Andrew ForwardHighlights of Kent Beck’s “Beauty In Code” 2018We are first teased that the talk was intended to be about “the use of symmetry in coding”, as I believe symmetry is a great way to help…May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Andrew ForwardOh, the API Clients You’ll Build (in Elixir)Today we are going explore how to write API clients in the Elixir language. This is a follow-up article to my presentation at OpenCamps…Nov 27, 20173Nov 27, 20173
Andrew ForwardYet Another Digital Ocean API client in ElixirWant to automate your infrastructure leveraging the awesome Digital Ocean API V2, then the shell is your friend. Here we will learn about…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
Andrew ForwardEmpex 2017 Meetup RecapAnother Empex is behind us, and here is a small recap of the one-day soul filled NYC conference (last year’s recap for 2016 is found here)…Jul 26, 2017Jul 26, 2017
Andrew ForwardBuilding small elixir services using Ecto (without Phoenix)In this article you will learn how to generate your small elixir project to leverage a Postgres database using Ecto without the use of…Apr 19, 20172Apr 19, 20172
Andrew ForwardEmpex 2016 Meetup RecapIn May 2016, I attended Empex, the first (annual, let’s hope) Elixir conference in NYC (called Empex). It was a one day conference full of…Jun 23, 2016Jun 23, 2016
Andrew ForwardWriting Code Directly On A Production ServerNo really. This is a follow-up to a presentation I made at a Ruby Meetup in Ottawa on April 26, 2016. The premise was to use the exact same…Apr 27, 2016Apr 27, 2016
Andrew ForwardCreating a Key Value Store using Elixir, Postgres and EctoIn this article we are going to setup a simple Key Value store, using Postgres (and Ecto 2.0.0-rc.3) to persist the data. There are a bunch…Apr 25, 2016Apr 25, 2016
Andrew ForwardWebl: A simple web crawler written in GoAn exploration of the Go language (golang) to build a simple webcrawler, all code is available on Github. This application was written as…Jan 8, 20161Jan 8, 20161
Andrew ForwardPhoenix/Elixir App Secured with Let’s EncryptOriginally posted on January 7, 2016. The article was updated May 31, 2017 based on the many wonderful updates to Let’s Encrypt and…Jan 7, 20166Jan 7, 20166