Alex Martsinovich
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It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich
Feeding slop is an act of war
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I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
Maybe AI has made writing code an obsolete skill, but every engineer who plays with coding agents today gained their experience by writing code. To understand the real impact of AI, we'll have to look at a world where engineers _never_ had to write code.
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AI Future Will Be Nothing Like Present | Alex Martsinovich
You and I have no idea what it's like to work with AI
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January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Maybe AI has made writing code an obsolete skill, but every engineer who plays with coding agents today gained their experience by writing code. To understand the real impact of AI, we'll have to look at a world where engineers _never_ had to write code.
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Handwave 👋
New Hex package that allows you to point in the general direction of desired outcome and let LLM figure it out.
Sometimes, you just need a smarter if:
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
New Hex package that allows you to point in the general direction of desired outcome and let LLM figure it out.
Sometimes, you just need a smarter if:
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
January 19, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Handwave 👋
New Hex package that allows you to point in the general direction of desired outcome and let LLM figure it out.
Sometimes, you just need a smarter if:
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
New Hex package that allows you to point in the general direction of desired outcome and let LLM figure it out.
Sometimes, you just need a smarter if:
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
Patch release 1.1.1 for InstructorLite
* Make ChatCompletionsCompatible adapter more forgiving to Mistral's API responses
* Fix rare bug when InstructorLite.ask/2 would refuse to call adapter because it wasn't loaded
#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang
* Make ChatCompletionsCompatible adapter more forgiving to Mistral's API responses
* Fix rare bug when InstructorLite.ask/2 would refuse to call adapter because it wasn't loaded
#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Patch release 1.1.1 for InstructorLite
* Make ChatCompletionsCompatible adapter more forgiving to Mistral's API responses
* Fix rare bug when InstructorLite.ask/2 would refuse to call adapter because it wasn't loaded
#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang
* Make ChatCompletionsCompatible adapter more forgiving to Mistral's API responses
* Fix rare bug when InstructorLite.ask/2 would refuse to call adapter because it wasn't loaded
#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang
I vibe coded an entirely new PostHog SDK—
Actually, no. This summer I locked in, learned what needed to be learned, and built an error tracking library from first principles, that became an official PostHog SDK for Elixir
Here's why I think it's good
#ElixirLang
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Actually, no. This summer I locked in, learned what needed to be learned, and built an error tracking library from first principles, that became an official PostHog SDK for Elixir
Here's why I think it's good
#ElixirLang
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PostHog Elixir SDK is Good | Alex Martsinovich
PostHog Elixir SDK 2.0 is here and it's good
distantprovince.by
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I vibe coded an entirely new PostHog SDK—
Actually, no. This summer I locked in, learned what needed to be learned, and built an error tracking library from first principles, that became an official PostHog SDK for Elixir
Here's why I think it's good
#ElixirLang
distantprovince.by/posts/postho...
Actually, no. This summer I locked in, learned what needed to be learned, and built an error tracking library from first principles, that became an official PostHog SDK for Elixir
Here's why I think it's good
#ElixirLang
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Reposted by Alex Martsinovich
caller tracking has been part of Elixir for quite some time now, but is still a relatively obscure mechanism. we need to fix this.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
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#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
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5-minute guide to Elixir caller tracking | Alex Martsinovich
Now is the second best time to talk about caller tracking
distantprovince.by
September 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
caller tracking has been part of Elixir for quite some time now, but is still a relatively obscure mechanism. we need to fix this.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
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#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
distantprovince.by/posts/5-minu...
caller tracking has been part of Elixir for quite some time now, but is still a relatively obscure mechanism. we need to fix this.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
distantprovince.by/posts/5-minu...
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
distantprovince.by/posts/5-minu...
5-minute guide to Elixir caller tracking | Alex Martsinovich
Now is the second best time to talk about caller tracking
distantprovince.by
September 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
caller tracking has been part of Elixir for quite some time now, but is still a relatively obscure mechanism. we need to fix this.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
distantprovince.by/posts/5-minu...
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
distantprovince.by/posts/5-minu...
If you're a junior engineer, don't ask cheap models for advice. Ask the most senior engineer on the team. The latency is garbage, the personality is questionable, but your employer pays for subscription 💅
August 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If you're a junior engineer, don't ask cheap models for advice. Ask the most senior engineer on the team. The latency is garbage, the personality is questionable, but your employer pays for subscription 💅
Last week InstructorLite hit 100 stars and 10k downloads on Hex 🎉 Almost a year after its initial release!
InstructorLite is the best way to get comfortable with structured outputs before you inevitably transition to raw Req.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
InstructorLite is the best way to get comfortable with structured outputs before you inevitably transition to raw Req.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
August 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Last week InstructorLite hit 100 stars and 10k downloads on Hex 🎉 Almost a year after its initial release!
InstructorLite is the best way to get comfortable with structured outputs before you inevitably transition to raw Req.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
InstructorLite is the best way to get comfortable with structured outputs before you inevitably transition to raw Req.
#ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
If food can only be soup, salad or sandwich, then functions can only be pure functions, side-effects or call sites
August 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If food can only be soup, salad or sandwich, then functions can only be pure functions, side-effects or call sites
That was unexpected
July 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
That was unexpected
Registry is such a versatile tool. How did we live without it? How do I stop using it for everything?
July 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Registry is such a versatile tool. How did we live without it? How do I stop using it for everything?
I finally updated one of my side projects to Phoenix 1.8 and DaisyUI. Looks much better now.
Under the hood it runs ~100k Oban jobs per day and costs less than $5 per month to host. #ElixirLang is truly a miracle tech.
Under the hood it runs ~100k Oban jobs per day and costs less than $5 per month to host. #ElixirLang is truly a miracle tech.
July 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I finally updated one of my side projects to Phoenix 1.8 and DaisyUI. Looks much better now.
Under the hood it runs ~100k Oban jobs per day and costs less than $5 per month to host. #ElixirLang is truly a miracle tech.
Under the hood it runs ~100k Oban jobs per day and costs less than $5 per month to host. #ElixirLang is truly a miracle tech.
I think the question is, does the world need DiscoHog?
Hmm, so with all my work on LogHog and DiscoLog, I have all building blocks in place to create a bot that will forward Discord gateway events to PostHog 🤔
July 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I think the question is, does the world need DiscoHog?
Hmm, so with all my work on LogHog and DiscoLog, I have all building blocks in place to create a bot that will forward Discord gateway events to PostHog 🤔
July 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hmm, so with all my work on LogHog and DiscoLog, I have all building blocks in place to create a bot that will forward Discord gateway events to PostHog 🤔
What have I done my silly AI essay is "on HN front page". I don't even know how hacker news work. Should I open comment section?
July 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What have I done my silly AI essay is "on HN front page". I don't even know how hacker news work. Should I open comment section?
A tech lead who I highly respect once told me that in order to get something _really_ right, you need to rewrite the code ~5 times. I think about this often.
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A tech lead who I highly respect once told me that in order to get something _really_ right, you need to rewrite the code ~5 times. I think about this often.
InstructorLite is slowly catching up with Instructor, huh
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
InstructorLite is slowly catching up with Instructor, huh
AI etiquette, I'm telling you distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
July 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
AI etiquette, I'm telling you distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
I distinctly remember that I discovered this blog somewhere in late 2010s, although I don't remember how exactly. Time has passed, I myself became Canadian, and the man continues to drop gems like this 😭😭
July 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I distinctly remember that I discovered this blog somewhere in late 2010s, although I don't remember how exactly. Time has passed, I myself became Canadian, and the man continues to drop gems like this 😭😭
Reposted by Alex Martsinovich
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich
Feeding slop is an act of war
distantprovince.by
July 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
Posthog is such a branding powerhouse. I know they have stories now. I wrote an error tracking library for them. And I don't even use the product that much! I barely know what they do!
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Posthog is such a branding powerhouse. I know they have stories now. I wrote an error tracking library for them. And I don't even use the product that much! I barely know what they do!
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich
Feeding slop is an act of war
distantprovince.by
July 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...
Reposted by Alex Martsinovich
`check_possible_steal_victim` is probably the best function in the otp codebase
July 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
`check_possible_steal_victim` is probably the best function in the otp codebase
I'm a big fan of playful naming in code and I really love the concepts of "task stealing", "task immigration", and "scheduler evacuation" in Erlang schedulers.
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm a big fan of playful naming in code and I really love the concepts of "task stealing", "task immigration", and "scheduler evacuation" in Erlang schedulers.