packages/observer_cli (https://hex.pm/packages/observer_cli?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Visualize Erlang/Elixir Nodes On The Command Line https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3ltf3e7nije24 (https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3ltf3e7nije24?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Peter Solnica teaser about rebuilding rom-rb in Elixir https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3ltg6dak7fk2f (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3ltg6dak7fk2f?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel shares that Igniter now has 45 packages using it for simplified installation https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir (https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2025 US tickets with "ThinkingElixir" discount code for 10% off https://www.figma.com/blog/s1-public/ (https://www.figma.com/blog/s1-public/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma's S-1 filing announcement for going public https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579878/000162828025033742/figma-sx1.htm (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579878/000162828025033742/figma-sx1.htm?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma's SEC S-1 filing document https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/design-platform-figma-spends-300000-on-aws-daily/ (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/design-platform-figma-spends-300000-on-aws-daily/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma spends $300,000 daily on AWS services according to S-1 filing Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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