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Ceuta is an integral part of Spain, not a “piece of imperial history”.

It has belonged to Spain since 1580. That’s one century after the Spanish kingdoms unification and four centuries before Morocco existed as an independent state.

Re:What Claude Code Sends to the Cloud on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:12PM (#46570435)
This is great! Would love to see if Opencode sends different payloads and hoe they differ.
Re:Elixir 1.19 Released on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:55AM (#45602620)
The progressive introduction of automated type checking in Elixir should serve as a reference on how to improve a programming language gracefully without breaking changes.

So many examples of programming languages have huge breaking changes between versions that end up creating a split in the ecosystem that takes years to resolve.

Thankfully José has been very clear about Elixir being done since at least 2018. The language is stable and the language/core foundation is not changing anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suOzNeMJXl0

Truly outsanding work and stewardship.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @08:45AM (#41346911)
I (along with a friend) am working on an Elixir-based built-in error reporting and tracking solution: https://github.com/elixir-error-tracker/error-tracker

I wrote a post explaining the reasons for building this when we already have multiple third-party SaaS providers: https://crbelaus.com/2024/07/31/built-in-elixir-error-report...

It boils down to simplicity. While error reporting is extremely valuable for most projects, it is absent from many. The most common reason is that this requires entering SaaS territory. Most solutions are provided by third-parties that require you to subscribe and pay for the privilege of tracking your errors. Cost is the main noticeable downside. Data protection (GDPR, HIPAA, etc) is another.

The Elixir community is providing great feedback and it was covered both in a YouTube video (https://youtu.be/TNmSVjGyZx0?si=yd6kOwa2ZpxUyFad) and a Podcast (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/215).

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