I’m excited to announce Hologram v0.5.0, a major evolution of the full-stack Elixir web framework! This release brings massive performance improvements - we’re talking execution times improved from milliseconds to microseconds in core client-side operations, making it fast enough for real-time interactions like mouse move events.

Key highlights:

- Complete bitstring rewrite with ~50x rendering speed improvements!

- Comprehensive session and cookie management

- Live reload functionality for enhanced DX

- Incremental compilation (2x-10x faster builds)

- New pointer and mouse move events

- HTTP-based transport layer

- CRDT support for future distributed features

Full release notes: https://hologram.page/blog/hologram-v0-5-0-released

Check out the SVG Drawing Demo that showcases smooth, responsive drawing using the new pointer move events - it really demonstrates the performance leap! https://hologram.page/demos/svg-drawing

With over 950 commits since v0.4.0, this release delivers significant architectural enhancements while maintaining the unique developer experience that makes Hologram special.

Special thanks to my current GitHub sponsors: @D4no0, @Lucassifoni, and @sodapopcan!

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