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Owen Bickford
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Doing stuff with #ElixirLang
Will fight over boolean DB columns
Async for lyfe
Writing match specs on occasion
Pinned
I wanted to write a little blurb on filtering in ETS. Oops, I almost wrote a book.

www.owencode.com/articles/its...

#elixirlang #erlang
It's a Match! · OwenCode
www.owencode.com
“wars-sorrows-files” is the most apt random password I’ve ever generated.
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I would tell you what I learned from this article, but I already forgot. 🤡
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Speaking publicly about Elixir stuff (conference talks + podcasts) has gotten me every job I've had since 2020. (And that first one was a 50% pay bump.)

I interview pretty poorly, but having been seen being smart in public got me the foot in the door I needed to prove I could do the work.
Devs who write about their work/company; talk at conferences - lots of companies in the past used to not care much about this and not value it the least.

Feels like the tide is changing: people who do this but are not valued get hunted down by companies who understand this value
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I hope you all like long blog articles. It seems I cannot write succinctly in markdown.

#elixirlang
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Via @josevalim.bsky.social:

"We extracted Nimble ZTA (Zero Trust Auth) from Livebook as a separate package for Plug/Phoenix [...] to add auth to an internal app when your identity management and deployments are on the same platform (GCP/Cloudflare/etc)"

dashbit.co/blog/zero-tr... #ElixirLang
Zero Trust Auth for Plug/Phoenix apps is here - Dashbit Blog
We have just released `nimble_zta`, a library that allows developers to add Zero Trust Auth (ZTA) to their Plug/Phoenix web apps
dashbit.co
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Celebrating #Erlang’s 27th birthday as #OpenSource, Elixir Hub 2025 survey results, new data_migration LiveDashboard package, critical #React RCE vuln, and Zig leaves #GitHub, and more! #ElixirLang www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FWy...
Thinking Elixir Podcast 283: Erlang Turns 27 and React at Risk
YouTube video by Mark Ericksen
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
`mix format —migrate` helped make my recent Phoenix upgrade a minutes-long, joyful experience. A couple deprecation fixes later, the code was ready for review. 🔥🦅🔥🦅🔥🦅

#elixirlang
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Stay tuned everyone! Some Elixir and Nerves goodness headed your way this coming week 😍

#MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang #Erlang
We're almost ready for the beta launch! 🎉

#ElixirLang
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
News includes cutting-edge type system research from @josevalim.bsky.social, Phoenix LiveView v1.1.18 with view transition support, LiveDebugger’s biggest release, Nx #Python-Elixir integration, and more! #ElixirLang @elixir-lang.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvG...
Thinking Elixir Podcast 282: Type Systems and View Transitions
YouTube video by Mark Ericksen
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ground control to major tom yum
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
🚨 New from the Socket Research Team: Malicious Go packages impersonating Google's UUID library quietly exfiltrate encrypted data to dpaste.

Full report → socket.dev/blog/malicio... #golang cc: @campuscodi.risky.biz
Malicious Go Packages Impersonate Google’s UUID Library and ...
A pair of typosquatted Go packages posing as Google’s UUID library quietly turn helper functions into encrypted exfiltration channels to a paste site,...
socket.dev
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I wanted to write a little blurb on filtering in ETS. Oops, I almost wrote a book.

www.owencode.com/articles/its...

#elixirlang #erlang
It's a Match! · OwenCode
www.owencode.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Shout out to the organizers and crew for @exmexconf.bsky.social! That was fun and refreshing!
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
My team is hiring a front end focused LiveView dev. If you know of anyone with those skills hit me up.
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
:persistent_term.put({MyApp.Metrics, :high_throughput_stuff}, my_atomics_ref)

can't wait to talk shop at @exmexconf.bsky.social. 🌮
#elixir-lang #erlang
a red and white heart with the words " erland my beloved " on it
ALT: a red and white heart with the words " erland my beloved " on it
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Let me Task.async(fn -> {:ok, “get back to you on that.”} end)
August 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Enpass, iCloud Passwords, and LogMeOnce remain vulnerable to zero-day clickjacking vulnerabilities disclosed at DEF CON.

Vendors downplayed or ignored the issue. Socket has filed a CVE to ensure these risks are formally tracked.

socket.dev/blog/passwor...
Researcher Exposes Zero-Day Clickjacking Vulnerabilities in ...
Hacker Demonstrates How Easy It Is To Steal Data From Popular Password Managers
socket.dev
August 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have a ticket, I’m jelly
🎤 Speaker spotlight time!

This week we’re highlighting Austin Saunders and Chris Ertel, both part of the ExMex Conf lineup this fall.

🗓️ Nov 6–7 | Austin, TX

exmexconf.com

#ExMexConf #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@savvycal.com wants your Elixir:

savvycal.com/jobs/full-st...

PS, congrats on hiring!
#elixir-lang
Senior Full-Stack Developer
savvycal.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
📣 Are you an Elixir/Phoenix/Javascript engineer with a commitment to security? The community needs you!
elixirforum.com/t/webauthnli...
#elixir-lang #phoenix-framework #javascript #security #passkeys
WebAuthnLiveComponent - Passwordless Auth for LiveView Apps
Hey @conradwt, thank you for the shout out! Much appreciated!
elixirforum.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sometimes a GenServer can just be an Agent.
August 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
16 job post in Elixir Slack’s #jobs channel in the past month, some open for over a month. Is the drought over?
@elixir-lang.org #elixir

elixir-lang.slack.com/archives/C06...
Slack
elixir-lang.slack.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
👏👏👏
Just released the first version of AshEvents, an Event Sourcing tool for @ash-hq.org apps. Check out the blog post! Thanks to Torkild for building this package and for writing a guest post for the Alembic blog to share!

alembic.com.au/blog/ashevents 🎉

#AshFramework #ElixirLAng
AshEvents: Event Sourcing Made Simple For Ash
AshEvents brings event sourcing to Ash Framework applications, enabling comprehensive tracking and replaying of system events.
alembic.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reposted by Owen Bickford
Leandro is great! Hire him! @leandrocp.bsky.social #ElixirLang
Hey #ElixirLang friends, I'm looking for a new job!

- Staff or Senior level
- 10 years of @elixir-lang.org
. I can also do Rust and I'm eager to learn.
- Pref fully remote or hybrid in the Toronto region.
- You can find my projects, contributions, and talks at leandro.io

#MyElixirStatus
Leandro Pereira
Elixir, Rust, Open Source - Leandro Pereira
leandro.io
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM