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Mike Hostetler on Jido v3

Mike Hostetler, creator of Jido and ReqLLM, is back for round three. Jido 2.0 hit the top of Hacker News and took his docs server down with it, and Jido v3 betas are already on Hex. We get into agentic back pressure, why models write better declarative Elixir, why most actors don't need an LLM at all, durable workflows with Jido Flow, and the multiplayer harness he's building on OTP. Plus Grok Bots and personal agents, reverse engineering bad IoT apps, and live questions from chat. 00:00 - Introduction 02:56 - The Jido 2.0 launch and a Hacker News hug of death 06:27 - Lessons from Ralph Wiggum loops 08:51 - Why models write better Elixir 11:44 - Agentic back pressure 14:22 - Jido v3's Spark DSL 20:48 - When do you need 10,000 agents? 26:28 - Q&A: A public actor mesh? 27:59 - Actors vs agents: Jido without an LLM 30:38 - Halo 2 NPCs and classical AI 33:36 - What's new in Jido v3 35:03 - Durable workflows with Runic and Jido Flow 39:34 - Property and fuzz testing with agents 42:27 - Who's building on Jido 44:27 - Q&A: TermUI and the Jido harness 48:28 - DASP, the Durable Actor Session Protocol 50:39 - Q&A: Pods, topologies, and the signal bus 55:01 - Grok Bots, Dots, and personal agents 57:20 - Reverse engineering IoT apps with an LLM 1:06:24 - LLMDB and LLM Catalog 1:07:51 - 600 PRs a month and vibe coded PRs 1:12:12 - The Founder Playbook skills repo 1:14:37 - Teaching and community after LLMs 1:17:31 - Will AI replace engineers? 1:22:57 - A hard lesson migrating Killswitch data 1:25:01 - What's next for Jido and the harness Resources Mentioned: - Jido: https://jido.run/?utm_source=elixir-mentor - Runic: https://github.com/zblanco/runic?utm_source=elixir-mentor - LLM Catalog: https://llmcatalog.dev/?utm_source=elixir-mentor - Founder Playbook: https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook?utm_source=elixir-mentor - Killswitch: https://killswitch.app/?utm_source=elixir-mentor Connect with Mike: - X: https://x.com/mikehostetler?utm_source=elixir-mentor - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehostetler?utm_source=elixir-mentor Sponsors: - BEAMOps: https://beamops.co.uk/?utm_source=elixir-mentor - Paraxial.io: https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=elixir-mentor - Jido: https://agentjido.xyz/discord?utm_source=elixir-mentor SUPPORT ELIXIR MENTOR - Elixir Mentor: https://elixirmentor.com/?utm_source=elixir-mentor #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus #ElixirMentor

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Mike Hostetler, creator of Jido and ReqLLM, is back for round three. Jido 2.0 hit the top of Hacker News and took his docs server down with it, and Jido v3 betas are already on Hex. We get into agentic back pressure, why models write better declarative Elixir, why most actors don't need an LLM at all, durable workflows with Jido Flow, and the multiplayer harness he's building on OTP.

Plus Grok Bots and personal agents, reverse engineering bad IoT apps, and live questions from chat.

00:00 - Introduction

02:56 - The Jido 2.0 launch and a Hacker News hug of death

06:27 - Lessons from Ralph Wiggum loops

08:51 - Why models write better Elixir

11:44 - Agentic back pressure

14:22 - Jido v3's Spark DSL

20:48 - When do you need 10,000 agents?

26:28 - Q&A: A public actor mesh?

27:59 - Actors vs agents: Jido without an LLM

30:38 - Halo 2 NPCs and classical AI

33:36 - What's new in Jido v3

35:03 - Durable workflows with Runic and Jido Flow

39:34 - Property and fuzz testing with agents

42:27 - Who's building on Jido

44:27 - Q&A: TermUI and the Jido harness

48:28 - DASP, the Durable Actor Session Protocol

50:39 - Q&A: Pods, topologies, and the signal bus

55:01 - Grok Bots, Dots, and personal agents

57:20 - Reverse engineering IoT apps with an LLM

1:06:24 - LLMDB and LLM Catalog

1:07:51 - 600 PRs a month and vibe coded PRs

1:12:12 - The Founder Playbook skills repo

1:14:37 - Teaching and community after LLMs

1:17:31 - Will AI replace engineers?

1:22:57 - A hard lesson migrating Killswitch data

1:25:01 - What's next for Jido and the harness

Resources Mentioned:

- Jido: https://jido.run/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- Runic: https://github.com/zblanco/runic?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- LLM Catalog: https://llmcatalog.dev/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- Founder Playbook: https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- Killswitch: https://killswitch.app/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

Connect with Mike:

- X: https://x.com/mikehostetler?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehostetler?utm_source=elixir-mentor

Sponsors:

- BEAMOps: https://beamops.co.uk/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- Paraxial.io: https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

- Jido: https://agentjido.xyz/discord?utm_source=elixir-mentor

SUPPORT ELIXIR MENTOR

- Elixir Mentor: https://elixirmentor.com/?utm_source=elixir-mentor

#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus #ElixirMentor


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