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Instrumenting your Phoenix application using telemetry

Gain insight into events and performance measurements from your Phoenix application with a simple but scalable integration of telemetry.
Wil Hall
October 19, 2020
- Phoenix
- Elixir
- OTP
- Telemetry
- Analytics
Break apart your features into full-stack slices

I often see people split work into horizontal slices. Ticket A: database tables and models. Ticket B: controllers. Ticket C: front-end. There’s something better — full-stack slices.
German Velasco
October 16, 2020
Make small, data-driven performance improvements

Performance issues are a form of technical debt, and we must pay them off by making informed incremental improvements.
Wil Hall
October 15, 2020
Debugging a missing PostgreSQL connection on macOS

could not connect to server: No such file or directory. Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket?
Mike Burns
October 14, 2020
- Web
- PostgreSQL
- macOS
TypeScript: Stop Using 'any', There's a Type For That

Chances are you’ve worked with the any type in TypeScript. It’s widely overused, and subtly dangerous. Let’s explore why you should avoid it, and when you might truly need to use it.
Alejandro Dustet and Wil Hall
October 13, 2020
Data Science in Healthcare Event: Separating fact from fiction

Healthcare companies across the industry are jumping on the trend of creating data science teams, but many of them are jumping prematurely.
Lindsey Christensen
October 7, 2020
- Data
- Health Tech
- Events
The world does not revolve around your product

A common problem I run into with product founders and larger organizations is the idea that their customers will be obsessed with their products.
Eric Bailey
October 6, 2020
Pay the cost up front. Don't distribute it to others.

Our communication practices can be very disrupting. Remote work has taught me to be more considerate of how I communicate with others. We should treat other people’s time as we like ours to be treated.
German Velasco
October 2, 2020
- Communication
- Team
- Process
- Remote
Kudos to INDUSTRYconf for these great moments

The thoughtbot team shares what Product Strategy ideas stood out to them from this years INDUSTRYconf.
Kyle Fiedler and Kelly Gebo
October 1, 2020
Beyond basic modal editing. Using vim's command-line mode.

Most people learn vim’s normal, insert, and visual modes. But they’re only casually acquainted with vim’s powerful Ex commands. Let’s take a look at some.
German Velasco
September 23, 2020
- Vim
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