Matthew Lehner • Software developer, technical founder https://mpl.io/writing I’m Matthew, a software developer and entrepreneur based in Victoria, Canada. Sometimes I write about software, neurodiversity, and mental health. en Copyright 2026 Matthew Lehner Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 PDT IT/Internet/Web development 60 Collecting Phoenix's Telemetry.Metrics with Prometheus https://mpl.io/writing/collecting-phoenix-metrics-with-prometheus https://mpl.io/writing/collecting-phoenix-metrics-with-prometheus Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner How Technology Unintentionally Perpetuates Systemic Oppression https://mpl.io/writing/how-technology-can-perpetuate-systemic-oppression-of-traditional-languages https://mpl.io/writing/how-technology-can-perpetuate-systemic-oppression-of-traditional-languages Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Exporting CSVs Using Phoenix https://mpl.io/writing/exporting-csvs-with-phoenix-elixir https://mpl.io/writing/exporting-csvs-with-phoenix-elixir Wed, 04 May 2016 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Using Let's Encrypt With NGINX https://mpl.io/writing/lets-encrypt-with-nginx https://mpl.io/writing/lets-encrypt-with-nginx Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner The True Cost of an Employee https://mpl.io/writing/true-cost-of-employees https://mpl.io/writing/true-cost-of-employees Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 PST Matthew Lehner npm Basics for Rubyists https://mpl.io/writing/npm-basics-for-rubyists https://mpl.io/writing/npm-basics-for-rubyists Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 PST Matthew Lehner Using Webpack with Phoenix and Elixir https://mpl.io/writing/using-webpack-with-phoenix-and-elixir https://mpl.io/writing/using-webpack-with-phoenix-and-elixir Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Your Freelancing Business Is All About You https://mpl.io/writing/freelancing-is-about-you https://mpl.io/writing/freelancing-is-about-you Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Freelancing Tips From a Vietnamese Tour Guide https://mpl.io/writing/vietnamese-freelancing-tips https://mpl.io/writing/vietnamese-freelancing-tips Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Lessons Learned: Successes and Failures of 2013 https://mpl.io/writing/successes-and-failures-2013 https://mpl.io/writing/successes-and-failures-2013 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 PST Matthew Lehner Project Management Software is Broken https://mpl.io/writing/project-management-software-broken https://mpl.io/writing/project-management-software-broken Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 PST Matthew Lehner Freelancer personality types: Good, cheap, or quick. Pick two. https://mpl.io/writing/right-cheap-quick-pick-two https://mpl.io/writing/right-cheap-quick-pick-two Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Rails API Testing Best Practices https://mpl.io/writing/rails-api-testing-guidelines https://mpl.io/writing/rails-api-testing-guidelines Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Teach yourself to be a developer https://mpl.io/writing/teach-yourself-to-be-a-developer https://mpl.io/writing/teach-yourself-to-be-a-developer Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner Field guide for first time freelancers https://mpl.io/writing/fieldguide-for-first-time-freelancers https://mpl.io/writing/fieldguide-for-first-time-freelancers Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner iOS 7 Parallax Backgrounds with JavaScript and CSS https://mpl.io/writing/ios-7-style-parallax-background-based-on-device-orientation https://mpl.io/writing/ios-7-style-parallax-background-based-on-device-orientation Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT Matthew Lehner