Cogini Blog Articles in the Development category
Secure web applications with GraphQL and Elixir
In traditional applications, the web application talks directly to the database. It has rights to do anything, relying on application rules to control access. If an attacker compromises it, then they can do anything, e.g. grab all the data or create a funds transfer transaction. When security is critical … Read more…
Incrementally migrating a legacy app to Phoenix
Over the years we have done lots of projects where we migrated an application from one platform to another. We might do this to solve performance issues or to switch to a better technology stack. This can be a challenge when you have a big app that is in production … Read more…
Presentation on Elixir performance
Here are the slides for the presentation on performance tuning Elixir I gave to the local Elixir user's group. Read more…
The Four Stages of Santa Claus for software developers
There is a joke, "The Four Stages of Santa Claus": You believe in Santa Claus You do not believe in Santa Claus You are Santa Claus You look like Santa Claus There is an equivalent for software developers when it comes to requirements documents and specs. In the beginning of … Read more…
Presentation on Elixir and embedded programming
Here are the slides for the presentation on Elixir and embedded programming I gave to the Elixir user's group. Read more…
Presentation on thinking functionally in Elixir
Here are the slides for the presentation on thinking functionally in Elixir I gave to the local Elixir user's group. Read more…
Presentation on Erlang and functional programming
Here are the slides for the presentation on Erlang and functional programming I gave to the local Elixir user's group. Read more…