Elm Town 67 – Breaking things down with Gingko Writer

Elm Town

Adriano Ferrari talks about how Elm allows him to solely support Gingko Writer and make progress on new projects while also homeschooling.

Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: [e-mail].

Music by Jesse Moore.

Recording date: 2023.09.08

Guest

• Adriano Ferrari

Show notes

[00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically

[00:01:00] Introducing Adriano

• Gingko Writer, open-source on GitHub at gingko/client.

[00:01:19] Getting started in computing

[00:03:55] Physics in Canada

[00:07:03] Discovering Elm

[00:11:30] Perfectionism

• "Tools & Perfectionism" by Adriano Ferrari

[00:15:07] Little leak in your mind

• "Make Reliable Web Apps Without JS Fatigue" by Jared at Detroit Tech Watch 2019

[00:17:25] Overcoming creative blocks

• "Reset Expectations to Overcome Creative Blocks" by Adriano Ferrari

[00:21:38] Breaking things down with Gingko Writer

• Elm Town 61 – Turning the pages with Dillon Kearns

[00:25:19] Challenges building Gingko Writer

Elm Town 64 – The network effect

https://ascii-collab.app

https://town-collab.app

[00:31:43] Homeschooling & solely supporting Gingko Writer

[00:37:52] "Frequent changes of treatment"

• "A 'Gradual Commitment' Productivity System"
• "Exploring elm-spa-example" by Richard Feldman at Oslo Elm Day with a section about dependencies

[00:42:13] New, 100% Elm project

[00:44:22] Picks

Adriano's picks

• Simon Lydell's elm-watch
• Simon Lydell's elm-app-url
• ONYX BOOX Note Air 2 Plus

Jared's picks

• Stretchly
• Yoga 🧘
• Gingko Writer