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Thinking Elixir 254 - Lua Scripting and Tidewave on Zed
Episode 254 of Thinking Elixir. News includes Hex 2.2.0 with the new :warn_if_outdated option for keeping dependencies updated, Honeybadger’s APM with built-in Elixir traces for major components, José Valim demonstrating Tidewave with Zed’s AI coding agents, LiveDebugger v0.2.0 with DevTools integration and component highlighting, Dave Lucia’s new Elixir “Lua” library for embedding Lua scripting, Paulo Valente’s “handoff” library for distributed function graph execution, a PhD thesis on Elixir code smells becoming a finalist for a prestigious award, and more!
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