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Thinking Elixir Podcast 297: JavaScript Joins the BEAM?

Episode 297 of Thinking Elixir. News includes Quickbeam, an exciting new research project that brings a full JavaScript runtime inside the BEAM with OTP supervision, native DOM access, and a built-in TypeScript toolchain, plus a companion Volt asset pipeline for Elixir; José Valim highlights how Elixir’s type system work is already inspiring optimizations in Python’s Ruff project, and shares a new blog post on the latest BDD performance improvements coming in Elixir v1.20; LiveView Debugger v0.7 arrives with source code links, nested live view tree structure, and a closer path to v1.0; a new browser-based Elixir Language Tour expands its Processes chapter with hands-on GenServers, Supervisors, and more; Oban v2.21 lands with workflow tracking, rate limiting, and massive index improvements; and more!

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