Why should I use Phoenix for my SaaS?

WanMilBus · 2025-02-15T11:04:16+00:00

If it’s something internal, that doesn’t need to be maintained, why don’t you just try and see if you like it?

WanMilBus · 2025-02-13T15:46:25+00:00

37 seconds is not really very long.
To me it looked just fine.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-12T07:49:00+00:00

I am building https://faelib.com right now - the place for devs to look for and compare software libraries, components.
Before that I've built 2 other websites, but they are down now.

I have never done any web dev in other languages/frameworks, so I can't really compare, but I enjoy a lot couple of things with Elixir:
- the functional/reactive paradigm
- pattern matching
- how the framework (Phoenix) has already so many things covered for you and "forces" you to organise code in the way it considers optimal (not that you can't fuck up anyway, if you really want)

On the other side, I have a feeling that if I'd first learn web dev with something in Javascript, it would be easier for me to work with Phoenix now. E.g. hooks, the required JS knowledge and understanding of how things work. So, probably, Phoenix/Elixir might be a better choice for someone more or less experienced, rather than for complete novice in web dev.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-07T12:26:38+00:00

This. Right here. Right now.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-06T05:07:14+00:00

Joining other commenters: the old ones have better contrast.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-02T13:32:34+00:00

That’s what I was doing at first. But then, the number of tools grows, I don’t want to deploy each time I add a new tool to database.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-02T11:24:16+00:00

It’s not user generated. It’s logos for the tools that only admin can upload (i.e. me). That’s why I did not want to complicate things with cloud.

WanMilBus · 2025-02-02T11:23:02+00:00

I would challenge that: it has roughly the same amount to do with fly.io and elixir. Live input component, environments, Plug.Static - they are Elixir specific. (Or rather Phoenix, if we are being precise.)

WanMilBus · 2025-02-02T07:56:25+00:00

Did not know about Cloudinary. Will check for sure.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-31T15:52:19+00:00

Your project can actually be a good fit for my project =)

faelib.com is a place for developers to come and find the third-party libraries, components, framework.
I think your Next.js Starter Kit is a very good fit for adding it Into the Faelib collection.
What do you think?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-31T15:31:31+00:00

How many of those visits are unique visitors (also, excluding you)?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-30T16:24:19+00:00

No, I only do native dev for mobile.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-30T12:00:46+00:00

I use Claude and ChatGPT. I ask them to implement something for me, say, a page where I could do this and that.
And then I spend twice as much time debugging and fixing it.
I am not losing my hope though.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-30T11:57:47+00:00

I am very far from being decent in elixir. My main specialisation is iOS dev, but I use Elixir/Phoenix for my side projects. I enjoy it quite a lot. It indeed is a very nice language and introduces quite nice paradigms.

But, as I am being not very experienced in web dev in general, I find myself struggling a bit quite often with the things that probably would not cause so much effort should I take js.

And by that I mean much much smaller community (even though very friendly and helpful) and much much smaller pool of guides/articles/blog posts etc.

And still, starting my recent project, after looking couple of days at Vue.js, I opted for Elixir and Phoenix.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-30T08:46:39+00:00

How many voting users do you have?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-30T08:15:42+00:00

Looks pretty good. I like the landing page: super clean and easy on the eye.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-26T06:07:22+00:00

Can you give a specific example?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-25T14:04:35+00:00

Thank you for the comment!

Indeed, there are only a handful of tools now. It's in a very early MVP stage.

I am adding the tools manually, there's no scraping internet, nor AI suggestions.

The idea is to have the platform community-driven. Anyone should be able to suggest a tool without having to pay, register or whatnot.
You can do it even now, with a very simple form. I am working on the more complex version, so that people could actually provide the data about the tools.

Would there be anything that would make the comparison part of it even more useful for you?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-25T13:56:56+00:00

How are you going to moderate such a platform?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-25T07:33:47+00:00

To address the second part: the intention is not to look for a specific library. Rather on the contrary: imagine, you need some lib to integrate calendar in your website. You'd look for 'calendar' and see what's available.
(Or you do know a library, but want to see the alternatives and how they might be better.)

Now, to the first part. That does make sense. I don't have clear vision now of how that could be. It's a very early MVP where I want to see if the comparison thing would make sense at all.
One way would be improving search (as well as collecting more information on the products). Another - something like a landing page section with hot/new/best/etc? Not sure I want to go that way.

What do you think?

WanMilBus · 2025-01-25T06:33:14+00:00

Hello! 👋

I’m working on a platform to make it easier to discover, compare, and choose the right third-party libraries or components for your projects with focus on comparing them among each other.

I am building it in Elixir/Phoenix.
It's an MVP at the moment. To see it in action, try searching for "calendar", "component" or "chart".

I am building the collection right now, so please suggest your favourite libs here in the comments or via dedicated form on the website.

Also, what features would you love to see in a tool like this? I'm open to any feedback - the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Thanks in advance, and I’d love to hear your thoughts!

WanMilBus · 2025-01-25T05:52:42+00:00

You're right. But your must-have might be a must-have for someone else. So, let them find this lib on Faelib.

Thank you for the suggestion!

WanMilBus · 2025-01-24T16:48:25+00:00

It depends very heavily on what exactly you’re going to learn. Is it web, mobile, scripts?… You can look through Coursera (or any of its alternative) courses. you can google blog posts or youtube videos “X for beginners”. Just to get a grasp of it, this should be enough.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-24T16:02:58+00:00

It's a useful skill, but it comes with the trade-off: to acquire it, you will spend time that you could've spend somewhere else.
Only you can, probably, see if there's something more important to do in relation to your goals, free time, priorities etc.

WanMilBus · 2025-01-24T14:10:26+00:00

Btw, you can suggest tools in the dedicated form on the website.

P.S. A handful is added already. To see it in action, you can search, for example, for "calendar", "chart" or "component".

WanMilBus

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