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