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@teamon
teamon / avatar.ex
Created September 9, 2016 21:30
Quickly create avatar image from user name (initials)
# Much simplified version based on https://github.com/zhangsoledad/alchemic_avatar
# Avatar.generate/2 returns a Plug.Upload that can be passed directly
# into Ecto.Changeset (as for example fallback image)
defmodule Avatar do
@defaults [
size: 300,
font_path: Application.app_dir(:my_app, "priv/fonts/Roboto.ttf"),
font_size: 40,
font_weight: 500,
@yang-wei
yang-wei / decode.md
Last active April 2, 2024 20:18
Elm Json.Decode tutorial and cheatsheet

When receiving JSON data from other resources(server API etc), we need Json.Decode to convert the JSON values into Elm values. This gist let you quickly learn how to do that.

I like to follow working example code so this is how the boilerplate will look like:

import Graphics.Element exposing (Element, show)
import Task exposing (Task, andThen)
import Json.Decode exposing (Decoder, int, string, object3, (:=))

import Http