I'm going to plan a holiday where I read Manning books during the day and watch Lord of the Rings at night. That's it.

The "March of Nines" is such a great way to talk about software development: petar.dev/notes/the-ma...

Svelte good a huge DX boost with remote functions. And grateful for @joyofcode.xyz to create a banger video explaining them, walking through the tutorial has been lots of fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldnm...

Was looking into SvelteKit and got pretty far, pretty quickly in building a prototype of an app. with the help of AI. However, I also got stuck, not understanding what I had actually build. Went back to rebuilding from scratch, making sure I understand each piece of code. There is a lesson here.

Details matter. Email input is active while opening the page. Button starts disabled, as the form becomes valid, the button transitions to being enabled. Only thing I don't like is that the button jumps because of the error message. Build with #elixirlang and LiveView.

Vercel came out with their new domains app and its getting much praise for its snappy UI. Can we build an UI as polished with LiveView? Should be doable no? #elixirlang

Monday, cutting sugar out of my diet. Tuesday and Wednesday, headache throughout the day. What a drug.

I woke up and decided to write something to promote #ElixirLang more, since it brought us so much. "Sometimes the best tool for tomorrow’s problem is the one that’s been quietly excellent all along." petar.dev/posts/elixir...

Can't wait to receive this book in the mail today: "Code Health Guardian: The Evolving Role of Human Programmers in the Age of AI." Promise to share a short review after reading it. amzn.to/46ORtIJ

Oban alone is worth switching stacks for. I haven't seen an as powerful, easy to run and polished background job processor in any other stack.

New #ElixirLang and Phoenix project checklist: - Setup LiveDashboard - Configure .iex.exs (auto_reload) - Add Credo - Add LiveDebugger - Add Oban - Add Tidewave - Setup Fluxon (my components of choice) Anything I'm missing?

Hear me out... what if we build replication of SQLite across the cluster with #ElixirLang and the primitives provided by the BEAM? Instead of using external tools like LiteFS or the new Beamer project by Basecamp, we make it easy to use with Phoenix and Ecto.

The Zen Browser has come a long way. If you gave it a shot before and didn't like it, please try again. We could use more Firefox users out there to balance the scales.

Watched a video from a fellow developer about their journey in finding a TypeScript stack that manages real-time updates, streaming, and background jobs. It required multiple subscriptions. In #ElixirLang, we often take for granted how seamlessly these features come with the platform.

Presentation on Beamer for SQLite was just released. It shows replication for SQLite databases and Rails apps. This is definitely something I would like to port over to Phoenix and Ecto for #elixirlang. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcve...

Loved DHHs presentation and the "Many Small Outposts". As an #elixirlang dev, this concept resonates deeply, LiveView experience is so much better when users are close to the database. Great opportunity for the Elixir community to tag on this initiative and help.

I don't use Daisy UI for any of my #ElixirLang projects, but luckily, it's really easy to remove: petar.dev/notes/removi...

My age shows when I open up my editor, font size 16.

"Nothing is made to be loved. Only to be bought." What a powerful statement. english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

I like to keep a `NOTES.md` file within each project. My flow in Zed is that I now pin the file and then can quickly switch to it with CTRL-1.

I tested every browser so you don't have to. It's Vivaldi people. That's the one you want.

I thought I was going crazy, but it's clear when you put them side-to-side. Firefox fonts are fuzzy for some reason. Left is Firefox, right is Safari.

Back to #Firefox. A few simple tweaks went a long way for a more minimal and faster experience. petar.dev/notes/a-more...

New album from Ólafur Arnalds! album.link/i/1811135351

I wrote something about "taste". A much-needed thing in the age of AI: petar.dev/posts/taste/

One thing to keep in mind when using LLMs for coding is that they are still limited in their ability to design a new system. I tend to use them less frequently at the initial stage of development.

I've seen this so many times. You build a table with numerous filtering options (great!), but you don't reflect the state in the address bar. No way to bookmark, share, or refresh the page.

Uh-oh I got nix-pilled…

LLMs will do what they do best: generate tokens. This moved the bottleneck from creation to curation. Good work now requires ruthless editing, clear intent about what you're trying to accomplish, and cutting everything that doesn't serve it.

I just love everything about libraries. Such a special and calming experience to visit them with my kids, browse the aisles, and discover new and interesting books to read together.

Often, I get annoyed by how sycophantic these chatbots are, so when I need some brutal honesty, this is the prompt I use: petar.dev/notes/the-br...

I'm a wired kind of guy: wired network, headphones, keyboard, and mouse.

Small QOL tip. Enable window dragging by holding ⌃⌘ + click anywhere on a window (not just the title bar). Run this in your terminal: defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true ⚠️ Requires logout/login to take effect #MacOS

Conference talks, podcasts, music. YouTube Premium has hands-down the best ROI of any subscription I pay for. But whenever I open YouTube logged out, it's an absolute hellhole with ad-soaked clickbait videos.

My built-in coffee machine broke down. In the past, I would have removed it and driven an hour to a repair shop, waited, and often paid a hefty price. This time, took a photo and shared it with ChatGPT. It identified the brand and model and helped me repair it! Reminder, now you can just do things!

Tailwind + HTML-only version of ShadCDN. Seems like a great starter for using this in a Phoenix application. #elixirlang github.com/hunvreus/bas...

I always thought I had to learn Lua someday because of working in Neovim. That day has come. However, it was building a game in Roblox with my kids that did it.

Somehow I missed this video, but I think it's interesting solution to the challenge that for a responsive UI with Phoenix LiveView you want the user close to the server (database). #elixirlang www.youtube.com/live/_utOXl3...

Love me some code and "Purple Disco Machine". youtu.be/UbYQErtM9Zk?... His recent album "Paradise" is a banger; as the young ones say.

Zen Browser got a lot more polished since the last time I used it. May this be my new default browser? zen-browser.app

Ha, saw this and thought it was was sweet, husband and wife working on amazing software, @oban.pro and their Github usernames:

Yes! I would love to see more of this kind of design instead of the standard styling everybody seems to use for SaaS these days. motherduck.com

Handy little tip for a local only config in Phoenix: petar.dev/notes/local-... #elixirlang

The BEAM is a socialist system, distributing resources equally amongst its processes. #elixirlang

Morning walk thoughts: with Elixir and Phoenix, state lives on the server. Which makes things a lot simpler, compared to a SPA. But it also comes with a trade-off, if you are far from the server, and using LiveView, it negatively impacts UX. #elixirlang

After a decade, I'm still a happy customer of @fastmail.com. One company that proves that enshittification is not guaranteed.

TIL: When you are in insert mode in Neovim, typing <C‑x><C‑f> will open filename popup, easy for completions. I use it when editing my .gitignore file. #neovim #vim

Came across this post from Joe Armstrong, talking about Erlang and Elixir. He always had great insights and nuggets of hard-earned knowledge to share. #elixirlang elixirforum.com/t/learning-e...

Was watching this talk by @ngscheurich.bsky.social and noticed the nicely formatted log messages. Is that a library or custom configuration? #elixirlang www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiFK...

So many interesting talks lined up for ElixirConf EU! Can't attend in person but got myself a virtual ticket instead. #elixirlang www.elixirconf.eu/schedule/