Thinking Elixir Episode 241

Salesforce has officially stopped selling Heroku Enterprise to new customers. If your team is running production workloads on Heroku, here's what the "End of Sale" announcement actually means and why Gigalixir is the obvious next step.

Gigalixir is formalizing support lifecycles for application stacks. Stacks gigalixir-14 through gigalixir-22 begin sunsetting in June 2026. This post explains each lifecycle phase, the full timeline, and how to check and upgrade your app's stack before retirement.

Gigalixir now offers full support for PostgreSQL 18, a release centered on massive I/O efficiency and modernized developer workflows. This version introduces a new I/O subsystem capable of 3× performance improvements in storage reads, alongside database-friendly features like native uuidv7() support and virtual generated columns. Upgrading is streamlined via the Gigalixir CLI (version 1.13.1+ required), enabling users to reduce maintenance windows and benefit from enhanced OAuth 2.0 security integration while ensuring long-term database support through 2034.

Celebrate the highly-anticipated release of Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0, a milestone that cements a new era for real-time web development. This post explores how LiveView enables developers to build rich, interactive user experiences using pure server-side Elixir—eliminating the overhead and complexity of traditional JavaScript frameworks. Discover how this stable release aligns with Gigalixir’s mission for developer productivity and learn how to deploy your next-generation LiveView applications to our Elixir-native cloud with ease.

Gigalixir has launched a new, comprehensive status page at status.gigalixir.com to provide real-time visibility into the health and performance of the platform. Organized by deployment region, the page offers detailed tracking for North America, Europe, and other global environments, ensuring users can monitor their specific production workloads without clutter. To stay ahead of potential issues, the platform now supports flexible notifications via email, Slack, webhooks, and RSS feeds, allowing developers to integrate mission-critical uptime alerts directly into their existing workflows.

Discover why distributed clustering is one of the most powerful features of the Elixir ecosystem. This post explores five key reasons to embrace clustering, from eliminating expensive dependencies like Redis and external Cron schedulers to improving performance through distributed workloads and in-memory state management, all while keeping your infrastructure simple and cost-effective on Gigalixir