FOLLOW UPS

1. Deep dish is indeed pizza not a pie. (Is it though?)
2. Hologram is written in Elixir

NEWS

1. OTP Emergency Patch releases for OTP 27, 28, 29 fix a bunch of vulnerabilities
   1. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-29-0-4-released/76127
   2. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-28-5-0-4-released/76128
   3. https://elixirforum.com/t/patch-package-otp-27-3-4-15-released/76129
2. Gleam 1.18 released
   1. https://gleam.run/news/a-field-day-for-gleams-language-server/
3. ElixirConf US 2025 Talks are being published on YouTube
   1. https://forum.elixirforum.com/tag/elixirconf/147
4. Version 0.3.0 of the Programming Nerves book by Alex Koutmos and Hugo Barauna is out
   1. https://www.programmingnerves.dev/
   2. https://bsky.app/profile/akoutmos.bsky.social/post/3mrpthmrm6k2v

BLOGS

1. Mike Zornek - Shimming your way off a dead Elixir dependency
   1. https://mikezornek.com/posts/2026/7/shim-off-a-dead-elixir-dependency
2. Johanna Larson - Distributed rate limiter with HRW in Elixir
   1. https://jola.dev/posts/distributed-ratelimiter-with-hrw
3. Paul Ricks - Profiling Rust NIFs in Elixir (with hotpath)
   1. https://blog.smaller-infinity.com/posts/profiling-rust-nifs-in-elixir
4. Jacob Swanner - Batching Phoenix LiveView Updates
   1. https://jacobswanner.com/development/2026/batching-phoenix-liveview-updates/
5. Paraxial - Security Vendor's AI Best Practices Labels Critical Elixir RCE Safe
   1. https://paraxial.io/blog/ai-spam
6. German Velasco - Diverge then converge with LLMs
   1. https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/diverge-then-converge-with-llms
7. PSA - Don’t write on medium

MEETUPS & CONFERENCES

1. Nerves Meetup - online via Zoom, this week (August 12)
2. UnConference before ElixirConf US (Sept 9) and CodeBEAM EU (Oct 20)
   1. https://luma.com/erlef
3. Goatmire - Varberg, Sweden Sept 28 - Oct 3
   1. https://goatmire.com

DISCUSSION

1. Deployment strategies in 2026 - Fly.io shifting focus:
   1. https://fly.io/blog/kurt-scott-money-sprites/
   2. https://community.fly.io/t/will-the-apps-and-machine-platform-start-winding-down/28380
   3. https://github.com/dmkenney/xamal
   4. https://coolify.io/
2. What will more intelligence actually do for us?
   1. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-will-more-intelligence-actually
3. GCC To Decline Any Significant Contributions Made Via AI/LLMs - Except For Test Cases
   1. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Declining-AI-Contributions