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Owen Bickford
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Doing stuff with #ElixirLang
Will fight over boolean DB columns
Async for lyfe
Writing match specs on occasion
Pinned
I wanted to write a little blurb on filtering in ETS. Oops, I almost wrote a book.

www.owencode.com/articles/its...

#elixirlang #erlang
It's a Match! · OwenCode
www.owencode.com
I would tell you what I learned from this article, but I already forgot. 🤡
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Speaking publicly about Elixir stuff (conference talks + podcasts) has gotten me every job I've had since 2020. (And that first one was a 50% pay bump.)

I interview pretty poorly, but having been seen being smart in public got me the foot in the door I needed to prove I could do the work.
Devs who write about their work/company; talk at conferences - lots of companies in the past used to not care much about this and not value it the least.

Feels like the tide is changing: people who do this but are not valued get hunted down by companies who understand this value
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I hope you all like long blog articles. It seems I cannot write succinctly in markdown.

#elixirlang
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Via @josevalim.bsky.social:

"We extracted Nimble ZTA (Zero Trust Auth) from Livebook as a separate package for Plug/Phoenix [...] to add auth to an internal app when your identity management and deployments are on the same platform (GCP/Cloudflare/etc)"

dashbit.co/blog/zero-tr... #ElixirLang
Zero Trust Auth for Plug/Phoenix apps is here - Dashbit Blog
We have just released `nimble_zta`, a library that allows developers to add Zero Trust Auth (ZTA) to their Plug/Phoenix web apps
dashbit.co
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Celebrating #Erlang’s 27th birthday as #OpenSource, Elixir Hub 2025 survey results, new data_migration LiveDashboard package, critical #React RCE vuln, and Zig leaves #GitHub, and more! #ElixirLang www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FWy...
Thinking Elixir Podcast 283: Erlang Turns 27 and React at Risk
YouTube video by Mark Ericksen
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
`mix format —migrate` helped make my recent Phoenix upgrade a minutes-long, joyful experience. A couple deprecation fixes later, the code was ready for review. 🔥🦅🔥🦅🔥🦅

#elixirlang
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Stay tuned everyone! Some Elixir and Nerves goodness headed your way this coming week 😍

#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang #Erlang
We're almost ready for the beta launch! 🎉

#ElixirLang
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
News includes cutting-edge type system research from @josevalim.bsky.social, Phoenix LiveView v1.1.18 with view transition support, LiveDebugger’s biggest release, Nx #Python-Elixir integration, and more! #ElixirLang @elixir-lang.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvG...
Thinking Elixir Podcast 282: Type Systems and View Transitions
YouTube video by Mark Ericksen
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ground control to major tom yum
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
🚨 New from the Socket Research Team: Malicious Go packages impersonating Google's UUID library quietly exfiltrate encrypted data to dpaste.

Full report → socket.dev/blog/malicio... #golang cc: @campuscodi.risky.biz
Malicious Go Packages Impersonate Google’s UUID Library and ...
A pair of typosquatted Go packages posing as Google’s UUID library quietly turn helper functions into encrypted exfiltration channels to a paste site,...
socket.dev
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I wanted to write a little blurb on filtering in ETS. Oops, I almost wrote a book.

www.owencode.com/articles/its...

#elixirlang #erlang
It's a Match! · OwenCode
www.owencode.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Shout out to the organizers and crew for @exmexconf.bsky.social! That was fun and refreshing!
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
My team is hiring a front end focused LiveView dev. If you know of anyone with those skills hit me up.
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
:persistent_term.put({MyApp.Metrics, :high_throughput_stuff}, my_atomics_ref)

can't wait to talk shop at @exmexconf.bsky.social. 🌮
#elixir-lang #erlang
a red and white heart with the words " erland my beloved " on it
ALT: a red and white heart with the words " erland my beloved " on it
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Let me Task.async(fn -> {:ok, “get back to you on that.”} end)
August 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Enpass, iCloud Passwords, and LogMeOnce remain vulnerable to zero-day clickjacking vulnerabilities disclosed at DEF CON.

Vendors downplayed or ignored the issue. Socket has filed a CVE to ensure these risks are formally tracked.

socket.dev/blog/passwor...
Researcher Exposes Zero-Day Clickjacking Vulnerabilities in ...
Hacker Demonstrates How Easy It Is To Steal Data From Popular Password Managers
socket.dev
August 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have a ticket, I’m jelly
🎤 Speaker spotlight time!

This week we’re highlighting Austin Saunders and Chris Ertel, both part of the ExMex Conf lineup this fall.

🗓️ Nov 6–7 | Austin, TX

exmexconf.com

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@savvycal.com wants your Elixir:

savvycal.com/jobs/full-st...

PS, congrats on hiring!
#elixir-lang
Senior Full-Stack Developer
savvycal.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
📣 Are you an Elixir/Phoenix/Javascript engineer with a commitment to security? The community needs you!
elixirforum.com/t/webauthnli...
#elixir-lang #phoenix-framework #javascript #security #passkeys
WebAuthnLiveComponent - Passwordless Auth for LiveView Apps
Hey @conradwt, thank you for the shout out! Much appreciated!
elixirforum.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sometimes a GenServer can just be an Agent.
August 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
16 job post in Elixir Slack’s #jobs channel in the past month, some open for over a month. Is the drought over?
@elixir-lang.org #elixir

elixir-lang.slack.com/archives/C06...
Slack
elixir-lang.slack.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
👏👏👏
Just released the first version of AshEvents, an Event Sourcing tool for @ash-hq.org apps. Check out the blog post! Thanks to Torkild for building this package and for writing a guest post for the Alembic blog to share!

alembic.com.au/blog/ashevents 🎉

#AshFramework #ElixirLAng
AshEvents: Event Sourcing Made Simple For Ash
AshEvents brings event sourcing to Ash Framework applications, enabling comprehensive tracking and replaying of system events.
alembic.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Leandro is great! Hire him! @leandrocp.bsky.social #ElixirLang
Hey #ElixirLang friends, I'm looking for a new job!

- Staff or Senior level
- 10 years of @elixir-lang.org
. I can also do Rust and I'm eager to learn.
- Pref fully remote or hybrid in the Toronto region.
- You can find my projects, contributions, and talks at leandro.io

#MyElixirStatus
Leandro Pereira
Elixir, Rust, Open Source - Leandro Pereira
leandro.io
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m one chapter into Machine Learning in Elixir, feeling enthusiastic about the road ahead! The pacing is just right, and the metaphors are apt. This reminds me how Elixir in Action and a bunch of conf talks put me on a great course for unimaginable growth.

pragprog.com/titles/smeli...

#elixiang
Machine Learning in Elixir
Leverage Elixir and the Nx ecosystem to build intelligent applications that solve real-world problems in computer vision, natural language processing, and more.
pragprog.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
maybe daisyui is okay 🤔
April 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM