Posts tagged with "elixir"
06 Jun '25
Agentic Elixir superpowers: Zed + Tidewave + AshAI
For a few years now whenever I need to build any sort of networked interactive experience, I reach for Elixir (with Phoenix LiveView and Ash). It’s an extremely productive combination, especially when you want to do more complex client/server information flows than the standard request/response UX. I’ve also (for the last year or two) ditched Emacs for Zed. Again, if you take the time to master these tools I think they’re excellent.
22 Jan '23
Handling Square Webhooks in Phoenix
My brother’s cafe donates a dollar to the local community centre for every coffee sold, and over the summer I built him a live “donation counter” which displays a small “thankyou” animation when anyone buys a coffee. It’s a web app which they run on an iPad sitting on the coffee machine.