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Repl driven development is so cool, like figuring out iex -S mix phx.server really changed my whole workflow.
I been searching online to...
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sometimes i wish elixir had ternary operator :frowning:
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Jiyi (记忆, jìyì — “personal memory” in Chinese) is an Elixir service that provides structured, retrievable memory for LLM-based agents. It...
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Hi, I am learning Elixir and recently reading the Supervisor source code, and came accross start_link/2 and start_link/3:
# https://gith...
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Currently reading and experimenting through, which is in 1.6 Chapter 7: Sign up | Phoenix Tutorial (Phoenix 1.6) | Softcover.io
In regar...
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Experienced programmer writer her first Elixir, and maybe bit off more than she can chew?
I’m trying to start two GenServers, where the ...
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Hi, I’m on Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit, and I encountered an error when trying to build an elixir phoenix container
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Recently ‘discovered’ the reduce: option for comprehensions. Very useful, yet there is a syntax difference between into: and reduce: that...
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Hey everyone :waving_hand:
I already have experience with Phoenix and Ecto and want to start learning Ash Framework.
If you were learni...
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This podcast is relevant particularly for the architectural discussion around how OTP primitives map to the domain of multiplayer games. ...
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sometimes i wish elixir had ternary operator :frowning:
Does anyone have a macro that allows ternary operator like in their elixir code?...
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Repl driven development is so cool, like figuring out iex -S mix phx.server really changed my whole workflow.
I been searching online to...
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Hey! I’m new here, and this is my first Elixir project, but I’ve been a Swift engineer for about 10 years. I built Relay to help teachers...
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Hi, I am learning Elixir and recently reading the Supervisor source code, and came accross start_link/2 and start_link/3:
# https://gith...
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Hey everyone :waving_hand:
I already have experience with Phoenix and Ecto and want to start learning Ash Framework.
If you were learni...
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I went back to building on ruby during an interview and I was asked to explain symbols. It got me thinking about ruby symbols and elixir ...
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Recently ‘discovered’ the reduce: option for comprehensions. Very useful, yet there is a syntax difference between into: and reduce: that...
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I’m currently reading Elixir in Action (3rd Edition), and I’d like some advice on how to deepen my understanding of OTP ...
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Elixir Server Core — Standalone Worker Services in Elixir
I have been learning elixir for a while now and I’ve enjoyed every bit. In my b...
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This podcast is relevant particularly for the architectural discussion around how OTP primitives map to the domain of multiplayer games. ...
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Jiyi (记忆, jìyì — “personal memory” in Chinese) is an Elixir service that provides structured, retrievable memory for LLM-based agents. It...
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The current approach I found is this:
.iex.exs:
IEx.configure(auto_reload: true)
Terminal Tab 1:
iex -S mix
Terminal Tab 2:
fswatch...
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Hi, I’m on Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit, and I encountered an error when trying to build an elixir phoenix container
577.1 Reading...
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Hello, I am currently using Elixir 1.18.4 and OTP 27 with Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit as my operating system. I came across this er...
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Currently reading and experimenting through, which is in 1.6 Chapter 7: Sign up | Phoenix Tutorial (Phoenix 1.6) | Softcover.io
In regar...
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Its matin and new in Elixir (my pleasure)
im creator of Land of Rust
want to build something like land of rust but for Elixir. ne...
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Experienced programmer writer her first Elixir, and maybe bit off more than she can chew?
I’m trying to start two GenServers, where the ...
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These past few days, I’ve tried switching from Neovim to Helix, and so far the experience has been great. Compared to neovim, which requi...
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I am try to migrate these days to elixir, and I have existing project, I want to learn graphql api with absinthe. it has mix.exs file lik...
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New to Elixir, I’m trying to compile the default project in the getting started guide and get this error:
mix compile
Compiling 1 file (...
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Hey there,
I haven’t seen a list of useful Elixir specific skills for the popular AI tools yet so I’m starting one here with my first.
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I am try to learning elixir since 5 month, and I had a project in golang for mobile back-end for blockchain app, it had amazing performa...
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I’m in search of an Elixir library that offers PDF generation capabilities similar to Ruby’s Prawn. While there have been discussions abo...
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I am sending a list of structures through a session and the memory of cookies or something like that is filling up very quickly so there ...
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Hi everyone!
We just released the Elixir Language Tour guide – an interactive intro to Elixir.
The guide itself is written in Elixir an...
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I’m working to build a workflow engine for my company project. We would like to build something dynamic and easy to add new in...
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I’m CTO of a scale-up called Zappi and have switched the company from Ruby to Elixir, meaning all new backend services are now Elixir. I ...
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I wonder if there’s a way to conditionally define functions and not have this warning go off.
In my config I have this simple line
conf...
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Is asdf still the best way of installing Elixir and Erlang on a Linux system?
Thanks
Richard
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I’ve been diving into Elixir and wondering if anyone here has built blockchain apps with it. It seems like the scalability and concurrenc...
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I found Elixir after a friend recommended looking into it for developing a multi-agent orchestration and task management system. Soon aft...
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I have been reading books, blog post, and other resources. Due to time constraints and other factors (coming from years of imp...
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What is the way to convert
[ %{id: 7, name: "A", count: 1}, %{id: 8, name: "B", count: 1}, %{id: 9, name: "C", count: 0} ]
to
[ ...
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Recently we partitioned a table with 28 million rows by its ULID to improve query speeds and reduce query timeouts. To do this I ended up...
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At https://elixir-phoenix-ash.com I publish training material for Elixir and Phoenix. Text base tutorials which start at zero. Recently I...
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I have an idea for a mobile game app, I want to use elixir for backend, how is the elixir performance for game backend, any idea?
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Hi everyone! I’m new to the forums and new to Elixir in general. To learn Elixir, I recently just completed my first app. It’s a todo app...
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Is there any tooling or recommended way to find dead code? As my application starts to grow things can get a little messy especially with...
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Error when attempting to use verified routes with ~p
Hey there, I’m new to the Elixir/Phoenix eco system, and I’ve been trying to model a...
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I mean to be able to go back to previously used commands using the up arrow key.
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Is there anywhere that “MFA” is described in detail in the official Elixir documentation? I’ve tried to find it before but was unable to....
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I’m trying to look at the docs but I couldn’t find a function that would return element with its index. Is there such a function for list...
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Hello everyone can someone please explain to me how do protocols and behaviours work in elixir like I was five years old? I read some art...
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Hi, are there some functions like
Enum.find_first(enumerable, x -> boolen())
# or
Enum.fliter_first(enumerable, func)
Enum.remove_fir...
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What is the advantage of Ecto over Rails ORM?
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I have a table called languages with 4 fields, label, description, locale, and is_active.
label and locale are two different unique fiel...
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Hello guys,
I have a fairly simple question and cant seem to understand it.
for example we have the following code:
x = 1
x = 2
IO.put...
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What learn first? Rust or Elixir
Hi Elixir community!
I’m here because i want learn a new language. I’m a junior developer and mainly i ...
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I’m not a pro in using Regex and can’t figure out why the following behaviour happens, especially if we take into account the difference ...
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Anybody knows a comprehensive comparison of Django and Phoenix, thanks for the help.
Where are they similar?
Where do they differ the m...
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About me? ( if you have nothing better to do than reading about some random guy in the internet :stuck_out_tongue: )
Hello all, this is ...
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I’m building my first app in Phoenix. And I keep seeing this warning all the time in my router.ex file:
warning: function DummyApiWeb.Co...
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Student & New to elixir. Nice language.
I want to convert a english character, e.g. “a”, which is stored in a variable, to it’s asci...
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Hello,
We have been using Elixir and Phoneix for creating REST APIs for a few months now.
But I can’t see the benefits of this switch ...
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I’ve got a problem that I cannot rectify.
I work on WSL - Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and elixir version is at 1.9.1. ...
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I am trying to connect the local DB server from within a docker container and as part of it I am running the command
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I’m failing to render any page, the application takes giving me the following error
[error] #PID<0.1204.0> running ElixirWeb.Endpo...
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Hey all, I’m new to elixir and getting the following error:
** (FunctionClauseError) no function clause matching in TSS.DriverStatuses.l...
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Hi everyone, this is my first time writing regular expression. I have a regular expression that helps in validating domain names. I think...
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I am frequently getting the below error in the production.
(Postgrex.Error) ERROR 55P03 (lock_not_available) could not obtain lock on ro...
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No amount of exercise or book problems replaces writing an actual library or application, but it can be hard for a newbie to know what to...
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