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ElixirWeekly by @elixirstatus

Issue #480

This week in Elixir

My Journey on Building nvim:// URL Handler for Clickable Stacktraces
Do you know that in Phoenix you can set PLUG_DEBUGGER env variable to generate links to your text editor in the stack trace. Nick shows the possibilities.

Binary Pattern Matching in Elixir
Decode bits and bytes into meaningful parts using the magic of Elixir pattern matching, as described by Peter.

Ash Framework: Authorization and Monoids
Joseph explores why authorization logic gets messy fast and what we can do about it.

Even more from around the Elixir community

Thinking Elixir: Protocols, Permissions, and Performance Podcast

Elixir Streams |> 🤩 Ecto's Datetime Helpers Video

From Diplomacy to OTP: Mackenzie Morgan's Path to Erlang and Elixir Video

Code BEAM Europe 2025 - 5-6 NOV Berlin & Online Conference

Secure Random Numbers in Elixir (and Erlang) Blog post

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