Dotfiles review, September 2025
I gave Neovim one column of empty space. It fixed a kind of slowness no benchmark records.
#elixir
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How an Elixir umbrella let KMS become its own project
Formfix proved KMS's encrypt-first design while an Elixir umbrella let the key-management code move gradually from an embedded OTP application to a separate open-source project.
#formfix · #kms · #elixir · #security · #architecture
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Elixir makes enterprise integration almost comically easy
Plantronic handled durable SAP imports with Elixir, Oban, Ecto, and its existing PostgreSQL database inside the same application that owned the planning rules.
#elixir · #oban · #plantronic · #integrations · #sap
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I made translations editable without replacing Gettext
Plantronic needed domain labels that could change without a release. I kept compiled Gettext catalogs for application copy, added a database fallback for operational vocabulary, and used ETS and PubSub to make edits visible.
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I added task metadata. The next field still got a column.
Plantronic needed to display details from two systems without importing their entire schemas. JSONB made that flexible, but behavior rather than convenience decided what became part of the task model.
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I built the task routing system before we knew the rules
Plantronic's routing policy was unfinished. A small rule language and manager UI let client and developer work in parallel. The same routing model still runs today.
#plantronic · #software-architecture · #domain-modeling · #elixir
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Why I build complete, realistic seed datasets
Realistic seed data gave Plantronic a fast local reset, useful demos, and a safe way for colleagues to contribute without production data access.
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How much cloud fits into one server?
An unfamiliar on-premise machine looked like a constraint. It became a test of whether years of infrastructure work could collapse into one repeatable deployment.
#plantronic · #infrastructure-as-code · #terraform · #kubernetes · #elixir
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How we rewrote Highsnobiety without taking it offline
Highsnobiety moved from a full WordPress site to a React frontend and an Elixir content stack over two years, with no editorial freeze and no big-bang launch. Change data capture, a PostgreSQL document model, GraphQL, and fallback-backed edge composition made the old and new systems coexist.
#architecture · #elixir · #graphql · #migrations · #highsnobiety · #react · #wordpress
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Connecting APIs with Flow
Building a testable, failure-aware API connector with Elixir Flow and GenStage.
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Elli on Elixir
A complete guide to running the Elli web server in an Elixir application.