Reclaiming Mental Peace: My Personal Odyssey
Battling daily mental fatigue, I embarked on a personal journey to rediscover clarity. Through exercise, mindful task management, and self-reflection, I'm finding my way back.
Writing
Exploring Mocking Solutions in Elixir: Introducing Modulex
Exploring Elixir's Mox for mocking reveals boilerplate code issues. A new package, modulex, aims to streamline this process.
Passion vs. Profit: My Quest for Meaningful Craftsmanship in Tech
In a world where money often takes the front seat, how do we balance the joy of craftsmanship with the need for financial stability? Here's a personal reflection on the intersection of passion, craft, and monetary pursuits.
Tuist: From Passion to Craftsmanship, Charting New Horizons
From its inception in 2018, Tuist has grown through passion and dedication, now embarking on new horizons.
Fixing request/2 is undefined or private with Ueberauth
Tackled 'request/2 undefined' error in Ueberauth setup for Digestfully, sharing solution here.
The Power of Concurrency: My Journey Learning Elixir
Exploring Elixir, I discovered the power of concurrency-oriented programming
Fixing psych compilation error trying to install Ruby on an Apple M2 laptop
Buckle up for a hilarious adventure in Ruby installation! Unravel the mysteries of rtx, Homebrew, and secret environment variables.
An update on the entrepreneurship path
Embarking on a tech-venture adventure; creating value, chasing joy, and conquering challenges.
Integrating Tailwind into your Swift projects
Tailwind: A game-changer for web styling, with seamless integration into Swift server projects using SwiftyTailwind.
Issues Dockerizing a Vapor project in M2
Fly CLI + Docker on M1/M2 architecture caused issues, so I switched to GitHub Actions for deployment. No more problem!
Hitting memory limits deploying Vapor apps to Fly
Deploying a Vapor app to Fly encountered unexpected issues. Swift's linter requires more memory than Fly's 2048 MB limit. Scaling via fly scale didn't solve the problem. Workaround: built locally with Docker, then pushed to Fly's image registry for deployment.
How to Configure VSCode to Use Alternative Shells
Learn how to easily configure VSCode to use your preferred alternative shell installation like ZSH or Fish instead of the default profiles.
Generating client secret from Apple's P8 key in Elixir
Implementing Sign in with Apple on a macOS app using JWT and Phoenix. Learn how to generate a client secret for web authentication.
Typescript not loading in Visual Studio Code
I share the investigation into Visual Studio Code not loading Typescript and the solution I found - enabling the @builtin typescript extension.
Iterating on my learning system
Some notes on what changes I'm introducing to my learning system.
Static imports with ESM and startup time
When building a Command-line interface (CLI) with Javascript and ESM to run on NodeJS , one can end up with a CLI that's slow to launch (above hundreds of milliseconds). It's common for developers to use static imports at the top of the sou…
An explicit build graph with Nx for a better DX
When I started doing Javascript more actively, something that got my attention was the absence of a build system that allowed declaring a build graph explicitly. Most of the time, developers combine package.json scripts with shell operators…
Hot-reloading and ESM
While building Gestalt , I realized that many web frameworks don’t move away from CommonJS because their usage of modules in ESM would lead to a slower hot-reloading experience. This is primarily due to how module graphs are loaded with ESM…
Growing as a Staff Developer
A couple of months ago, I reached Shopify 's Senior Staff Developer level. They were exciting news and excellent proof that Shopify continues to be a place for growth. Yet they pushed me out of my comfort zone, throwing me into a new realm…
Typing file-system paths in Typescript
Learn about an NPM package that we published recently, typed-file-system-path, that adds primitives to work with file-system paths more safely using types.