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New comment by tommypalm in "Show HN: WeUseElixir - Elixir project directory"

tommypalm — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:33:05 +0000

This is a great idea. I'd like to make a few suggestions though:

- Allow filtering by companies and libraries. I'm interested in both, but I wanted to look at just the list of companies to see if there were any I didn't recognise.

- Adding a company seems to be just adding _your_ app. It would be good to suggest companies to be listed as long as you have some evidence that they use Elixir. I know that Apple has Elixir in their Environmental team, but I'm not sure how I would go about adding that.

- Move the category filtering to the directory page. It would be more interesting to see the whole list at once and filter by category.

Phoenix 1.8.0 Released

tommypalm — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:53:54 +0000

Article URL: https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44809956

Points: 3

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New comment by tommypalm in "Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on?"

tommypalm — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:53:44 +0000

I worked at GOV.UK for a few years on what was effectively specialised CMSs all written in Rails. Mostly basic CRUD stuff. A contractor came along and built the most insane CMS I've ever seen. I found out later it was flavor of the Java Repository Pattern using dependency injection. It became so difficult to work with that the last thing I worked on there was to delete it and rebuild it using standard Rails patterns.

The KISS philosophy exists for a reason and that includes over-using advanced language features just to show off.

My Grandpa Was a Nazi

tommypalm — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:24:47 +0000

Article URL: https://bastianallgeier.com/notes/grandpa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39055086

Points: 30

# Comments: 19

New comment by tommypalm in "British Post Office Scandal"

tommypalm — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:25:50 +0000

If you're in the UK, the Panorama documentary on this from 2022 is really worth watching - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0016t20/panorama-the-...

New comment by tommypalm in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2023)"

tommypalm — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:28:25 +0000

Location: London

Remote: Yes, or hybrid. Have EU passport.

Willing to relocate: Potentially

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir, Ruby

Résumé/CV:

- Lead Engineer on a DJ streaming platform: Mux, Twilio/LiveKit, Phoenix, and React

- Frontend Engineer at a green ecommerce store: Phoenix and Tailwind

- Senior Engineer at Deliveroo: Rails, Go, React

Email: hi@tommyp.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommy-palmer-b64a0a53/

New comment by tommypalm in "Someone keeps trying to reset my Facebook password"

tommypalm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:43:45 +0000

I was early enough to get my first name on Twitter and didn't, but did get it on Instagram.

The @tommy on Twitter was a dev at Gameloft who gets constantly harassed in his mentions to give it up. I had a similar problem on Instagram. I've mostly stopped using it, but when I did post and had an open profile I constantly got comments offering money for my username.

Eventually someone set up a follower bot on my account and I was getting hundreds of new followers a day. I made my profile private and don't post anymore, but it's still hundreds of new follower requests per day.

New comment by tommypalm in "Britain Is a Developing Country"

tommypalm — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:22:22 +0000

But most people in the UK can afford to go to them, which is maybe by design.

New comment by tommypalm in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

tommypalm — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:09:10 +0000

I'm a huge fan of your blog. _Part Time Creator Manifesto_ inspired me to start on side projects again and _Svelte for Sites, React for Apps_ was the first intro I had to Svelte.

Thanks for your great writing!

New comment by tommypalm in "Before he was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski was a mind-control test subject"

tommypalm — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:24:22 +0000

I really recommend everyone listen to the 4 part series on MK Ultra from Behind The Bastards[1]. Its absolutely insane that the government did this and BTB really delves deep on how it all came about.

[1] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-one-mkultra-when-...

New comment by tommypalm in "Ceephax Acid Crew"

tommypalm — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:34:14 +0000

I always go! I've been lucky enough to play a few times. It's a very special festival.

Never thought I'd see it mentioned here.

New comment by tommypalm in "Why does Google use location for language rather than browser settings?"

tommypalm — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:30:32 +0000

I listened to a Podcast and one of the hosts was a British guy living in America. He had to speak in an American accent to his Xbox One in order for it to understand him. It seemed the voice recognition was based on your location setting and not independently configurable.

New comment by tommypalm in "1Password 8 will be subscription only and won’t support local vaults"

tommypalm — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:25:34 +0000

I gave up with 1Password around version 7 because of the push for subscriptions and switched to Secrets (Mac and iOS) - https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/

New comment by tommypalm in "Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract market is so lucrative?"

tommypalm — Thu, 06 May 2021 15:42:44 +0000

20 days is standard in the UK but most companies will give you 25. Some also give you the option to buy more.

New comment by tommypalm in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2020)"

tommypalm — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:39:46 +0000

Location: London

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Depends

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Elixir, Phoenix, Go, Elasticsearch, Postgres, GraphQL, Kafka, Javascript, React, Next.js, Redux

Résumé/CV: https://tommyp.org / https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommy-palmer-b64a0a53/

Email: hi@tommyp.org

New comment by tommypalm in "Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall"

tommypalm — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:49:26 +0000

IIRC he also used "queer" to describe things as strange. I listened to some audiobooks of his works and it always threw me off.

New comment by tommypalm in "Y Combinator invests in Monzo through its Continuity Fund"

tommypalm — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:12:27 +0000

> it's to pay my CC bill

Most people in the UK don't put regular spending on a Credit Card. Nearly everyone will use their Debit Card for day to day spending.

A lot of the traction it has got has been with the 18-30 age bracket who are wanting better budgeting tools than what larger banks have offered.

New comment by tommypalm in "Samsung states that broken Galaxy Folds are due to user error"

tommypalm — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:17:30 +0000

"You're folding it wrong" - Someone at Samsung, probably.

New comment by tommypalm in "In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars"

tommypalm — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:18:24 +0000

If you've ever been to Amsterdam, it's amazing to see how the people move around that city. Bikes everywhere and they have the right of way. Not cars.

New comment by tommypalm in "Hyperloop lets you travel on a resonant acoustic wave?"

tommypalm — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:32:10 +0000

Except that Musk has said it's the 5th mode of Earth Transport after Trains, Cars, Airplanes and Boats.