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Indielixer is a show about side projects built with the Elixir programming language. Follow along with me, Carter Bryden, as I talk to you each episode about the ideas, frustrations, tips, and tricks that I uncover while working on my own indie projects using Elixir.

Carter Bryden


    • Apr 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    #12 - Building a CDN is hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 20:11


    Episode Notes This episode I talk about building globally distributed proxy servers for approximated.app, and my struggle with finding a way to have one IP address route to the server nearest the user. Mentioned in this episode: fly.io AWS Route 53 DNSimple Reach me @carterbryden on twitter Find out more at http://indielixir.com

    #11 - Approximated.app, Code Base, Tap.Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 28:41


    Episode Notes Back again after a pandemic hiatus! This episode I talk about what's happened with earlier projects (forte.chat, tap.works) and some new projects - Approximated.app and CodeBase.app - that I'm working on. Want to get in touch? Send me a message on twitter: @carterbryden Find out more at http://indielixir.com

    Tap.Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 22:53


    Episode Notes In this episode I talk about: What I've been working on over the summer with Forte Chat A new project Tap.Works for deploying Elixir & Phoenix projects to your own servers without docker Using liveview all over the place and LOVING it Using tailwindcss in combination with liveview (no extra CSS or JS!) You can reach me on twitter @carterbryden or at carter@indielixer.com Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #009 - Focusing On Being Useful

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 24:36


    Episode Notes I tried out Phoenix Liveview for the first time and talk about my experience with it. I also go over a change in focus on my project forte.chat to provide more immediately useful features to freelancers like myself. Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #008 - Taking Breaks and Launching

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 38:13


    Episode Notes It's been a while and I'm glad to be back! In this episode I talk about taking breaks, launching and going forward with Forte Chat, and also a new project called Git Vendor. Forte.Chat GitVendor.com Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #007 - Favorite Tools & Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 30:13


    Episode Notes I've been out of town and unable to work on my own indie projects for the last few weeks, so I thought this would be a good time to do an episode about some of my favorite tools & services that I use with my own projects. None of these have paid me or are associated with me, I just like them! List: Cloud 9 IDE CodeAnywhere Eclipse Che Gogs Git Server Gitea Git Server Gitlab Twilio Stripe Digital Ocean Buddy Works Twitter: @sudocodes Email: carter@indielixer.com Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #006 - Why Indie Projects?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018 27:31


    Episode Notes Heads up, this episode is more about the Indie side of Indielixer. Talk about coding and Elixir will be back in the next episode! In this episode I talk about why I believe in Indie projects and make an argument for doing one yourself. I explain why I chose Forte as my current Indie project and use it to discuss how and why you might choose one project idea over another. As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts! You can get in touch at: Twitter: @sudocodes Email: carter@indielixer.com Website: indielixer.com Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #005 - Testing & Refactoring

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2018 17:45


    Episode Notes Talking about where Forte is at, and philosophies on testing and refactoring in software development. Website: indielixer.com Twitter: @sudocodes Email: carter@indielixer.com Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #004 - Realtime & Channels

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 17:00


    Episode Notes This episode I talk about channels, presence and other realtime features that drew me into elixir/phoenix and how I use them in my indie projects. Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    #003 - Event Tracking

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 15:46


    Episode Notes This episode I talk about one of my favorite little projects, an event tracking phoenix app I call Almanac. Email: carter@indielixer.com Twitter: @sudocodes Find out more at http://indielixer.com

    Episode 2 - Learning Elixir

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 21:50


    Episode Notes I talk about why I learned Elixir in the first place, how I started learning it, What I love about it, and where I'm going from here. Now with (hopefully) improved audio and 50% less rambling! The Udemy Course I mention: Link

    First Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2018 11:48


    Episode Notes Welcome to the first episode of the podcast. I introduce myself, the podcast, and ramble a bit about how I implemented users in an Elixir Phoenix project. It can only get better from here! Twitter: @sudocodes Email: carter@indielixer.com

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