🛠️ buildinpublic ☕️ coffee 👨‍💻 programmer 🎸music ✝Christ follower 💭 sharing his thoughts • Monitor your site ☁️ http://sitesure.net • 💌 https://mailcast.io #ElixirLanghttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lzg7vx46tc2nThe last jump was from 3m to 1y. Showing up every day for a year is a huge commitment. This app did almost nothing to help me celebrate the success and then I immediately felt like the next 365d were going to be a slog. I’ve stopped. Not because of the app, but it didn’t help.22 Sep 2025 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg7vx46tc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lz46ha7uhu2kVibe coding cleanup 💻🧹18 Sep 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz46ha7uhu2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lz2awnpeq42rReddit is not a terrible place to do business. Good marketing is offering a solution to a problem people have when they need it. When you do that, you can see good results anywhere.17 Sep 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2awnpeq42rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lydki7lzqs2hThe difference between girls and boys Mom to the girls, “help yourself to vegetables”. The boys get theirs dished.08 Sep 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydki7lzqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxwzwkg3gm2dBeen digging through logs and picking up interesting bugs. Watching customers work with your software is a great source of learning. Error logs is another one.03 Sep 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwzwkg3gm2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxrdh4rbvr2bSo true “It’s tempting to fear AI slop, because it’s here and it’s going to get worse. But there’s human slop all over the internet, and it’s getting worse as well.” https://seths.blog/2025/09/walk-away-or-dance/ http://seths.blog/2025/09/walk-away-or-dance/01 Sep 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrdh4rbvr2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxqznhqec22kIf you want to bleed money, leave a few snapshots on AWS EC2 that you don’t need01 Sep 2025 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxqznhqec22khttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxh4bd6hu32yThere’s nothing quite as frustrating as a test that fails when running the whole suite but passes on its own.28 Aug 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxh4bd6hu32yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxewvdvu542vAdded configurable spam blocking to Mailcast.io You can now set the score at which to block spam. And you can see what’s being blocked in the logs so you always know what’s happening with every email.27 Aug 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxewvdvu542vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxemvauo6p27I hate it when I know I’ve definitely solved this problem before, but cannot remember in which project 🤦‍♂️27 Aug 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxemvauo6p27https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxeha56tnz2eSometimes you only want validation to be applied if some condition is met. In one of my projects the first workflow step always runs immediately (0 days) and the rest have to be at least 1 day apart (>= 1 day), so I only wanted validation from the second step. #MyElixirStatus27 Aug 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxeha56tnz2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lxbxbdsjp427My favourite email reply. Personal reply always. No AI automation26 Aug 2025 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbxbdsjp427https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lx7lhq3e5o2tI had an hour and a half video chat with a customer who only bought a $2/m plan on Mailcast, but it was worth it. I watched them struggle. I identified where I had to point out things that I thought were obvious. Today I’m changing a bunch of UI based on that learning.25 Aug 2025 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx7lhq3e5o2thttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lwyjp6zudc22Confirmable button in #Phoenix #LiveView #ElixirLang Also my first colocated hook which makes sharing something like this super easy.22 Aug 2025 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyjp6zudc22https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lvupakpd2z2uJust overhauled Mailcast’s test suite. Lot’s of global state in GenServers. Every test is now async: true and it’s ended up more reliable and twice as fast #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang08 Aug 2025 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvupakpd2z2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lvkr7ai6ml2uYou know you’re in “the zone” when you take a sip of cold coffee04 Aug 2025 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkr7ai6ml2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lsdjezgslk2xTIL #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus from: https://burakaymakci.com/why-did-the-elixir-application-keep-running-despite-dependency-shutdown/24 Jun 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdjezgslk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lqum2szmnb2zCooking 👩‍🍳05 Jun 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqum2szmnb2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lpthl7ywfx24Abusing LiveView to have events that update data but don’t re-render and abusing LiveComponents to get change tracking on comprehensions #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang23 May 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpthl7ywfx24https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lnhiaeyans2dMy very almost six year old to me this morning, “Dad, have you already bought my presents, or do you need to go shopping today?”23 Apr 2025 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhiaeyans2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmzdlh6ida24Scopes in Phoenix make it much easier to add user specific, global UI elements (like an unread count) #ElixirLang #phoenix17 Apr 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzdlh6ida24https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmyp4ayzgt2sAh, that one commit that calms everything down 🍬17 Apr 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyp4ayzgt2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmhd2fwm5j2jWhen you ask for a change to a form and you get an entirely new form layout #VibeCoding10 Apr 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhd2fwm5j2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmgmt3jcmy2rIt’s always the assumptions that get you. Don’t assume. Test10 Apr 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgmt3jcmy2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmezieumt626I published an updated blog post on how to use Font Awesome (or any other SVG based icon library) with Phoenix and Tailwind 4 #ElixirLang #Phoenix https://andrewtimberlake.com/blog/2025/04/use-fontawesome-icons-in-phoenix09 Apr 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmezieumt626https://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmcrucjtgs2sUpward doing live upgrades in action Give it a try at upward.andrewtimberlake.com #ElixirLang #Phoenix #LiveView08 Apr 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcrucjtgs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lmc5ey2pku2iI love how José manages Elixir. He makes you feel great when you contribute, even for small, seemingly insignificant updates.08 Apr 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmc5ey2pku2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3lm7zcaxfym2sRuntime config doesn’t play nice with hot code upgrades. But, I think I have a solution in upward. #ElixirLang07 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7zcaxfym2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewtimberlake.com/post/3llecnnkgci2jThe problem with treating AI like a junior programer is that it’s not going to remember what I “taught” it tomorrow 🤦‍♂️27 Mar 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:m472tnbotwfkitaglfcivocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3llecnnkgci2j