Do you think that if we make our LLMs smart enough, they will create simulated universes with little simulated people in them that create LLMs? Asking for a friend

@postgresqlhero.bsky.social do you sing “Postgres hero” to yourself to the tune of “jukebox hero”. Or is that just me?

As someone who has leaned pretty heavily into trying to productively (and hopefully responsibly) leverage LLM code generation, it was nice to spend some time tracking down and squashing a LiveState bug that the coding robots couldn't possibly understand. Release forthcoming :)

It's not that I am too lazy to choose the correct emoji I am Simpsons yellow IRL

This is Cincinnatus the Roman our city was named after. He is returning the symbol of leadership called a fasces (the root of the word fascism) to return to a life of farming, thus becoming AFAIK history’s first anti-fascist

I'll be speaking on Tuesday at 6PM ET as part of the Global Elixir Meetup (GEM) week. If you're in the Cincinnati area, join us in person at the Launch Scout office. If you can't make it, the event will be streamed. Details at globalelixirmeetups.com/event/cincin... #elixirlang

Is there a word that's in between useful and useless? useish? Asking for a friend

Come join us for our Global Elixir Meetup! The Ohio edition will be on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6pm (EDT) with in person and online options. @brianmeeker.bsky.social will be sharing how to "Refurbish Your Creaky Test Suite"! Visit www.ohioelixir.com to signup. #ElixirLang #GlobalElixirMeetups

In case no one's told you today: "You're absolutely right!"

ElixirConf: We're ready for you! Join @superchris.launchscout.com this week on Thursday, August 28 for his talk "Extending Elixir with WebAssembly Components." We're looking forward to a great week with awesome people. https://elixirconf.com/talks/extending-elixir-with-webassembly-components/

🎟️ Thanks to everyone who grabbed a “Doors Open” ticket—we're extending early bird by one more day! Last chance to get the best deal before “Showtime” pricing kicks in tomorrow at 12pm Central. 🗓️ Nov 6–7 | Austin, TX → exmexconf.com #ExMexConf #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus

So there seems to be a lot of cursor unhappiness these days, and that inspired me to check out Roo Code based on a recommendation. Its an OS VSCode extension (BYOM api key). Brief experiments with claude 4 doing work on a phoenix app went well, FWIW. Gonna keep digging in: roocode.com

Thank you to all who weathered the [literal] storm last week for @superchris.launchscout.com talk about helping teams adopt AI. What we liked best was that it felt like a true meetup. It ended with everyone sitting down, chairs turned toward the center, honestly sharing and listening to each other.

Tomorrow evening @superchris.launchscout.com will share his experience helping real software development teams effectively adopt AI on real projects. Listen and chat over some pizza at Alloy Development Co starting at 5:30PM! Register (it's free) here:

Beyond Vibe Coding: Lessons from helping teams effectively adopt AI

Chris will share our experience helping software development teams effectively adopt AI on production projects.

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@superchris.launchscout.com will be sharing practical insights on how we're collaborating with tech teams in his in-person talk, "Beyond Vibe Coding: Lessons from helping teams effectively adopt AI," at 5:30 PM on June 18 at Alloy. Register at

Beyond Vibe Coding: Lessons from helping teams effectively adopt AI

Chris will share our experience helping software development teams effectively adopt AI on production projects.

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Really surprised no one thought to name their LLM Mr. MeSeeks. Seems like a missed branding opportunity.

I wrote this a while back for @teamlaunchscout.bsky.social -- "How to Support the Elixir Development Community" launchscout.com/blog/support... It remains pretty useful, though I know some of the details have since shifted. I'm really grateful to and fond of the #elixirlang community

How You Can Help Build the Elixir Development Community, Even if You Don’t Use it at Work

How You Can Help Build the Elixir Development Community, Even if You Don’t Use it at Work

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Let’s recap: BBC uses custom Elixir DSLs to serve 📈 600m+ monthly unique views 💻 12 servers (down from 100 🧑‍💻 7 #elixirlang engineers! Mind blowing! 🤯

Refactoring code (AI generated or human generated) after a good night's sleep is so much better than doing it at after the end of a long day

Due to the AI revolution, we programmers may write less code ourselves, but we still have to read it if we want to be responsible. Choosing a human friendly and readable programming language is still important. That's why I am betting on Elixir and Phoenix #MyElixirStatus

@superchris.launchscout.com is at it again! He will be presenting "WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: A Better Way to Build Extensible Software" at Stir Trek in Columbus, Ohio. on See you May 2 at 1PM. Register here: https://stirtrek.com/

“.. It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

Not to quibble, but this isn't deportation, this is exile. And it's *illegal*.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr.

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

Trump pleads with his war criminal patron "Vladimir" over social media not to make him look too stupid as Trump gives everything to Russia and justifies past murder and enables future murder. And Putin laughs at him.

David brooks is far and away my favorite republican. He nails it in this latest article. I too wouldn’t call myself a movement guy but I agree it’s what we need www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising

It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

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I feel ya Jon garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/6113960...

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Canada waiting for US economy to implode enough to make America 11th province

Canada waiting for US economy to implode enough to make America 11th province

OTTAWA - With the stock market plunged into chaos by U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Canadians have decided to simply wait out America's forthcoming economic collapse and then buy the ...

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Had a blast at WASM/IO in Barcelona spreading the love about Elixir/Erlang/OTP to the wasm folks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Vy... #ElixirLang

Supervising your WebAssembly Components with Wasmex by Chris Nelson @ Wasm I/O 2025

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