269: Elixir with LLMs and Expert Arrives

News includes the release of Expert, the new official Elixir LSP that's already supported by Zed editor, Tidewave Web getting its first major update with editor integration and notifications, Paulo Valente's handoff library v0.2.0 for distributed graph execution across BEAM nodes, LiveDebugger v0.4.0 with new inspect mode and improved features, fascinating research showing Elixir performing exceptionally well in LLM code generation benchmarks (scoring highest among all tested languages), the announcement that next ElixirConf US will be in Chicago, and a critical security alert about a new type of developer dependency attack that weaponizes AI CLI tools, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/269 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/269) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-aug2025) – 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://github.com/elixir-lang/expert (https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Expert, the new official Elixir LSP was released https://expert-lsp.org/ (https://expert-lsp.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Expert LSP official website https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert/blob/main/pages/installation.md#editor-specific-setup (https://github.com/elixir-lang/expert/blob/main/pages/installation.md#editor-specific-setup?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Installation instructions for different editors https://zed.dev/docs/languages/elixir#expert (https://zed.dev/docs/languages/elixir#expert?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zed editor already supports Expert https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960402157922082981 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960402157922082981?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim announces Tidewave Web first update https://tidewave.ai/blog/editor-integration-notifications (https://tidewave.ai/blog/editor-integration-notifications?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave Web blog post and full changelog https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960692138112352355 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960692138112352355?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José mentions plans to open public roadmap soon https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962491846795391333 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962491846795391333?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim interviewed about Tidewave Web with Ruby focus https://rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-introducing-tidewave-interview-with-jos-valim#interview-with-jose-valim (https://rubyai.beehiiv.com/p/ruby-ai-introducing-tidewave-interview-with-jos-valim#interview-with-jose-valim?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Full Ruby AI interview with José Valim https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960683093225865463 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1960683093225865463?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José discusses Zed's Agent Client Protocol (ACP) https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/agent_servers/src/claude.rs (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/agent_servers/src/claude.rs?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zed working on Claude Code support https://github.com/orgs/tidewave-ai/projects/1 (https://github.com/orgs/tidewave-ai/projects/1?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave's public roadmap https://github.com/polvalente/handoff (https://github.com/polvalente/handoff?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paulo Valente's handoff library v0.2.0 for distributed graph execution https://x.com/elixirmembrane/status/1961071773438574897 (https://x.com/elixirmembrane/status/1961071773438574897?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger v0.4.0 release announcement https://forms.gle/V6tUHpJt94vi1v1TA (https://forms.gle/V6tUHpJt94vi1v1TA?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger feedback form https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger (https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger GitHub repository https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962649394139877479 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1962649394139877479?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim shares Elixir's exceptional LLM performance results https://x.com/tomthesilva/status/1962628935730241712 (https://x.com/tomthesilva/status/1962628935730241712?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Thomas Silva's research on language performance in code generation https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark (https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tencent's AutoCodeBenchmark multilingual coding evaluation https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark/blob/main/figures/exp_acb.png (https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/AutoCodeBenchmark/blob/main/figures/exp_acb.png?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Benchmark results showing Elixir's top performance https://x.com/hugobarauna/status/1961914102764261688 (https://x.com/hugobarauna/status/1961914102764261688?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Next ElixirConf US announced for Chicago Errata correction from José about OIDC implementation attribution to Jonatan Männchen https://x.com/zack_overflow/status/1960771720727683507 (https://x.com/zack_overflow/status/1960771720727683507?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New developer dependency attack vector using AI CLI tools https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/supply-chain-security-alert-popular-nx-build-system-package-compromised-with-data-stealing-malware (https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/supply-chain-security-alert-popular-nx-build-system-package-compromised-with-data-stealing-malware?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Supply chain security alert about compromised Nx package https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/security-alert-nx-compromised-to-steal-wallets-and-credentials/ (https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/security-alert-nx-compromised-to-steal-wallets-and-credentials/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Semgrep security analysis of the NPM project's Nx compromise https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-chrome (https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-chrome?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Anthropic's post about securing browser interactions Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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