tl;dr

Writing Elixir since 2014. Senior Software Engineer at DockYard teaching companies Elixir and writing code alongside them. Currently spending free time working on adding Parameterized Types to Ecto, which will bring the long awaited :enum type to Ecto schemas. If this is something you feel would be useful, please consider encouraging me in that endeavour by sponsoring me. Sponsors gain access to my Discord server where I provide Elixir guidance.

Conference talks

• ElixirConf 2019: 0-60 in under 3: How Cars.com and DockYard Manufactured a Productive Elixir Team in Under 3 Months
• LoneStar Elixir 2020: Taming :ets

Podcast Episodes:

• Elixir Wizards - Hiring and Training Elixir Engineers
• Elixir Mix 086: Teaching Your Team Elixir with Mike Binns

About Me

I have been writing code for the past 20+ years. I have been focused on Elixir since 2014, with some JavaScript/Typescript/Angular mixed in. Prior to that I worked in Java, and before that PHP, and HTML/CSS.

I am currently focusing my free time (including Dockyard Fridays) on contributing back to the Elixir community. Check out my Blog Posts for more in-depth information on some of my recent Open Source work.

I have "a list". Whenever I run into something while working, and think "I wish this was available", or "this would be better if it did this", I add it to the list. When I have free time, I scan the list, pluck something off, and get to work.

One passion of mine is diving into an existing codebase and cleaning it up. This includes everything from a robust CI testing/linting plan, to useful tools like Mix Test Watch, git hooks, coveralls, Credo, Dialyzer, etc... Project Ironman is a hex archive that you can use to apply a lot off these tools to your project. If you are interested in me taking a look at your codebase and suggesting ways to improve it structurally, check out my sponsor levels and how you can connect with me over Discord.

I enjoy mentoring others in Elixir. For more information on how I have done that in the past, check out my ElixirConf 2019 talk: 0-60 in under 3: How Cars.com and DockYard Manufactured a Productive Elixir Team in Under 3 Months. If this is something that appeals to you, it is available on a small scale through some of my sponsorship levels.

If your company is looking for a larger scale Elixir engagement, our Elixir engineers at DockYard would love to help out.