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Deploy Elixir apps utilizing Rust NIFs on Render.com

Update: Rust should now be included in the default Elixir install for Render.com. I’ll be leaving this blog post online to act as a resource for building elixir + rust docker …

Building a Gitlab CI light using Elixir/Nerves - Hardware

It’s no secret I am a fan of Gitlab and I thought about ways to utilize their API/callbacks to create a fun project using Elixir/Nerves. Other companies have created their …

ElixirConf 2018 was amazing

The cramped 6.5-hour flight to Seattle was worth being uncomfortable for the remainder of the night as ElixirConf 2018 was a truly great event. I experienced two major firsts: …

ElixirConf 2018 crunch time

Crunch time is here, ElixirConf is in 36 days! I started my presentation which is going to require a lot more time than previously imagined. My goal is to have the audience laugh a …

Building a Raspberry Pi weather station with Elixir/Nerves – Part 5

Speaking at ElixirConf 2018 If you want to learn how to build a weather station, laugh, cry when its over; then come to ElixirConf 2018! You can talk to me in person and I’ll make …

Building a Raspberry Pi weather station with Elixir/Nerves – Part 4

Part 3 demonstrated how to communicate with the wind speed sensor. The next step is to create modules for reading from both sensors, and automatically repeating this task at a set …

Building a Raspberry Pi weather station with Elixir/Nerves – Part 3

Part 2 ended without us being able to read the wind speed, let’s fix that! Communicating via SPI bus To communicate with the wind speed sensor, a binary payload must be sent to the …