The Future of Erlang LS

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Erlang LS grows from v4 to v15 and gains 36 contributors while adding concrete features: a rebar3 BSP plugin lets the language server query dependency and path info instead of reimplementing rebar logic, and a Debug Adapter Protocol integration produces an editor debugger that starts a rebar shell, sets breakpoints, inspects and mutates variables, and supports conditional, log and hit-count breakpoints. BSP support remains experimental but the DAP demo in VS Code works end to end, showing step, frame and watch behavior against real Cowboy examples.

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1. 0:0005:00 - Introduction
2. 5:0108:28 - Complexity
3. 8:2912:39 - Build Serve Protocol
4. 12:4015:11 - DAP: From a Spawnfest Hack to a Product
5. 15:1216:51 - Enter the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP)
6. 16:5225:05 - DEMO
7. 25:0634:28 - QnA

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