Bruce Williams

Last year I re-connected with the #ElixirLang community at AlchemyConf and Goatmire—very excited to head back to ElixirConf (flying tomorrow to Chicago)!

I’d really appreciate it if my brain would restrict work-related creative pondering (and maybe especially significant breakthroughs) to my normally scheduled work hours, thank you.

I don’t work with XML in anger much anymore, but when I do I wonder how I could ever forget how woefully inadequate and frustrating Erlang/OTP’s built-in support tends to be. (Today’s gripe brought to you by me trying to use `xmerl_xsd` to validate against a spec that `xmllint` deals with handily.)

There’s a lot to like about gleam, but one aspect that doesn’t get a lot of attention is the security focus of the development team. Gleam offers great tooling and platforms for building secure and resilient web applications and services. gleam.run/news/help-fr...

We have a serious CVE for #AshFramework. If you are using #AshFramework please update to the latest version as soon as you can. cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-202...

Gardening tip: Just let the artichokes bloom sometimes.

This is, and I am not even joking, going to fuck up so many hyperlexic kids. I got accused of plagiarism because I used the word “porous” in a sixth grade paper and that shit sticks with you, if not on the permanent record, then in the childhood.

Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."

I was born in AZ and spent much of my youth in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts; some great advice here!

I have been having the *best* time building a terrible, old school MUD (with new school twists) using #gleamlang lately. I highly recommend indulging yourself in nostalgic rebuild projects from time-to-time—even ones you may never share—they’re a blast!

Please remind me to take a vacation more often.

I love how deliciously chaotic peonies can be, and how that’s a defining feature of their beauty. (Filed under “consoling thoughts that I tell myself any time I `git push` something to other human beings.”)

Something I’ve discovered about myself: while I absolutely love to cook and enjoy challenging recipes in real life, if you make me cook in your game and you haven’t made it at least as simple as a Zelda’s, I feel both too dumb and too bored to bother.

🚨 Update absinthe 🚨 Yesterday 2 CVEs for "absinthe" were released. The vulnerabilities can exhaust your CPU and atom tables. Update ASAP Thank you Curtis Schiewek and team for the quick fix and to @maennchen.dev for managing the release cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-202... cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-202...

I’m happy to be returning to ElixirConf US after a few years away—looking forward to catching up with old friends and making some new ones! #elixirlang

Very excited to be planning a return trip to South Korea next year… and to be going in the Spring. I largely grew up in the deserts of the US Southwest and humidity of the Southeast—but nothing could have prepared me for touring South Korea during last year’s heatwaves.

@distributeaid.org is organizing an emergency airfreight shipment at the end of the month. We'll post a needs list later this week. In the meantime please connect us to any potential donors of medical supplies / equipment. donate-aid@distributeaid.org You can also donate to cover shipping costs.

ElixirConf US 2026 is coming to the Windy City! September 9 - Hands-on workshops September 10-11 - Two days of inspiring conference sessions Submit YOUR talk! Whether you're a seasoned speaker or taking the stage for the first time - now's the time!! Deadline 4/12! lnkd.in/eM7ZncAa

While I appreciate Trader Joe’s attempts to support my healthy intake of protein, I could have used one less dead caterpillar 🐛 (or more, though I hope not) in my bagged salad greens today…

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

Happy St. David’s Day to my friends in Wales—Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “Gwnewch y pethau bychain” (do the little things) feels more relevant than ever these days, no matter where you are.

Bash, my favorite clingy dog

I miss my portable Aiwa MiniDisc player, circa 2001. That is all.

#ElixirLang 1.20.0-rc.0 just dropped. 👀 github.com/elixir-lang/...

🚀 Today is the day 🚀 @hugobarauna.com and I are pleased to announce that Programming Nerves is officially in Beta 🥳 Check it out at programmingnerves.dev and see all the cool projects that you will learn how to build and program with Elixir! #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang

A screenshot of what Google News saw as related coverage of Pete Hegseth yesterday—maligning a comparatively harmless raccoon.

Who do you know who wants to come work full time on #ElixirLang OSS tooling? (Boosts appreciated!) jump.ai/careers?ashb... #ElixirJobs

Gleam v1.13.0 is out now! 👻 gleam.run/news/formali...

My favorite photo from our family trip to the aquarium here in Copenhagen, Den Blå Planet, yesterday: a Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) hanging out in the rainforest. (Many thanks to @sasajuric.bsky.social for the recommendation; we had a great time!)

Next trip: #Goatmire Elixir in Varberg, Sweden. I’m on the way in less than a week, and spending the rest of the trip in & around Copenhagen.

Travel all booked for Goatmire Elixir! It turned into a bit of a family trip to Copenhagen as well—happy to finally take my family to one of my favorite cities. goatmire.com #elixirlang

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We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join my team at the BBC! You can apply here: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-S... Please share ❤️ #elixirlang #myelixirstatus #aws #hiring

This thread is incredible.

Would love to hear about the component packages people are using in #Phoenix #LiveView. One example is mishka.tools/chelekom, but I’m interested in your other recommendations! #ElixirLang

Erlang/OTP 28 Highlights (improvements which ultimately impact Elixir Lang positively)

South Korea was amazing. I’ll be back (but not in the summer 😅)!

1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok

I like a concession stand that sets reasonable expectations. (At Lotte World, Seoul)

Buy this inexplicably 3kg keyboard [y/n]?:

far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic

Thoroughly enjoying my trip to South Korea, though the weather may succeed in melting me into a puddle. (Last summer I took on a UK heat wave, so I guess I had to ratchet up the difficulty level this year.)

Off to South Korea 🇰🇷 tomorrow for ~2 weeks—on a tour with a load of US Taekwondo students (including my son), at least for most of it. (I’m both excited and preemptively exhausted.)

If you use "AI agents" (LLMs calling tools in a loop) you need to be aware of the Lethal Trifecta Combine access to private data, exposure to untrusted content and the ability to externally communicate and an attacker can trick the system into stealing your data simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/...

Any recommendations on indoor air quality monitors? (There have to have nerds informed on this subject here, I just know it.)