If you’re a Mac user upgrading to High Sierra and you experience issues with Elixir/Phoenix, try upgrading Erlang.

https://tosbourn.com/elixir-issues-high-sierra/

Just published the latest package in my Plymio family plymio_option.

The package offers a potpourri of utility functions for managing Keyword options.

https://medium.com/@iacobson/implementing-genstages-under-umbrella-a2b6b2d3fe78

Part 3: Implement the GenStages across Umbrella apps and make the tests pass.

Deploying an Elixir release and friends with Kubernetes and Helm. Code included! Deployment is Coming! Anyone at the Helm?

I just released a little pet project - http://erlangjobs.ru, a job board for Erlang/Elixir based positions, basically for companies and developers in Russia.

https://medium.com/@learnitnow/explicitness-ecto-vs-implicitness-active-record-f901c37e3857

I’ve been working on a personal project with some mates for the past few months, and I’ve been mostly responsible for building our backend with Phoenix.

It’s come to a time where we need to implement some sort of “comments & likes” functionality for the app, so I set out to start thinknig how to go about it.

Continue reading…

Episode #19 is live - an introduction to function plugs.

You can watch it here: https://elixircasts.io/intro-to-function-plugs

Developing an HTTP/2 server required an interface that supporting bidirectional streaming. This post explains how a Rack style interface was modified for the task and how to start using it to serve content over HTTP/2 today.

https://hexdocs.pm/tokumei/interface-design-for-http-streaming.html

Use simple password authentication with password managers support (ie. 1password) for your app

https://medium.com/@bartoszlecki/plugpassword-secure-your-plug-based-application-c3f80960a2d

https://medium.com/@iacobson/testing-the-genstages-under-umbrella-b55a2db37a28

The second article in the GenStage Under Umbrella series. Integration testing GenStages inside Umbrella apps.

You’ve seen the recommended way of managing state in an Elixir process.

Recently I learned how you can maintain process state through the Process Dictionary. Read what it is, how it works, and how it can be abused.

Stay safe out there!

ElixirScript 0.31.0 has been released.

This release includes a number of bug fixes and some enhancements https://elixirscript.github.io/post/elixirscript-0.31.0-released/

Hammer v2.0.0 has just been released, along with a corresponding update for the Redis backend.

This release brings a much simpler API, making Hammer easier to integrate into your system.

Let’s explore and compare two possible implementations of Ruby’s Thor CLI toolkit, one using Ruby’s dynamic metaprogramming and one using Elixir macros.

http://teamon.eu/2017/thor-like-cli-elixir-macros/

Let’s go further down the Bitcoin rabbit hole and start building out a basic blockchain explorer using Elixir and Phoenix!

I wrote a <a href=”https://www.amberbit.com/blog/2017/9/22/elixir-applications-vs-extra_applications-guide/“>blog post about :applications vs :extra_applications</a>. Enjoy!

We’ve just released ElixirJobs, a job board for Elixir enthusiasts and companies that want to hire developers for their Elixir/Erlang projects!

You can see it in the web and following the Twitter account

Version 1.3:

• fixes erlang modules mocking
• adds workaround for avoiding unnecessary compile-time dependencies when using module attributes

https://hex.pm/packages/mockery

I’ve just written an article about how we rewrote part of our Rails app to Phoenix service https://medium.com/@SergeyChechaev/rails-and-phoenix-microservice-synergy-5433598ab333