UXIDs in Elixir/Ecto - Adam Kirk | ElixirConf US

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UXIDs in Elixir/Ecto - Adam Kirk | ElixirConf US 2025

UXIDs in Elixir/Ecto - Adam Kirk | ElixirConf US 2025

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I want to present a unique way of doing UXIDs in elixir that is really easy to set up. When using UXIDs in elixir, a lot of things get much cleaner. You can:

Auto link ids in a liveview admin app
Automatically & universally figure out permissions (can this user see this id)
Map ids to schemas by prefix
Pattern match ids by prefix
I’d love to show people how easy they are to set up and use and then then the many advantages.

Key Takeaways:

They should try using UXIDs
It’s easy
There are a lot of advantages and it makes a lot of things easier

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