1-800-rad-dude.com Blog https://https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/ en-us Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:17 GMT Why 100% code coverage is a misleading metric and a false sense of security. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/02-15-100-Percent-Code-Coverage.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/02-15-100-Percent-Code-Coverage.html Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00 GMT Postgres 18 adds built-in support for UUIDv7. Here's how to use it in an Ecto schema. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/02-04-Using-Postgres-UUIDv7-with-Ecto.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/02-04-Using-Postgres-UUIDv7-with-Ecto.html Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00 GMT New Phoenix apps include my biggest complaint about using SPAs. Here's how I fixed it. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/01-31-Fixing-My-Biggest-SPA-Pet-Peeve-In-Phoenix-LiveView.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2026/01-31-Fixing-My-Biggest-SPA-Pet-Peeve-In-Phoenix-LiveView.html Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00 GMT My current stance on using AI for software development as of late 2025 and why the juice is not worth the squeeze. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/12-29-My-Position-On-AI-And-Software-Development.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/12-29-My-Position-On-AI-And-Software-Development.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00 GMT How does it pan out when you need to reach outside of what Ash does for you? https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/08-13-Adding-Postgres-Full-Text-Search-to-an-Ash-Project.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/08-13-Adding-Postgres-Full-Text-Search-to-an-Ash-Project.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00 GMT I migrated a personal project to use Ash, here's how it went. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/07-11-Migrating-my-Existing-Elixir-App-to-Ash-Framework.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/07-11-Migrating-my-Existing-Elixir-App-to-Ash-Framework.html Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00 GMT Why I think that if you are reaching for an AI to rewrite your Git history, you've already messed up. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/06-20-An-LLM-that-Re-Stacks-Your-PR-is-Solving-the-Wrong-Problem.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/06-20-An-LLM-that-Re-Stacks-Your-PR-is-Solving-the-Wrong-Problem.html Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00 GMT People desperately want to use AI at every opportunity without asking what they are even trying to accomplish. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/06-10-AI-Workflows-In-Search-of-A-Problem.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/06-10-AI-Workflows-In-Search-of-A-Problem.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00 GMT Imagine a programming language that could 10x the quality of software and reduce development and maintenance costs, what properties would it have? https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/05-11-What-an-industry-changing-programming-language-would-look-like.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/05-11-What-an-industry-changing-programming-language-would-look-like.html Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00 GMT Our digital workplace looks like it was designed to prevent thinking, not facilitate it. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/04-19-Interruptions-Async-Interactions-and-Information-Overload.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/04-19-Interruptions-Async-Interactions-and-Information-Overload.html Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00 GMT Imagine describing to a programmer from the past how we use dependencies today. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/04-18-The-Way-We-Handle-Dependencies-Is-a-Sick-Joke.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/04-18-The-Way-We-Handle-Dependencies-Is-a-Sick-Joke.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00 GMT The Ctrl key is super-useful, here's how to make it OP. If you were using CapsLock for anything in the first place, I don't even know what to tell you. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/02-01-Why-You-Should-Remap-CapsLock-to-Ctrl.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2025/02-01-Why-You-Should-Remap-CapsLock-to-Ctrl.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00 GMT My personal list of things I'd like to give attention to in the coming year. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-28-Things-to-Learn-and-Tech-to-Try-in-2025.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-28-Things-to-Learn-and-Tech-to-Try-in-2025.html Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00 GMT Solving Advent of Code 2024, Day 4, without doing any programming. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-16-Can-You-Do-Advent-of-Code-With-Only-Vim-Macros.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-16-Can-You-Do-Advent-of-Code-With-Only-Vim-Macros.html Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00 GMT Using Git well is a communication skill. Build the branches that you would want to review. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-08-Why-You-Should-Care-About-Your-Commits.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/12-08-Why-You-Should-Care-About-Your-Commits.html Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00 GMT This is really one of those keys to unlocking "editing at the speed of thought". https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-24-Vim-Word-Motions-and-Text-Objects.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-24-Vim-Word-Motions-and-Text-Objects.html Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00 GMT Use Vim marks to instantly get back to where you need to be. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-17-Never-Get-Lost-In-Your-Buffers-Again.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-17-Never-Get-Lost-In-Your-Buffers-Again.html Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00 GMT The best part of a good puzzle is writing a program to do it for you. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-07-Solving-Battleship-Solitaire-with-Elixir.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/11-07-Solving-Battleship-Solitaire-with-Elixir.html Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00 GMT Your commits can be perfect even when your changes aren't. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/10-13-Crafting-Perfect-Commits-In-An-Imperfect-World.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/10-13-Crafting-Perfect-Commits-In-An-Imperfect-World.html Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00 GMT Answering the age old question "What should I commit and when?" https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/10-06-What-Makes-a-Commit.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/10-06-What-Makes-a-Commit.html Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00 GMT Grep from the ground up. We go from a stock install to dialed-in. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-26-Grep-In-Vim.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-26-Grep-In-Vim.html Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00 GMT Your boy weighs in on the existential crisis. The bots might be coming, but I'll go down like John Henry. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-23-Why-AI-might-actually-make-your-skills-MORE-important.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-23-Why-AI-might-actually-make-your-skills-MORE-important.html Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00 GMT Vim even lets you take copy and pasting code to another level. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-12-vim-registers.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-12-vim-registers.html Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00 GMT Track down which commit introduced a bug so you can make sure it wasn't your fault. Spoiler: it was. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-06-Git-Bisect.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-06-Git-Bisect.html Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00 GMT The three formatting operations I can't imagine life without. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-01-vim-formatting-essentials.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/09-01-vim-formatting-essentials.html Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00 GMT Designing Elixir Systems with OTP - Write Highly Scalable, Self-Healing Software with Layers by James Edward Gray, II and Bruce A. Tate https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-16-Designing-Elixir-Systems-with-OTP.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-16-Designing-Elixir-Systems-with-OTP.html Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00 GMT Finally, windows you will want to use. See how I juggle buffers, work with windows, and how not to use tabs. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-09-vim-buffers-windows-and-tabs.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-09-vim-buffers-windows-and-tabs.html Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00 GMT checkout all these things you can do with this one command https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-02-More-Than-Switching-Branches.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/08-02-More-Than-Switching-Branches.html Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00 GMT Some search moves that should be muscle memory for everyone. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-26-Vim-Search-Must-Haves.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-26-Vim-Search-Must-Haves.html Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00 GMT git rebase --interactive. Take it to another level. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-19-Go-Beyond-Rebase.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-19-Go-Beyond-Rebase.html Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00 GMT One crucial setting that should be in every git config. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-14-Commit-Message-Writers-Block.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-14-Commit-Message-Writers-Block.html Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00 GMT Vim has autocomplete straight out of the box, and it's all you need. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-14-Vim-Autocomplete-Is-All-You-Need.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/07-14-Vim-Autocomplete-Is-All-You-Need.html Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00 GMT My take on what contributes to burnout https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/05-30-My-Theory-of-Burnout.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/05-30-My-Theory-of-Burnout.html Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00 GMT Creating LiveSlides https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/05-19-Creating-LiveSlides.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/05-19-Creating-LiveSlides.html Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00 GMT One of my unpopular opinions, asynchronous collaboration is not so great https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-21-async-is-overrated.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-21-async-is-overrated.html Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00 GMT Because sometimes you need to test the test. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-09-reverse-tdd-git-workflow.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-09-reverse-tdd-git-workflow.html Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00 GMT Why I use Git on the command line (and maybe why you should too) https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-08-Why-I-use-git-cli.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/04-08-Why-I-use-git-cli.html Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00 GMT A look at the different scales of feedback cycles in software development. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/02-08-feedback-scales.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/02-08-feedback-scales.html Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00 GMT A quick reference for some Nix know-how https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/02-07-nix-cheatsheet.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2024/02-07-nix-cheatsheet.html Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00 GMT Using the right data structure for the job is always important, especially when storage and lookup happens in your brain. https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2023/12-23-mnemonic-data-structures.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2023/12-23-mnemonic-data-structures.html Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:00 GMT Building this blog https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2023/12-17-blog.html https://blog.1-800-rad-dude.com/posts/2023/12-17-blog.html Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00 GMT