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September 12 2020 Elixir

Geo encoding a location Part 4

Displaying the map with OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js.

September 11 2020 Elixir

Geo encoding a location Part 3

GEO encoding an address with the OpenStreetMap Nominatim service.

September 09 2020 Elixir

Geo encoding a location Part 2

Creating the application and setting up the database

September 01 2020 Elixir

Geo encoding a location Part 1

Using OpenStreetMap to Geo encode an address

August 20 2020 Elixir

Adding Trix editor to Phoenix LiveView

I was looking for a simple rich text editor to add to a LiveView application. A quick look about and you will see that there are many out there. A lot offer many features and are very configurable. And here lies the issue, I don't want to spend hours learning about an editor, that once added, hopefully, I don't go near often.

April 21 2020 Elixir

Variable Length Quantity

The use of VLQ to encode certain integer values provides an efficient "on the wire" data packet.