Tag: erlang

2026-08-09 · 7 min read

Deconstructing the dogmatic anti-patterns section of the official Elixir library guidelines and demonstrating when every single one of them is actually needed.

elixir erlang architecture anti-patterns hacking

2026-05-18 · 5 min read

Several rules from my experience which would make your cooperation with AI assistants a charm

elixir erlang ai hacking

2026-05-17 · 6 min read

On treating mocks as protagonists of the testing narrative rather than disposable stand-ins hired to nod along

elixir erlang otp testing mocks hacking

2026-04-06 · 12 min read

If a developer claims the badge of mid-level-plus but doesn’t feel at ease in at least the five principal paradigms—they are a pompous fool, and you should show them the door.

elixir erlang programming opinion hacking

2026-03-23 · 9 min read

Three years after the four key developer skills, a modest update: five stages of LLM grief, why the models are glorified T9, why context matters more than the model, and the surprising effectiveness of saying ‘please.’

elixir erlang programming llm opinion hacking

2023-12-26 · 5 min read

Part four of 'four key developer skills': what horizontal scaling actually means (and why Shopify is not an example of it), why FSMs are non-negotiable, and why 201 is good while 200 is dreadful.

elixir erlang programming architecture distributed-systems hacking

2023-12-25 · 5 min read

Part three of ‘four key developer skills’: why YAGNI is the laziness excuse of the decade, what the correct formulation actually is, and how dependency injection lets you be ready for tomorrow without writing a single superfluous line today.

elixir erlang programming architecture hacking

2023-11-09 · 3 min read

Part two of ‘four key developer skills’: how to break a system into isolated parts, why SRP is the only principle in SOLID worth knowing, and why anyone who says code can’t be tested in isolation should be shown the door.

elixir erlang programming architecture hacking

2023-11-04 · 6 min read

Part one of ‘four key developer skills’: how to guarantee fault tolerance even when your code has bugs—and why tests and types are a plastic bag on your head.

elixir erlang programming fault-tolerance hacking

2023-11-03 · 5 min read

Four skills that actually matter in 2023, or: a blanket glorification of Elixir masquerading as a balanced opinion piece.

elixir erlang programming opinion hacking

2023-01-17 · 5 min read

What to look at when you interview people (spoiler: not their imminent knowledge)

ideas erlang hacking

2020-12-05 · 5 min read

One small step towards backward compatibility, one giant leap for mankind

elixir erlang hacking

2020-09-04 · 3 min read

Tempus is a library to deal with time slots, like doctor appointments and/or room reservations

elixir erlang hacking

2020-08-04 · 4 min read

Use asynchronous traversal of a branched state graph to find a solution of a Lewis Carroll’s favorite puzzle

elixir erlang hacking

2020-07-24 · 5 min read

Use metaprogramming to deal with erlang typespec at runtime

elixir erlang hacking

2020-07-15 · 6 min read

Use metaprogramming to generate nifty types for generated structures

elixir erlang hacking

2020-07-06 · 4 min read

The library providing easy maintaining of the self-expiring cache for several time series

elixir erlang hacking

2020-05-30 · 4 min read

The handy helper to work with :telemetria library without an enormous boilerplate needed

elixir erlang hacking

2020-05-07 · 4 min read

The handy helper to work with distributed Erlang in dockerized environment

elixir erlang hacking

2020-02-22 · 12 min read

Prove of that Elixir/Erlang can be not a mile behind C/Haskell

elixir erlang hacking

2020-02-07 · 7 min read

No one is born a master: how to learn from masters but not fall under authority bias

erlang hacking

2020-01-18 · 5 min read

Arguably more robust way to write the good code compared to Strong Typing hype

elixir erlang hacking

2019-12-17 · 4 min read

Arguably more elegane way to save keystrokes when providing specs

elixir erlang hacking

2019-09-06 · 5 min read

Formulæ library introduction and tutorial on building lazy combinators

elixir erlang hacking

2019-08-28 · 5 min read

Post-mortem of one internal discussion on whether or not everything must be covered with tests

elixir erlang ruby hacking

2019-08-28 · 1 min read

How I implicitly helped Joe Armstrong a while ago

elixir erlang culture

2019-08-26 · 3 min read

Minimizing the boilerplate across your in-house library / applications is easy

elixir erlang hacking

2019-08-19 · 3 min read

Quick and dirty howto on setting Github CI for Elixir projects

elixir erlang hacking

2019-03-25 · 1 min read

Imagine what could happen if a standalone GenServer came to the therapist's appointment

elixir erlang humor jokes

2017-09-01 · 2 min read

How to see what erlang code was compiled to run your Elixir project

tricks elixir erlang hacking

2016-09-09 · 3 min read

Riak hooks are a good tool to simplify creation of views

elixir erlang hacking