Everett GriffithsinBetter ProgrammingMental Friction: Code’s Silent KillerDo you recognize mental friction when you see it? Try reading this sentence out loud, saying the color of the word instead of what’s…·6 min read·Jul 22, 2023----
Everett GriffithsinBetter ProgrammingHow One Composer’s Journey Can Help You Write Better CodeThe surprising link between music orchestration and software development·6 min read·Mar 23, 2023----
Everett GriffithsProgramming and DeprogrammingIt was after my trip to the emergency room when my cardiologist said a word that stuck with me: “programmed”. She was not talking about…·5 min read·Sep 1, 2022--2--2
Everett GriffithsWhere are the Green Jobs?As wildfires burn across Siberia and temperatures in Antartica soar 70 degrees above normal, people are paying more attention to the…·3 min read·May 2, 2022--6--6
Everett GriffithsinBetter ProgrammingString Encodings Decoded With ElixirKnow the working of strings·7 min read·Apr 12, 2022----
Everett GriffithsinBetter ProgrammingThe Myth of Small Incremental ImprovementsIncremental changes do not provide emergency exits for a failing system. It’s to recognize when a tool is not useful·6 min read·Apr 7, 2022--14--14
Everett GriffithsXfile: a better way to work with files and directories in ElixirNecessity is the mother of invention… or in the case of software, need begets packages. And packages require names, preferably something…3 min read·Apr 1, 2022----
Everett GriffithsInspecting Ecto Schemas with ElixirStars aligned last week — while I was busy digging into how to document Ecto database schemas in some Elixir applications, I saw a…2 min read·Mar 17, 2022----
Everett GriffithsThe Russians are Coming: How to Launch a DDoS DefenseRussian tanks are rolling on Kyiv and fellow Ukrainian developers are swapping laptops for Kalashnikovs, so I felt a timely topic would be…4 min read·Mar 3, 2022----
Everett GriffithsinLob DevelopersWriting a Word Game in Elixir: Spelling BeeWordle might be the best thing to have come out of the pandemic, and my engineering brain latched onto it immediately after playing it. We…5 min read·Feb 11, 2022----