ChromicPDF: Benchmarks & Runtime characteristics
· 10 min read
Malte Rohde
Runtime optimized Keyboard YodelerBacking up claims with numbers. How a background Chrome process outperforms spawning new processes.
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Shifting to remote work overnight
· 5 min read
Daniela Knöpfle
To-do list and coffee addictAs many around the world, we decided to shift to work remotely for the next couple of weeks. In the following we would like to share our approach and experiences we made in the first couple of days.
ChromicPDF: Generating PDF/A files with Chrome, Ghostscript, and Elixir
· 11 min read
Malte Rohde
Runtime optimized Keyboard YodelerProgrammatically generating PDF documents is a common requirement in many of our client projects at bitcrowd. While in Ruby there is a multitude of battle-proven libraries to choose from, the PDF library landscape in the Elixir/Erlang ecosystem is just beginning to evolve. Today, we introduce ChromicPDF, a fast and convenient Chrome-based HTML-to-PDF converter, written in Elixir.
Introducing SSHKit
· 3 min read
Paul Meinhardt
Hi-tech-deep-diverThis blog post is the first in a series detailing our work on SSH support for Elixir and Erlang/OTP.
A Caching Journey
· 6 min read
Max Mulatz
Whitespace wrestler on a functional fieldtripHow to take back control over caching with Rails' Active Storage and Amazon S3.
Testing Phoenix live view with jest
· 3 min read
Andreas Knöpfle
Assistant code archeology officerPhoenix LiveView allows for JavaScript Hooks to extend live view pages with small powerful bits of JavaScript. This post showcases how one can test these hooks with the power of Jest.
Changes Request Size
· 13 min read
Lars
High-priest to the browser godsCode reviews are essential for software development in teams. They’re useful to share domain knowledge and best practices within the team, ensure consistent code quality, and lower the number of defects in the software. Reviewing code is hard though.
How to get URLs valid inside and outside of a docker-compose network
· 2 min read
Lars
High-priest to the browser godsHow to get URLs valid inside and outside of a docker-compose network
Typescript - First impressions
· 10 min read
Lars
High-priest to the browser godsIn recent years, type systems in JavaScript have also reached the React community. So, with an exciting client on a new codebase and a limited scope, we took the plunge.
Resolving The Store Api Dependency
· 3 min read
Lars
High-priest to the browser godsIn frontend projects with a redux store, all requests need to be authenticated. But how do you put the token into the store, but still have it in the API module?