Jan 9, 2026
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6 min read
Event-based ledgers beat drifting account totals when refunds and retroactive changes hit.
Jan 2, 2026
The API call worked. The transaction didn’t. One line of Ash code created state divergence and production chaos.
Dec 25, 2025
7 min read
One CPU-heavy request froze Node. BEAM kept serving traffic.
Dec 18, 2025
Launch was perfect until someone bookmarked the staging domain. Redirects fix what check_origin can’t.
Dec 12, 2025
Fifteen years of polyglot experience means nothing if you skip OTP-here's what actually matters
Dec 4, 2025
String parsing works until it doesn’t. Here’s why Phoenix teams switch to NimbleParsec when correctness, clarity, and production errors actually matter.
Nov 27, 2025
Jevons Paradox from 1865 explains why easier programming creates MORE code debt—here's the survival guide
Nov 20, 2025
4 min read
BEAM's processes aren't magic—reduction budgets create the illusion of preemption on cooperative scheduling
Nov 13, 2025
That Raspberry Pi collecting dust could replace your $500/month cloud ML bill
Nov 6, 2025
Auto-apply platforms robbed him blind. Elixir, Poolboy, and $5 VPS got him actual interviews instead.
Oct 30, 2025
GenServer message chains got out of hand until event sourcing clicked—here's the pattern
Oct 23, 2025
Go goroutines leaked until Elixir supervision made the pagers stop—here's the data
