Hey, I'm Alen
I'm a designer who codes — or a developer who designs, depending on who's asking.
This website is a curation of articles, idea's and straightforward tutorials. I write about functional programming, building products, leadership, team building, coffee and much more. I post on X (Formerly Twitter) and now on Blue Sky. Say olleh to reach out to me.
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CSS Specificity
Jan 2025
CSS specificity rules determine how browsers prioritize competing style declarations. Through practical examples, I'll demonstrate how these rules shape your stylesheets. This guide will expand as I delve deeper into advanced specificity concepts.
CSS Tips
Jan 2025
CSS and HTML keep getting better every year and it seems like last year we got some big improvements.
Translating Swift Enum Type into Elixir
Oct 2023
We explore how to adapt Swift's indirect enum feature, specifically a Result enum, into Elixir's functional paradigm. Perfect for developers looking to expand their understanding of both Swift and Elixir.
Adding XML support in Phoenix 1.7
Oct 2023
It wasn't so obvious how to render XML in Phoenix with the new approach to live views and rendering of templates. This is quick guide on how to do so. This could be wrong at the moment of reading this but always refer to the internet.
Using @discardableResult in Swift
Feb 2023
Learn how to safely ignore the result of a function or method in Swift using the @discardableResult attribute.