Programming

More than a month ago, I shared in a previous blog post how I’ve implemented Canals in Super Space Galaxy that give structure and a unique shape to each city. My intention was to have each Ca…

The passion for mathematics I found in college led me, along with many others, to a very fruitful career as a software engineer. While I…

A case study of how Elixir is being used at the Ministry of Ecological Transition in France.

In my previous segment, I shared some best practices on how to design effective REST APIs.

Evasive malware is being spread via email in campaigns similar to those of nation-state actors

Contrasting how each language handles iteration helps understand how to work effectively in either.

Manage multiple runtime versions with a single CLI tool

Surface is an experimental library built on top of Phoenix LiveView and its new LiveComponent API that aims to provide a more declarative way to express and use components in Phoenix. Some of the main features include: Components as modules - they can be stateless, stateful, data-only or compile-time Declarative properties - explicitly declare the inputs (properties) of each component (like React) An HTML-centric templating language with built-in directives (:for, :if, …) and syntactic suga...

LiveComponents are a new feature of Phoenix LiveView, bringing lightweight reusable components into the LiveView ecosystem. [Sept. 7, 2020 - Article and code updated to LiveView v0.14.4] Phoenix LiveView # Phoenix LiveView became publicly...

Moving data between semantic and property graphs

Using libgraph for graph data structures

Website for Elixir

The premier destination for learning and mastering Elixir

Code That Fits in Your Head PDF: Heuristics for Software Engineering by Mark Seemann. This is one of the best coding / programming books for Beginners

Good Programmer vs Bad Programmer

We continue a journey through the SOLID principles by presenting the one which gives flexibility to applications — The Open/Closed…

An in-depth look at how to use NIFs from Elixir to run native code in the Erlang VM.

I've found that Elixir programs can run C code either via NIFs (native implemented functions) or via OS-level ports. Having read those and similar links, I'm not a hundred percent clear on when to ...

“On our inability to do much”

Some dead code that not even Dialyzer can find