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derrickreimer.com
Full-stack developer. Recovering perfectionist. #ElixirLang enthusiast. Posting primarily about design & development. Minneapolis resident. Founder of @savvycal.com
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The Telegram spam is getting vaguely threatening 🔪

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Do you want to be “right” all the time, or do you want to get better at your craft?

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

It's always a little adventure figuring out where to put the `min-w-0` to properly truncate text 🤓

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

When in doubt, toss it behind a feature flag and get it into production early.

submitted 96 days ago • 14 comments

Well, hello there! 🦋

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

When in doubt, make the UI layer dumber.

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

In school, I was taught to use bigger words and more complex literary devices to express ideas. Now as I product builder, I have to continuously battle against those instincts and instead optimize for clarity above all.

submitted 100 days ago • 8 comments

Did you know the SavvyCal open graph image generator is open source? It's what we use to make preview images like this, all defined with Tailwind-powered HTML templates 🔥 And it's built in #ElixirLang 🤗 github.com/svycal/og-im...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

The `flex` utility class is overworked and underpaid 😤

submitted 105 days ago • 3 comments

Just found another gear after throwing on some angsty early 00's Linkin Park while coding.

submitted 105 days ago • 4 comments

The Kickstarter for my fifth book (co-written with Dr. Sherry Walling) is live as of a few hours ago 🚀🚀 You can back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob... RPs appreciated 🙏🏻

submitted 106 days ago • 5 comments

We're gradually starting to put server-side rendering in place on more @savvycal.com Inertia.js-powered pages, with the help of selective SSR on a per-route basis (dropped in v1.0.0-beta.2). #ElixirLang github.com/inertiajs/in...

submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

I wonder if Bluesky is working on a community notes feature? I’m seeing a lot of chatter about bans and blocks, but suppression doesn’t feel like the best tool for challenging factual errors in many cases.

submitted 109 days ago • 5 comments

Where are my Elixir peeps?

submitted 112 days ago • 10 comments