About this episode
News includes a new Elixir case study about Cyanview's camera shading technology used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl, Oban Pro 1.6 with 20x faster queue partitioning, the openid_connect package reaching version 1.0, Supabase's new Postgres Language Server for developer tooling, and ElixirEvents.net as a community resource. Plus, we interview Michael Lubas, founder of Paraxial.io, about web application security in Elixir, what's involved in a security audit, and how his Elixir-focused security company is helping teams and businesses in the community.
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/248
Elixir Community News
https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/03/25/cyanview-elixir-case/ – New Elixir case study about Cyanview, a Belgian company whose Remote Control Panel for camera shading is used at major events like the Olympics and Super Bowl. Their Elixir-powered solution enables remote camera control across challenging network conditions.
https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/changelog.html – Oban Pro 1.6 released with subworkflows, improved queue partitioning (20x faster), and a new guide explaining different job composition approaches.
https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0-rc.1/composition.html – New Oban Pro guide explaining when to use chains, workflows, chunks, or batches for job composition.
https://github.com/DockYard/openid_connect – The Elixir package 'openid_connect' reached version 1.0, providing client library support for working with various OpenID Connect providers like Google, Microsoft Azure AD, Auth0, and others.
https://hexdocs.pm/openid_connect/readme.html – Documentation for the newly released openid_connect 1.0 package.
https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llqwsbyutc2z – Announcement that openid_connect is maintained by tvlabs.
https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3llee5lyerk2b – PhoenixTest v0.6.0 has been released with significant changes, in
