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German Velasco

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💧Elixir and 🔥 Phoenix consultant - http://germanvelasco.com 🎥 Short tips - https://elixirstreams.com 🎙 Elixir Friends - https://elixirfriends.transistor.fm/

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 1d

Thanks for the ping Dennis. Sadly, Elixir Friends is dead. I could resurrect it at some point, but I think I was trying to do too much 😞

All the episodes exist in YouTube (👇), but the regular feed is probably dead.

www.youtube.com/@elixir_frie...

Elixir Friends

Conversations about work, life, and other things with... Elixir friends. Inspired by the hallway track of ElixirConf.

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 1d

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 1d

Sweet #Ecto datetime helpers? Yes, please! 😄

- ago, from_now, date_add, datetime_add 👨‍🍳🤌

#ElixirLang

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 6d

Alright... it's all up now 🎉

I walked through the Phoenix 1.8 AGENTS md file, and it was both funny and informative!

You can see the full 25 mins of glory or in parts (on the same page) 👇

www.elixirstreams.com/tips/what-ag...

#ElixirLang

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 13d

Getting back into recording **short** #ElixirLang video tips by recording a walk-through of @elixirphoenix AGENTS file...

It's ~25 mins long. I think I'm rusty 😅

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 13d

Nice! That's good praise for them. That's helpful for me too. I keep trying to see if there's a pain in the community/market (enough of a pain). But if people are loving it, no pain. 😄

Is there anything that would make you switch to a hypothetical competitor?

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 13d

Do you use anything for APM now? Or just nothing? And given that you love sentry (always good to know if people love the tools), what would it take you to switch to something else? (it's fine if "nothing" is the answer.

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 13d

Anybody using #ElixirLang in production and doesn't like their error tracking service/APM service?

Would you be willing to jump on a 30 min call today and show me what you like/dislike about it? 🙏

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JEG2 @jeg2.me · 14d

Don’t let the age of this article from @germsvel.com scare you off, vertically slicing features is still a great idea:

www.germanvelasco.com/blog/break-a...

#AgileDevelopment

Break apart your features into full-stack slices

Our communication practices can be very disrupting. Remote work has taught me to be more considerate of how I communicate with others. We should treat other people's time as we like ours to be treated...

www.germanvelasco.com

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Got it. Yeah, I've seen and used that before in things like Sentry and AppSignal. I think they're called "deploy markers" or "release markers" or something like that. But super helpful for knowing when we've introduced new issues.

Thanks for all the additional context!

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

I like that. Makes total sense to me. Nice dev experience out of the box for development.

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Nice. Thanks! I'll keep it quiet 😄

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Interesting. Sounds like I'll need to reach out to find out more (if/when I do this 😄)

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. Part of me wants this:

[app] Elixir's telemetry -> [lib] (telemetry -> OpenTelemetry) --> [External Tool]

So, you don't have to use OpenTelemetry directly if you don't want to. Can use Elixir's telemetry instead. But we communicate in OpenTelemetry (if it makes sense)

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Interesting! How would you use that feature? Do you add any specific metadata? And what does it allow you to do?

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Thanks. Strange you can't see that anymore. But it's been a little while since I've used AppSignal in anger.

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Do you remember what kind of information they had that was useful that you no longer get?

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Nice. Love the "things we don't need". Super helpful too! 🙏

German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

I'm assuming you use dependencies like those listed in opentelemetry.io/docs/languag.... Do you like the experience from Elixir's side?

I've often wondered if it wouldn't be nicer for me to report from my app with Elixir's telemetry, and the library translates that to OpenTelemetry stuff.

Getting Started

Welcome to the OpenTelemetry for Erlang/Elixir getting started guide! This guide will walk you through the basic steps in installing, configuring, and exporting data from OpenTelemetry. Phoenix This p...

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Do you like the current integration of Elixir apps with opentelemetry right now? (I mean the Elixir-side of adding open telemetry)

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · 27d

Hypothetically speaking... if I were to build an Elixir-focused error and performance tracking tool, what would you like to see in it? 🧐

#ElixirLang

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German Velasco @germsvel.com · Aug 29

Leaving @elixirconf.bsky.social , as I usually do, with my heart full. I know some people go for the tech, but I go for the people. Love meeting old and new friends. Thanks for all the hard work organizing the conference!

German Velasco @germsvel.com · Aug 29

Thanks for the pic Tyler!

German Velasco @germsvel.com · Aug 25

🎉 Thanks Tyler!