DEV Community: ProgrammerHumor.io

ProgrammerHumor.io - Wordpress to Elixir (Phoenix Liveview)

ProgrammerHumor.io — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:39:42 +0000

We Ditched WordPress for Elixir/Phoenix and OMG The Results!

Average Traffic

Alright fellow devs, I've been sitting on this for a week and I NEED to share because I'm still in shock.

We finally bit the bullet and migrated ProgrammerHumor.io from WordPress to Elixir/Phoenix LiveView. After months of "should we?", "is it worth it?", and "but WordPress is battle-tested..." we took the plunge.

And holy crap. I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner.

The Results (aka Why I Can't Stop Smiling)

Speed: Our site is EMBARRASSINGLY faster. Like, I'm almost ashamed of what we were serving before. Pages that took 2-3 seconds to load are now responding in milliseconds.
Server Load: It's like our servers are on vacation. CPU usage dropped off a cliff. I checked our monitoring dashboard and thought it was broken at first.
Stability: Those fun random WordPress crashes that had me getting 3AM alerts? Gone. Completely gone. I've actually been sleeping through the night for the first time in months.
The UX: LiveView is a game-changer. The seamless interactions without full page reloads make the site feel like an actual modern web app instead of, well, WordPress.

The Migration (aka Not The Nightmare I Expected)

I was dreading the migration. We had years of content, custom plugins, and enough technical debt to make me break out in hives just thinking about it.

But Phoenix's conventions actually made restructuring everything WAY cleaner than I expected. That WordPress spaghetti code we'd been band-aiding for years? Gone. Replaced with something that actually makes sense when you look at it.

Don't get me wrong - it wasn't trivial. But it wasn't the soul-crushing ordeal I had built up in my head either.

For Anyone On The Fence

If you're sitting there thinking "but WordPress works fine..." - that's what I told myself too. For YEARS. "Fine" is the enemy of awesome.

We're only a week in, but I'm already seeing:

Faster development cycles (Using a simple CICD pipeline)
Cleaner code
Fewer bugs
NO WORDPRESS PLUGIN HELL
EASIER BACKUPS
A site that doesn't make me wince when I look at the backend

I honestly can't imagine going back.

Questions For Other Elixir Converts

We're still new to this (only been live for about 7 days) but I'm curious about the long-term experience. Anyone else make a similar migration? How has it held up over time? Any gotchas I should watch out for?

Drop your experiences in the comments - I'm all ears!

Before

Average CPU load (mostly because of mysql): 60%

After:

Humor is a great way to discover and enjoy programming so I built ProgrammerHumor.io

ProgrammerHumor.io — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:01:28 +0000

ProgrammerHumor.io

What programmers find humorous is quite limited and for me personally, I sometimes discover new technologies via Programming Memes. I've seen a lot of memes about Golang, Javascript Frameworks, Rust, Flutter which has led me to look deeper into those technologies and sometimes even try them out.

And if humor can lead you to discover new technologies and peak your interest in a new language or framework, then I think it's definitely worth it.

The site carries memes, comics, and other content that we as programmers find funny. The website is updated regularly with new content.

The site has a variety of sub-categories that you could drill down into.

Any feedback is welcome 👐🏼!

And have an amazing day 🚀.

🚀 10 Awesome Websites for devs in 2022 ️

ProgrammerHumor.io — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 20:49:25 +0000

A list of 10 awesome websites, chrome extensions, web apps, and everything in between that will help you in your programming career.

1. Whatruns

A free browser extension that helps you identify technologies used on any website at the click of a button.

2. Sizzy

The browser for developers. Stop wasting time and speed up your development workflow

3. LogRocket

LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster.

4. Sentry

Sentry's application monitoring platform helps every developer diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of their code.

5. Can I Use?

"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

6. Prettier

An opinionated code formatter, Supports many languages,Integrates with most editors,Has few options.

7. CSS Scan

Goodbye to "Inspect Element" — Check the CSS of any element you hover over, instantly, and copy its entire rules with a single click.

8. Bundlephobia

Find the cost of adding a npm package to your bundle

9. Cypress

Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

10. ProgrammerHumor.io

After a long programming session when you need a break, head over to ProgrammerHumor.io for best programming memes and fun stuff.
Full disclosure: I built it.