123: Ash Framework Models Resources

ThinkingElixir.com — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:15:00 -0600

Creator of the Ash Framework, Zach Daniel, shares how he feels Ecto is such a good tool, that people haven't built a modeling layer above it and end up using Ecto directly. Ash models a resource above Ecto, making it more expressive while supporting LiveView, REST, and GraphQL interfaces on top. While cutting boilerplate, a major goal builds in escape hatches to keep from being boxed in. Ash Framework recently celebrated a 2.0 release, accompanied by the release of the Ash HQ website. A fun look into the achievements and philosophy that make the Ash Framework what it is today!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/123

Elixir Community News

https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1582770471728484352 – ExDoc v0.29 is out with a new Cheatsheet feature
https://devhints.io – DevHints was a source of inspiration for Cheatsheets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTE7dLhkQ8Q – Phoenix LiveView Storybook video published. Demo of v0.4.5
https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/117 – Previous interview about Phoenix LiveView Storybook
https://github.com/spawnfest/graphql_smart_cell – GraphQL Smart Cell for Elixir Livebook
https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1581350976354627584 – Michael Crumm explains they intend to further develop the project.
https://twitter.com/alan_zimm/status/1583012582847262720 – WhatsApp team released a new Tree Sitter Erlang Github project
https://github.com/WhatsApp/tree-sitter-erlang – The Erlang Tree Sitter project
https://twitter.com/katafrakt_pl/status/1582808419157041152 – Try "mix hex.outdated" to see nice DX feature
https://twitter.com/bernheisel/status/1583252469550678016 – LiveViewJS as in LiveView API but all in JavaScript?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khBftbpHLs – Strangeloop presentation on LiveViewJS
https://github.com/floodfx/liveviewjs – LiveViewJS project
https://github.com/kipcole9/image – Kip Cole's Image library
https://twitter.com/kipcole9/status/1583632387589566464 – Kip's weekend project to generate meme images for fun

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Discussion Resources

https://ash-hq.org/
https://github.com/ash-project/ash
https://github.com/ash-project
https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/27 – Previous discussion from Dec 2020
https://alembic.com.au/
https://rethinkdb.com/
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_phoenix
https://hexdocs.pm/ash_phoenix/AshPhoenix.Form.html
https://ash-hq.org/docs/module/ash/latest/ash-flow – Ash.Flow docs
https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1582139826752483329 – Family showing support for the milestone
STAPLE Stack - Surface, Tailwind, Ash, Phoenix, LiveView, Elixir
https://discord.com/invite/D7FNG2q - Discord invite
https://elixirforum.com/t/ash-framework-a-declarative-resource-oriented-application-development-framework-for-elixir/51119

Guest Information

https://twitter.com/ZachSDaniel1 – on Twitter
https://github.com/zachdaniel/ – on Github
https://twitter.com/AshFramework – Ash on Twitter
https://ash-hq.org/ – Ash HQ

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89: Reducing the Friction in Your Flow

ThinkingElixir.com — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:15:00 -0700

We talk about how designing applications with lower friction points is a valuable goal. LiveView plays a powerful role in that mission. Mark pitches why he thinks it's time to take another look at LiveView if you haven't lately. We talk over some of the business benefits, efficiencies gained and we address some common reasons given for "why it can't work." We also cover some remaining areas of improvement for LiveView. Then we talk about how moving your servers closer to users removes additional friction both for deployment and application design. Mark shares how the fly_postgres library works and how it enables people to build "normal" Phoenix applications using Postgres read-replicas across multiple regions. A fun discussion!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/89