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Mike Zornek

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Developer and Teacher. Working day-to-day programming in Elixir and LiveView. Learning CRDTs, Rust, Svelte, and DevOps automation in my free time. Looking for part-time Elixir contracts. Video gamer and Phillies fan. https://mikezornek.com

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 1h

🔗 Philly tool library is looking for a new home for its 5,000 tools and roster of classes

The West Philly Tool Library has become an institution in its neighborhood over 18 years. It recently learned its lease wouldn’t be renewed.

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West Philly Tool Library is looking for a new home

The West Philly Tool Library lends more than 5,000 tools to its members. It recently learned its lease wouldn’t be renewed.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 1h

✏️ #GitHub #Copilot and Unhonored Branch Protection

> GitHub Copilot commits directly to `main` and ruins my night.

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Github Copilot and Unhonored Branch Protection

GitHub Copilot commits directly to `main` and ruins my night.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 1d

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Fever Pitch - Buckner Game Clip

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 1d

🐸 Frogs together strong.

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 2d

💰 With much gratitude, I share that I have regular client income and have removed the `looking for work` subtitle of my social name plates.

I still have some hours available, but I'm just as happy to keep those to myself unless a well-fitted opportunity presents itself.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 2d

I have some Grafana things in progress for Flick (ranked voting app), book club readings to do, and I also need to invest in some house cleaning.

After those -- I dunno.

Would love to find some non-coding activities that feel like good investments of my time (mental or monetary).

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 2d

🤔 With Phillies baseball done, I am trying to decide where I want to invest those weekly hours.

My consulting work schedule is built to allow me time for side projects, but I don't have a solid one right now.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 2d

- Cleaned up email.
- Placed a food order for pickup tomorrow.

Watched some of the SEA/TOR game on my iPad in the background while I worked. Will likely do that for other games this week.

Very sad Phillies are out.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 2d

✅ Had a pretty good Sunday.

- Overslept my alarm (not good).
- Attended book club to talk about the Ash book.
- Did book club web update chores and recording export.
- Caught up on some client documentation efforts and a bug fix after being off project Friday, not feeling well.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 5d

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 6d

two men in suits and ties are talking to each other in an office .

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 6d

⚾ Some High Hopes on this crisp fall day. #Phillies

🎵 "Just remember that ant..."

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · 8d

Insanity.

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Franzke & LA @franzkela.bsky.social · 13d

Up next….

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Phillies Tailgate @philstailgate.bsky.social · 16d

Buddy Kennedy could get a ring this year if the Phillies, Blue Jays or Dodgers win the World Series.

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Saša Jurić @sasajuric.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good morning #goatmire! Get 45% off Elixir in Action with the code goatelix25

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Elixir in Action, Third Edition - Saša Jurić

Fully updated to Elixir 1.15, this authoritative bestseller reveals how Elixir tackles problems of scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability. Thousands of developers have learned to build a...

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 8

✅ Today's Goals:

- Hit snooze aggressively past when I should get up.
- Morning routine, and then to the diner for some breakfast.
- Book reading time.
- Work on new client project onboarding tasks.
- Tinker with some Grafana and Prometheus things inside my side project.
- Evening: Mets at Phillies

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 6

a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people

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Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 5

I don't know. I am not using this currently, but it came upon my radar, and I thought it looked interesting.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 3

I wish his generative project demos included a publication of the token cost. I feel like those will skyrocket when the bubble pops.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 3

🍿 Started catching up on ElixirConf videos after owning a virtual ticket, but not doing much with the live streams.

Still very torn on Chris McCord's perspective and pitch of AI. Can't say I'm excited about the idea where most of my day is spent doing code review of the robot output. #ElixirLang

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 3

🔗 User eXperience focused IDentifiers (UXIDs) for Ecto #ElixirLang

hexdocs.pm/uxid/readme....

UXID — UXID v2.0.1

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 3

🔗 A solid resource to check out if you are interested in observability in #ElixirLang. Comes out of an Elixir Conf talk, and includes a list of relevant readings.

github.com/Nezteb/telem...

GitHub - Nezteb/telemetry-driven-development: My ElixirConf US 2025 talk

My ElixirConf US 2025 talk. Contribute to Nezteb/telemetry-driven-development development by creating an account on GitHub.

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 2

💜📘 The Elixir Book Club has chosen our next book!

Ash Framework: Create Declarative Elixir Web Apps

We meet on Discord for an hour every other week. Our first meeting is Sunday, September 14, 2025, and we will discuss chapters 1 and 2.

#ElixirLang

elixirbookclub.github.io/website/

Elixir Book Club

A biweekly book club covering Elixir and general programming topics. All experience levels are welcome.

elixirbookclub.github.io

Mike Zornek @mikezornek.com · Sep 2

Big playoff vibes for sure. Back and forth. Great game.