News includes Phoenix v1.8 shipping with an AGENTS markdown file for new apps to enhance coding agent experiences, Popcorn bringing Elixir to the browser through WebAssembly with no installation required, LiveVue v0.6.0 with 90% payload size reduction through JSON Patch operations, an awesome LiveView development tip for hot-reloading code changes while preserving LiveView state, MDEx v0.8 adding decorators support for enhanced code block styling, Hologram v0.5.0 delivering major performance improvements with milliseconds to microseconds execution times, ElixirConf US 2025 tickets available with our discount code, and a discussion about how AI-generated code is creating new bottlenecks in QA and code review processes, and more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/264 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/264)
Elixir Community News
https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-july2025) – 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://x.com/josevalim/status/1948826989357367698 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1948826989357367698?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim announces Phoenix v1.8 will ship with an AGENTS markdown file for new apps, ensuring teams using coding agents have an outstanding experience out of the box
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/commit/50ffaa5aa1c60503f01cd2107edd43f22435f9e7 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/commit/50ffaa5aa1c60503f01cd2107edd43f22435f9e7?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix commit adding the AGENTS.md file by Chris McCord
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/main/installer/templates/phx_single/AGENTS.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/main/installer/templates/phx_single/AGENTS.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The actual AGENTS.md template file in Phoenix
https://hex.pm/packages/usage_rules (https://hex.pm/packages/usage_rules?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Related package for usage rules
https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3luptf3p76s24 (https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3luptf3p76s24?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement post about Popcorn - Elixir in your browser via WebAssembly
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/ (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Popcorn - run Elixir locally in your browser with no install required
https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/eval (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/demos/eval?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Interactive IEx shell demo running in the browser
https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/ (https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub project for Popcorn
https://blog.swmansion.com/popcorn-bringing-elixir-to-the-browser-8993a58a00be (https://blog.swmansion.com/popcorn-bringing-elixir-to-the-browser-8993a58a00be?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining how Popcorn works and its limitations
https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM (https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AtomVM - Tiny Erlang VM that powers Popcorn
https://atomvm.org/ (https://atomvm.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AtomVM website with details about the lightweight BEAM implementation
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/25/floss-weekly-episode-838-atomvm-and-the-full-stack-elixir-developer/ (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/25/floss-weekly-episode-838-atomvm-and-the-full-stack-elixir-developer/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Podcast appearance by AtomVM team
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1947674420459254203 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1947674420459254203?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveVue v0.6.0 release announcement
https://github.com/Valian/live_vue (https://github.com/Valian/live_vue?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveVue project - end-to-end reactivity for Phoenix LiveView and Vue
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1950110941137285567 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1950110941137285567?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Jakob explains new End to End testing setup for LiveVue
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1949882608424538420 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1949882608424538420?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Awesome LiveView development tip for hot-reloading while keeping state
https://x.com/jskalc/status/1788308446007132509 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1788308446007132509?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Original tip post about LiveView hot reloading
https://gist.github.com/chrismccord/2c26c876bb4430c1bdcd313b64e4c2c5 (https://gist.github.com/chrismccord/2c26c876bb4430c1bdcd313b64e4c2c5?utm_so