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Background processing using Elixir, GenServer and the Erlang queue module

I’ve been writing Ruby code for years, and like me, you may reach out for familiar tools like Redis or Sidekiq to process background jobs and data. I’d like to show you why sometimes, pure Elixir is more…

Jump Start to Artificial Intelligence.

We are writing this blog to motivate all developer towards artificial intelligence and while…

Rahawan: How We Achieved 95% Better Response Time By Mostly-Unidirectional Data Access Layer Design

Introduction

Building web sites/apps to serve millions visits per day is a real challenge, specially when it comes to keeping…

Hacking Meteor DDP

TD;DR, Track all messages going through the DPP connection of your Meteor application by monitoring the…

Plex ♥ Alexa — The perfect wedding

Only a small two weeks ago, I acquired an Amazon Echo Dot, together with a Bose SoundTouch 10. An…

Be Recklessly Confident when “Learning How to Code”

I was recently explaining to a friend of mine why being recklessly confident is a better strategy than being mindfully humble if you want to become a proficient software developer in a short period of time. I realized that I’ve had some…

Web bloat isn’t a knowledge problem

There is a consensus among all browser makers and lovers of the web: the current state of the web…

An API Startup’s Year in Review

I started the year an employee, and ended as a co-founder. This blog provides a brief recap of 2016 from…

Easy JavaScript Evaluation on Windows

Create a text file (JSEvaluate.wsc) with the following contents somewhere on your hard drive:

<component>
<public>
<method name="Evaluate">
 <PARAMETER name="code"/>
</method>
<property name="Application"/>
<property name="Global"/>…

Build a Listing Agent Website in 4 Steps

Whether it be for commercial, industrial, residential or mixed-use space, displaying the…

Unlinked: How The Web Is Becoming Less Searchable, Not More