271: Testing, Searching, and Funding
News includes interactive ExUnit testing with mix_test_interactive, TrieHard Rust-powered search library, ReqLLM for unified LLM interactions, Hologram v0.6.0 production features, funded Rebar4 project, and more!
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Show Notes
News includes an interactive test runner called mix_test_interactive that brings Jest-style testing to ExUnit, TrieHard - a blazing fast Rust-powered Trie implementation for search and autocomplete functionality, ReqLLM - a new unified library for LLM interactions built on Req, Hologram v0.6.0 bringing production-ready features to the pure Elixir full-stack framework, the successfully funded Rebar4 project promising better OTP integration, and more!
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- https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive – An interactive test runner for ExUnit tests with dynamic test filtering
- https://x.com/navinpeiris/status/1967077714030195143 – X post sharing the mix_test_interactive library
- https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive?tab=readme-ov-file#interactive-commands – Interactive commands documentation for mix_test_interactive
- https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit – An interactive Git shell mentioned as a related tool
- https://x.com/nikos_maroulis/status/1967626142560793057 – X post announcing TrieHard library by Nikos Maroulis
- https://github.com/nyo16/trie_hard – Blazing fast, memory-efficient Trie implementation for Elixir with Rust backend
- https://torus.dimamik.com/ – Alternative to TrieHard for database-based search functionality
- https://github.com/dimamik/torus – GitHub repository for Torus database search library
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigram – Trigram reference mentioned in discussion
- https://github.com/agentjido/req_llm – ReqLLM - A Req-based library for LLM interactions by Mike Hostetler
- https://x.com/mikehostetler/status/1966989434781659571 – X post thread for the new ReqLLM library
- https://elixirforum.com/t/reqllm-composable-llm-client-built-on-req/72514/7 – ElixirForum post with ReqLLM discussion
- Jido - toolkit for building autonomous, distributed agent systems in Elixir
- https://hologram.page/blog/hologram-v0-6-0-released – Hologram v0.6.0 release announcement with production-ready features
- https://hologram.page/demos/bouncing-ball – Interactive Bouncing Ball Demo showcasing Hologram's new action delay capabilities
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/rebar3-integrating-with-erlang-otp – Successfully funded Rebar4 project Kickstarter campaign
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