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Co-authored-by: Mirela Prifti <57798527+mirelaprifti@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: DadeSko

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+title: This Week in Effect - 2025-08-15
+excerpt: Claude Code from scratch with Effect, by Kit Langton. Amazon Bedrock AI provider integration. Implementing a feature or Effect Workflows. 
+date: 2025-08-15
+authors:
+  - davide_scognamiglio
+  - mirela_prifti
+  - michael_arnaldi
+tags:
+  - This Week In Effect
+---
+
+import { YouTube } from "@astro-community/astro-embed-youtube"
+import Tweet from "astro-tweet"
+import TwitchPlayerNonInteractive from "@/components/TwitchPlayerNonInteractive.astro"
+
+Hi Effecters!
+
+Welcome back to This Week In Effect (**TWIE**) - your weekly update of the latest developments in the Effect community and ecosystem.
+
+Effect is a powerful TypeScript library that helps developers create complex, synchronous, and asynchronous programs. One key feature that sets Effect apart is how it leverages structured concurrency to provide features such as async cancellation and safe resource management, making it easier to build robust, scalable, and efficient programs.
+
+To get started, below you’ll find links to our documentation as well as our guide for installing Effect. Enjoy!
+
+- [Effect Documentation](/docs/getting-started/introduction/)
+- [Installing Effect](/docs/getting-started/installation/)
+
+
+**Recent major updates:**
+
+- [Effect 3.17](https://effect.website/blog/releases/effect/317) Release.
+- Durable workflows in TypeScript with [`@effect/workflow`](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/blob/main/packages/workflow/README.md) - currently in alpha.
+- Effect AI integration packages, [`@effect/ai`](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/tree/main/packages/ai) - currently in alpha.
+- Effect crossed [10K Stars on GitHub](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect) 🌟.
+- The [Effect community](https://discord.gg/effect-ts) on Discord reached 5050+ members!
+
+ 
+## Technology
+
+Here are all the technical changes from the past week.
+
+### Effect AI
+- [Respect disableToolCallResolution flag in stream call](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5351) (Bug Fix)
+- [Add support for OpenAi GPT-5 options and AiLanguageModel.embedMany](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5361) (Feature)
+- [Fix: Tool calls with no argumets get ignored](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5352) (Bug Fix)
+
+### Effect Cluster
+- [Improve RunnerHealth by detecting if Runner is connected to the host](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5358) (Improvement)
+
+### Effect Experimental
+- [Only trigger Reactivity invalidation on successful mutation](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5365) (Bug Fix)
+- [Add setMany to ResultPersistence](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5385) (Feature)
+
+### Effect Opentelemetry
+- [Temporarily disable otlp exporter if endpoint can't be reached](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5380) (Bug Fix)
+
+### Effect Platform
+- [HttpServerResponse.redirect defaults to 302 Found status](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5355) (Improvement)
+- [Add HttpServerResponse.expireCookie](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5357) (Feature)
+- [Add cors to HttpLayerRouter rpc example](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5370) (Documentation Update)
+- [Ensure user input is always offered to the terminal mailbox](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5383) (Bug Fix)
+- [Adjust xForwardedHeaders middleware to always use x-forwarded-for](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5311) (Bug Fix, next-minor)
+- [Support multiple HttpLayerRouter.addHttpApi](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5391) (Feature)
+
+### Effect RPC
+- [Improve: add flatten option to RpcTest.makeClient](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5375) (Improvement)
+- [Expose clientId to rpc request handlers](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5389) (Improvement)
+
+### Effect Vitest
+- [Fix: Correct error message for when the test was interrupted](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/pull/5386) (Bug Fix)
+
+ 
+
+## Community Highlights
+
+ 
+
+- **Claude Code from Scratch with Effect** by Kit Langton.
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aueu9lm2ubo?si=ZJiEyJ_vZLDZ54Tp"
+  title="Claude Code from Scratch with Effect"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+
+- Four more videos from the **Build an App with Effect** series by Lucas Barake.
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pzSxzxp_7ZM?si=h62fuZy02DRBOkjN"
+  title="Writable Atoms | #8 Building an App with Effect"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXnrsTYLMhQ?si=ogYQaNhm7_ztLmTN"
+  title="Toastify Atoms! | #9 Building an App with Effect"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aWL4jFldjww?si=ZGxQdk-jiDhKGs1h"
+  title="Atom's Time-to-Live System | #10 Building an App with Effect"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-2M71dc-d4?si=XEdYPeljz5k_9EFp"
+  title="Creating an OpenAI Service | #11 Building an App with Effect"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+## Effect Content Update
+
+**Implementing a Feature for Effect Workflows** & **Amazon Bedrock AI provider integration for the Effect AI SDKs** are now on our YouTube Channel.
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1p5M2HotTxE?si=or5q4GULl6qOtOeu"
+  title="Implementing a Feature for Effect Workflows"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/foXwx_5I_v4?si=4IpjSo4CfpteUv-K"
+  title="Amazon Bedrock AI provider integration for the Effect AI SDKs"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+## Cause & Effect Podcast
+
+Don't forget to listen to our **Cause & Effect** podcast hosted by Johannes Schickling and available on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@effect-ts), [X(Twitter)](https://x.com/EffectTS_/status/1952323630945477085), and audio platforms like [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/55UP4hMa20s7taw16kABEU) and [Apple Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-skeptic-to-advocate-scaling-effect-at-vercel-4/id1781879869?i=1000720579998). 
+
+This podcast highlights stories from software engineers and companies using Effect in production. Each episode explores their journey of adopting Effect, including the learning process, challenges faced, and benefits of integrating Effect into their tech stack.
+
+We've published our fourth episode with Dillon Mulroy, Domains Lead at [Vercel](https://vercel.com), who shares his own journey with Effect and how Vercel gradually adopted it across their Domains platform. Dillon explains why Effect feels like having superpowers for error handling, observability, testing, and more!
+
+<YouTube
+  id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPKohHGPqCY?si=wLEZ5iEtn7aG0NeM"
+  title="From Skeptic to Advocate: Scaling Effect at Vercel | Dillon Mulroy | Cause & Effect #4"
+/>
+
+&nbsp;
+## Effect Job Opportunities
+
+More and more companies are adopting Effect in their projects. Here’s a list of companies looking for software engineers with Effect experience:
+
+- **Expand.ai**: [Founding Engineer](https://www.expand.ai/careers/founding-engineer)
+
+- **Platonic Systems**: [Remote Effect Engineers](https://twitter.com/platonicsystems/status/1861470819861311945)
+
+- **Inato**: [Product Engineers / Fullstack Engineers](https://jobs.lever.co/inato/6df2d1e3-ce0a-487b-a930-840759803d44)
+
+- **Medbill.ai**: [Founding Software Engineers (full-stack and backend)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/codingtom_medbill-ai-activity-7260092522708762624-N7TH)
+
+- **Oneiro Solutions**: Software Engineer - Core Team. [Join Effect Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743) and DM *leighman* for further info.
+
+- **Microsub**: [TS Developer](https://x.com/0xdownshift/status/1880013835878154510)
+
+- **Samsung Food**: [Full Stack Developer](https://whisk.bamboohr.com/careers/110)
+
+- **Margins**: [Product Engineer](https://margins.app/jobs/product-engineer)
+
+- **[Precurion](https://precurion.com/)** looking for a remote‑first Founding Engineer with Effect experience – See the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1362610725931061258).
+
+- **Vitalize Care** is hiring a full-stack engineer with Effect experience: [Full-Stack Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vitalize/d907ba5f-0f2f-4bb4-931a-1680d6daf81a)
+
+- **Embedded Insurance** is hiring for a [Senior Software Engineering](https://embeddedinsurance.bamboohr.com/careers/23) position.
+
+- **Betalyra**, an AI consulting company from Portugal, is looking for a part-time freelance software engineer (TypeScript/Effect) with AI experience – see the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1362610725931061258).
+
+- **Software Intelligence Works**: [Senior Full-Stack Engineer](https://remotive.com/remote-jobs/software-dev/senior-full-stack-engineer-2011648)
+
+- **14.ai**: [Founding engineer](https://14.ai/careers)
+
+- **Wander** is hiring [Software Developers](https://ship.wander.com) with experience in Effect.
+
+- **Glide**: [Senior Frontend Product Engineer](https://www.glideapps.com/jobs/frontend-product-engineer)
+
+- **Stealth team** looking for a software engineer with Effect experience – see the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1362610725931061258).
+
+- **A French-speaking** startup team led by Stephan Le Dorze is looking for a freelancer to join them - [see his LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephaneledorze_mission-longue-avec-moi-entre-autre-activity-7310947252741570560-Bqsh/) for more details.
+
+- **Freckle.io** is hiring [Platform Engineers](https://x.com/code_typist/status/1930326662677434561) with experience in Effect.
+
+- **A stealth team** that has already scaled their product to 50K daily active users in the last year, is looking for [Effect Developers](https://x.com/wireless_dev/status/1930314012723687739). DM [wireless](https://x.com/wireless_dev) on X for more info.
+
+- Job opening for [Japanese-speaking developers](https://note.com/luma/n/n679d4dcdb363)
+
+- **VST**: [Senior Full Stack Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3854111540/)
+
+- **Globe Commerce**: [Founding Product Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4264203054)
+
+- **Introw**: [Staff Software Engineer](https://join.com/companies/introw/14395111-staff-software-engineer)
+
+- **spring.new**, Anthropic's flagship costumer, is hiring engineers experienced in Effect. See the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1405134163287343196).
+
+- **ManageSpace** is looking for a Senior Developer to mentor other developers and migrate to Effect – see the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1389557459949060098).
+
+- **coteach.ai** is looking for a Software Engineer – see the job posting in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1394724166309253290) and DM *Peter Edmonds* for further info.
+
+- **Small SaaS team** is looking for a part-time Effect Developer to implement Effect in their stack. The job posting is available in the `#job-board` channel on [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/795981131316985866/796153351372275743/1397684638834491412), DM *jonpage* for further info.
+
+_Disclaimer: Please note that these job postings are shared for informational purposes, and we encourage applicants to verify details directly with the hiring companies._
+
+
+&nbsp;
+## Effect Merch Store
+
+The [Effect Merch Store](https://effect.website/merch) offers a selection of Effect-branded items designed for the community. All orders are processed and fully managed through [Printful](https://www.printful.com/).
+
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+
+
+&nbsp;
+## Closing Notes
+
+That's all for this week. Thank you for being a vital part of our community. Your feedback is highly valued as we fine-tune this format. Feel free to share your thoughts, and we'll do our best to tailor it to the needs of our community.
+
+_Effect Community Team_