Functional languages are typically great languages for writing assertive code and Elixir is no exception. In this blog post, I would like to discuss some anti-patterns I have seen in Elixir code and how to rewrite them in a way to make the best of Elixir. Pattern matching Imagine you have a string with format … »

CSS preprocessors like SASS and LESS improved the way we write CSS nowadays. It provides better ways to organize styles into files, that can represent a component or page, and then compile into a single file, following the idea of reducing HTTP requests. Also there are other features like variables, mixins and placeholders that help … »

“Do not use floating point for currency” This simple statement is useful for both novice and experienced developers alike. It avoids problems that might otherwise compromise the correctness of the software you’re building. But behind every piece of wisdom, every history of success, there is hard work from lots of people. Exploring this background is … »

Yeah, it might seem a little bit lame at first, but the whole idea is to talk about agile teams, so do not nitpick about the metaphors and examples using the movie. This post has spoilers, so if you have not watched Guardians of the Galaxy yet, go there and watch it, but come back … »

Carlos Antônio, our first employee, is moving forward after 5 years at Plataformatec. In this blog post, we share a bit about our story, open source projects, and what Carlos is leaving as legacy to us.

Last month some amazing developers gave a sneak peek on how they write CSS in their companies – Mark Otto has written about CSS at GitHub, followed by Ian Feather’s post about Lonely Planet’s CSS and Chris Coyier write up about CodePen’s code – so I thought about sharing a bit of how we have … »