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Thinking Elixir 288 - 15 Years of Elixir and Full Type Inference

Episode 288 of Thinking Elixir. News includes Elixir’s 15th anniversary celebrated with an early v1.20 release candidate featuring type inference for all constructs, Chris McCord’s launch of Sprites.dev for hardware-isolated execution environments at Fly.io, MDEx v0.11.0 with a new website and Phoenix Components support, Ex_cldr 3.0 announced as Localize with runtime-only configuration, Gust workflow engine as an Airflow alternative built in Elixir, LiveDebugger v0.5.0 with Dead LiveViews debugging, LiveVue v1.0 stable release bringing Vue.js integration to Phoenix LiveView, Goatmire conference returning in 2026, and more!

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