InBetter ProgrammingbyEverett Griffiths·Jul 22, 2023Mental 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…
InBetter ProgrammingbyEverett Griffiths·Mar 23, 2023How One Composer’s Journey Can Help You Write Better CodeThe surprising link between music orchestration and software development
Everett Griffiths·Sep 1, 2022Programming 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Everett Griffiths·May 2, 2022Where 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…A response icon6A response icon6
InBetter ProgrammingbyEverett Griffiths·Apr 12, 2022String Encodings Decoded With ElixirKnow the working of strings
InBetter ProgrammingbyEverett Griffiths·Apr 7, 2022The Myth of Small Incremental ImprovementsIncremental changes do not provide emergency exits for a failing system. It’s to recognize when a tool is not usefulA response icon14A response icon14
Everett Griffiths·Apr 1, 2022Xfile: 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…A response icon1A response icon1
Everett Griffiths·Mar 17, 2022Inspecting 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…
Everett Griffiths·Mar 3, 2022The 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…
InLob DevelopersbyEverett Griffiths·Feb 11, 2022Writing 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…
