162: Elixir to WebAssembly with Orb

WebAssembly is an interesting technology that feels completely separate from Elixir. Patrick Smith created an Elixir project called Orb, an Elixir DSL for WebAssembly. He also shows how a WebAssembly component can play a meaningful role in a LiveView page! We talk more about what WebAssembly is, the promise for the technology, how it can improve UX, and where Patrick sees real practical applications for Elixir developers.
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/162 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/162)
Elixir Community News
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView released v0.19.5
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1681719691503386632 (https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1681719691503386632?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Will the Elixir type system make it harder for beginners?
- https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1683468212975939585 (https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1683468212975939585?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Req feature that makes it easy to stream a response.
- https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/breakdown-of-http-clients-in-elixir/ (https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/breakdown-of-http-clients-in-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrea Leopardi wrote a helpful post about HTTP clients in Elixir.
- https://www.thestackcanary.com/from-python-pytorch-to-elixir-nx/ (https://www.thestackcanary.com/from-python-pytorch-to-elixir-nx/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – An article titled “From Python to Elixir Machine Learning” has been getting some attention recently about moving from Python PyTorch to Elixir-Nx.
- https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1681422911763107841 (https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1681422911763107841?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sean Moriarity's book "Machine Learning in Elixir" is now in beta
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/154 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/154?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous interview with Sean Moriarity - Serving Up AI with Sean Moriarity
- https://pragprog.com/titles/smelixir/machine-learning-in-elixir/ (https://pragprog.com/titles/smelixir/machine-learning-in-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Machine Learning in Elixir book
- https://twitter.com/ElixirMembrane/status/1679129777490280449 (https://twitter.com/ElixirMembrane/status/1679129777490280449?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Membrane Framework announced they are planning a conference in October.
- https://rtcon.live/ (https://rtcon.live/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Membrane Framework conference will be October 12-14 in Krakow Poland.
- https://twitter.com/IScottMing/status/1682307757695979521 (https://twitter.com/IScottMing/status/1682307757695979521?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Lexical LSP now supports Elixir 1.15
- https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/issues/244 (https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/issues/244?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Github issue for tracking Lexical LSP and OTP 26 support
- https://paraxial.io/blog/still-safe (https://paraxial.io/blog/still-safe?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Michael Lubas wrote a new security blog post about Elixir in response to a research paper.
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Discussion Resources
- https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762 (https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Orb, a friendly DSL for WebAssembly
- https://icing.space/2023/introducing-orb (https://icing.space/2023/introducing-orb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://hexdocs.pm/orb/Orb.html (https://hexdocs.pm/orb/Orb.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/RoyalIcing/Orb (https://github.com/RoyalIcing/Orb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Orb Github project
- https://calculated.world/ (https://calculated.world/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://icing.space/2023/how-is-a-webassembly-module-like-a-ruby-class (https://icing.space/2023/how-is-a-webassembly-module-like-a-ruby-class?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://dockyard.com/blog/2022/09/01/dockyard-r-d-firefly-optimizes-your-elixir-compilation (https://dockyard.com/blog/2022/09/01/dockyard-r-d-firefly-optimizes-your-elixir-compilation?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://getfirefly.org/ (https://getfirefly.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Firefly project
- https://github.com/GetFirefly/firefly (https://github.com/GetFirefly/firefly?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Firefly Github project
- https://www.figma.com/blog/webassembly-cut-figmas-load-time-by-3x/ (https://www.figma.com/blog/webassembly-cut-figmas-load-time-by-3x/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://www.figma.com/ (https://www.figma.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/RoyalIcing/OrbWasmtime (https://github.com/RoyalIcing/OrbWasmtime?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://hex.pm/packages/rustler (https://hex.pm/packages/rustler?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/viniarck/wasmtime-ex (https://github.com/viniarck/wasmtime-ex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/tessi/wasmex (https://github.com/tessi/wasmex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/christhekeele/matcha (https://github.com/christhekeele/matcha?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://components.guide/color (https://components.guide/color?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
- https://github.com/grych/drab (https://github.com/grych/drab?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes)
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/royalicing (https://twitter.com/royalicing?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Twitter
- https://github.com/royalicing/ (https://github.com/royalicing/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Github
- https://hachyderm.io/@royalicing (https://hachyderm.io/@royalicing?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – on Fediverse
- https://icing.space/ (https://icing.space/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog
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WebAssembly is an interesting technology that feels completely separate from Elixir. Patrick Smith created an Elixir project called Orb, an Elixir DSL for WebAssembly. He also shows how a WebAssembly component can play a meaningful role in a LiveView page! We talk more about what WebAssembly is, the promise for the technology, how it can improve UX, and where Patrick sees real practical applications for Elixir developers.

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/162

Elixir Community News

https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md – Phoenix LiveView released v0.19.5
https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1681719691503386632 – Will the Elixir type system make it harder for beginners?
https://twitter.com/wojtekmach/status/1683468212975939585 – New Req feature that makes it easy to stream a response.
https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/breakdown-of-http-clients-in-elixir/ – Andrea Leopardi wrote a helpful post about HTTP clients in Elixir.
https://www.thestackcanary.com/from-python-pytorch-to-elixir-nx/ – An article titled “From Python to Elixir Machine Learning” has been getting some attention recently about moving from Python PyTorch to Elixir-Nx.
https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1681422911763107841 – Sean Moriarity's book "Machine Learning in Elixir" is now in beta
https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/154 – Previous interview with Sean Moriarity - Serving Up AI with Sean Moriarity
https://pragprog.com/titles/smelixir/machine-learning-in-elixir/ – Machine Learning in Elixir book
https://twitter.com/ElixirMembrane/status/1679129777490280449 – The Membrane Framework announced they are planning a conference in October.
https://rtcon.live/ – Membrane Framework conference will be October 12-14 in Krakow Poland.
https://twitter.com/IScottMing/status/1682307757695979521 – Lexical LSP now supports Elixir 1.15
https://github.com/lexical-lsp/lexical/issues/244 – Github issue for tracking Lexical LSP and OTP 26 support
https://paraxial.io/blog/still-safe – Michael Lubas wrote a new security blog post about Elixir in response to a research paper.

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected]

Discussion Resources

https://twitter.com/royalicing/status/1671689512685301762 – Orb, a friendly DSL for WebAssembly
https://icing.space/2023/introducing-orb
https://hexdocs.pm/orb/Orb.html
https://github.com/RoyalIcing/Orb – Orb Github project
https://calculated.world/
https://icing.space/2023/how-is-a-webassembly-module-like-a-ruby-class
https://dockyard.com/blog/2022/09/01/dockyard-r-d-firefly-optimizes-your-elixir-compilation
https://getfirefly.org/ – Firefly project
https://github.com/GetFirefly/firefly – Firefly Github project
https://www.figma.com/blog/webassembly-cut-figmas-load-time-by-3x/
https://www.figma.com/
https://github.com/RoyalIcing/OrbWasmtime
https://hex.pm/packages/rustler
https://github.com/viniarck/wasmtime-ex
https://github.com/tessi/wasmex
https://github.com/christhekeele/matcha
https://components.guide/color
https://github.com/grych/drab

Guest Information

https://twitter.com/royalicing – on Twitter
https://github.com/royalicing/ – on Github
https://hachyderm.io/@royalicing – on Fediverse
https://icing.space/ – Blog

Find us online

Message the show - @ThinkingElixir
Message the show on Fediverse - @[email protected]
Email the show - [email protected]
Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @[email protected]
David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @[email protected]
Cade Ward - @cadebward
Cade Ward on Fediverse - @[email protected]

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