derekkraan
katafrakt
Improving upserts in Ecto and PostgreSQL - (ab)using database internals a bit to learn what my upsert just did
LostKobrakai
I’ve written an extended and more comprehensive form of one of my most liked forum posts on here:
karolina.curiosum
Practical strategies to improve your code quality and ensure your Elixir projects are efficient, secure, and maintainable.
TwistingTwists
nathanl
A while back I wrote a post on BEAM Process Labels, which is becoming more relevant now that Elixir 1.17 is nearing release and OTP 27 is already out.
TL;DR you can now put non-unique labels on processes, which will show up in Observer and in some error messages.
AnthonyMujic
While I sympathise with some of the ideas recently discussed in a simpler web framework without plug phoenix, this post goes through an issue I encountered when trying to simplify things rather than using what phoenix provides: On the dangers of minimalism.
JEG2
I wrote down some advice for junior programmers pairing with more experienced folks based on things I’ve learned from people on both sides of those scenarios: Junior Pairing Scripts :: The Programmer's Stone
gaggle
Hi all,
I think asdf is a common tool for managing Elixir and Erlang versions, but I recently explored various version managers and was really pleasantly surprised by pkgx. It’s a newer tool, so it might not be as well known, but I found it really straightforward and efficient.
I’ve written an article detailing my experience and setup process with asdf, nix, and pkgx. I’d love to hear your thoughts and any feedback as I continue to learn and grow in the Elixir community:
