Devon C. Estes

A Big Elixir Refactoring

I've just finished my first really substantial refactoring of someone else's code in Elixir. I wanted to make some changes to Benchee so that it would be easier to add another feature later on. We needed a new data model, and there »

Patronizing Open Source

In this week's episode of The Bikeshed, Sean Griffin went through some of his issues with funding open source work through services such as Patreon, which allow individuals or companies to contribute to an individual or group on a »

My New Favorite Elixir Testing Trick

When I write my Ruby tests, I'm a big fan of using test doubles and asserting those doubles receive messages with the correct arguments. I guess I like to practice what Justin Searls calls Discovery Testing »

Refactoring for Tests in Elixir

I've been turning something over in my mind recently, so I'm going to try and write down some of these thoughts to get some clarity around my thinking here. Now that my talks are over for a while, I'm able to dive back »