# Thinking Elixir 252 - Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/thinking-elixir-252-riding-the-tidewave-of-ai-enhanced-phoenix/198000>\
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**Tags:** elixir, ruby, podcasts, mcp, ai, tidewave\
**Created:** [6 May 2025 12:22 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/thinking-elixir-252-riding-the-tidewave-of-ai-enhanced-phoenix/198000 "2025-05-06T12:22:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 May 2025 12:22 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/thinking-elixir-252-riding-the-tidewave-of-ai-enhanced-phoenix/198000/1 "2025-05-06T12:22:33Z")

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Episode 252 of [Thinking Elixir](https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com). News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software Mansion’s LiveDebugger v0.2.0 coming in May, mix test.interactive for enhanced ExUnit testing workflows, and information about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers, and more!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AB2KuXm2xvM/maxresdefault.jpg "Thinking Elixir Podcast 252: Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB2KuXm2xvM)