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{:ok, Noah}

@nezteb.net

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Senior backend engineer. Passionate about functional programming, concurrency models, decentralization, local-first development, self-hosting, etc. Curious about Elixir? https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/feed/aaaemobjvwlsq

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · Sep 6

Happy Friday!

I spent some time solving @fly.io's "Gossip Glomers" distributed systems challenges in #ElixirLang: github.com/Nezteb/gossi... #GossipGlomers

The code needs some cleanup, but all of the challenge tests pass! Shoutout to @aphyr.com for building Maelstrom; it's an amazing tool!

GitHub - Nezteb/gossip_glomers_beam: Implementations of Fly.io's "Gossip Glomers" distributed systems challenges using Elixir.

Implementations of Fly.io's "Gossip Glomers" distributed systems challenges using Elixir. - Nezteb/gossip_glomers_beam

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 2d

That "fund" is run by a group specializing in web3 advertising; I'd steer clear: adshares.net

Adshares

Web3 and Metaverse advertising standard. Blockchain and protocol designed for AdTech.

adshares.net

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 2d

a man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat and a white suit is standing in front of a blackboard .

Alt: Grifting 101

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 2d

Says the one who uploaded a cool blog post on a Friday evening to nerd-snipe us! 😜💜

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 2d

I figured I'd add some property-based testing (with StreamData) and timing comparisons: gist.github.com/Nezteb/bfbf1...

The results may surprise you! 😏

quake_iii_inverse_quare_root_in_elixir_with_performance_test.livemc

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 3d

Check out these Credo checks too: hex.pm/packages/cre...

credo_binary_patterns

Binary pattern checks for Credo

hex.pm

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 3d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DS... 👀

Let's talk a bit about bits and bytes - Geoffrey Lessel | ElixirConf US 2025

YouTube video by ElixirConf

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 4d

Autobahn? More like AutOban.

{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 9d

Ska came before reggae!

{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 11d

"Losing a rock is better than never having a rock!"

{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 13d

I think Hex no longer counts downloads if you use an ad blocker...

(I joke; I'm referencing recent worldwide drops in YouTube/Twitch view counts.)

Reposted by {:ok, Noah}

Parker & Shannon @oban.pro · 18d

Postgres 18.0 was just released!

What does it mean for Oban? Glad you asked:

- Asynchronous I/O for improved scans
- Skip scans for multi-column B-Tree indexes
- Parallel builds of GIN indexes
- Improved vacuum strategy
- Many optimizer improvements
- Native UUIDv7 data type

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 16d

🫠 bsky.app/moderation

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 16d

How would you compare ast-grep to Comby? bsky.app/profile/wolf...

wolfadex.bsky.social @wolfadex.bsky.social · 17d

I'm still amazed that more people don't use comby.dev. Just used it to do a complex refactor on a little under 1k Elixir files and it took me nearly 0 effort to do so.

Comby · Structural code search and replace for ~every language.

Structural code search and replace for ~every language.

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 16d

I tried Comby once but ended up preferring ast-grep: bsky.app/profile/ievg...

How would you compare the two?

Ievgen @ievgenpyrogov.com · 24d

ievgenpyrogov.com/cleaning-up-...

wrote a bit about using ast-grep to fix source code style inconsistencies, used Phoenix controller tests as my guinea pig

#ElixirLang

{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 17d

Or maybe it'd be ash_funx? 🤔

{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 17d

funx_ash when? 👀

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 18d

Yet more fallout: github.com/electron/ele...

Electron-based apps cause a huge system-wide lag on macOS 26 · Issue #48311 · electron/electron

Maintainer update From @MarshallOfSound (#48311 (comment)): Hey folks, anyone experiencing this issue can you please raise a Feedback (via Feedback Assistant) with Apple. Make sure you send it whil...

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 18d

In case folks aren't aware, @christhekeele.social has GitHub sponsors set up: github.com/sponsors/chr...

Chris is one of many prolific #ElixirLang developers who works hard to improve the community, and he's easily in the top 60 most helpful users on the forum IMO: elixirforum.com/u/christheke...

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{:ok, Noah} @nezteb.net · 18d

This is the first @kagi.com outage I've actually experienced: status.kagi.com/cmfzr9npr00d... #kagi #kagisearch

Granted, this is the only one I can recall noticing in the last two years of paying for the service. It could be worse; I'm curious to see how quickly it's resolved. 😉