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I just published a post about Hologram’s funding and where the project goes next - the short version:
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In this article, I make the case for each test owning its setup.
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I ran Symphony through Giulia, here’s the AST analysis.
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A long-running GenServer holds orders, positions, strategy state, and operational flags for a system trading real capital. The post walks...
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Hi, I recently thought about a name for this Stack: Rust + Elixir + Phoenix. I came up with Runix (RuNix) and blogged about it on Medium....
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I didn’t have room for this in my book, Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir , but I still thought it was worth sharing on my blog.
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How to set up the Content Security Policy header with Phoenix LiveView and support inline styles and scripts with CSP nonces.
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This article comprises of two biggest changes of ExUnit.
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Well, the only elixir specific thing about this is the site is written in Phoenix, but an important podcast for all open source advocates.
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