There’s a space somewhere between here and there, now and when, where once was whole, crevasses in the sole. There are two worlds now. Dawn is in the small hand that holds my finger tight as we rock across river stone. A bridge of cobbled souls arches a snowy stream…

Background As we head toward the end of 2021, I have been pushing to get the first few Early Access invite codes sent out to people who’ve signed up for Metamorphic’s Early Access launch— and in doing so I wanted to find a quick and easy way to display the current…

Background If you’ve been following along, then you’ll know that I’ve been building a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook (err… Meta?). It’s more than a simple clone, in fact its a complete departure from everything that company is about. It’s called Metamorphic and I’m currently getting ready to send out the first…

Background Another quick update for everyone that’s been following along with our series of posts. In the original post, we walked quickly through updating our “dead” registration flow to a “live” registration flow with a Phoenix 1.5+ application. Well, now Phoenix 1.6 is officially out and available (it’s awesome) and so…

Background This one is going to be fast, as I’m on the other coastline right now and it’s well past my bedtime. But, Phoenix Live View 0.16+ dropped a little while ago (in preparation for Phoenix 1.6) and I wanted to update the multi-step form to take advantage of all of…

(Previously published on the Metamorphic blog.) Hello and welcome everyone to Metamorphic! This week marks the launch of our public-facing domain and sign ups for our upcoming Early Access period. I felt I should kick things off with a brief explanation about what Metamorphic is (and isn’t), why I felt…

Background If you’ve been following along with the last few posts from me, then you’re aware that I’m currently developing a privacy-focused alternative to Big Tech social networks (or social media), called Metamorphic. As I go along, I share a few things that I learn that I think are pretty cool…

You can support us on Patreon to receive unlimited access to all of our Medium posts and more. This is the first piece from a new, little series called Metamorphic Reflections. Each piece will focus on one aspect of one feature, and one of the reasons that compelled me (our…

Background I’m currently developing a social connection web application, called Metamorphic and have been sharing brief guides on how to implement certain features, with the hope that it helps others trying to do similarly. For this part, I wanted to include a phone number in the registration flow (with support for…