Pseudolocalization in Phoenix with gettext_pseudolocalize

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

Understanding Gettext in Elixir Applications

Gettext is a widely adopted internationalization (i18n) system that helps developers make their applications available in multiple languages. Originally developed for GNU projects, it has become a standard solution across many programming languages and frameworks, including Elixir and Phoenix.

Enhancements to dbg in Elixir 1.18

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

Elixir 1.18 added some interesting features, but one that went under the radar was extended support for dbg. In 1.17 when you had this code:

SQL Commenter with Postgrex

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

A few years ago, I discovered sqlcommenter, a tool that enables adding trace context to SQL queries. This feature makes it possible to match database calls visible in PostgreSQL logs or any observability tool. At the time, I found several questions about this topic scattered across the internet, but no concrete solutions. I attempted to solve this myself and experimented with various approaches, but none of them proved viable for implementation in Elixir, particularly with Ecto.

Running Livebook as a Systemd Service for Your User

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

Livebook is a powerful tool for creating and sharing interactive notebooks with Elixir. To make it even more convenient, you can set it up to run as a systemd service for your user. This ensures that Livebook starts automatically whenever you log in, and runs in the background without requiring root permissions. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you get started.

Enhancing SQL Traceability with Sqlcommenter in Elixir

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

This post is outdated - there is a solution now: https://dev.to/dkuku/sql-commenter-with-postgrex-2bfd

Livebook on Steam Deck

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

This post may be updated in the future.

Steam deck is a modern machine. I wanted to test how long it takes to generate images using stable diffusion on it. Thanks to livebook this becomes trivial. The biggest problem is to install the package. I did it using ssh but it can also be done directly on deck.

Reverse Engineer Unknown Data Format Using Elixir

• Daniel Kukula
• Development , Tutorial

I recently worked on porting the csv file converter for AdventureWorks database from ruby to elixir. This ended successful and I have all the data in my local postgresql to play with. By browsing the tables I found spatial_location column in person.address table and I wanted to decode it.