Clik here to view.
Internet of Things: An Internet Button with a Spark and a Pi
The other day I decided that I needed to get out of my new comfort zone of controlling LEDs over the web (that crap never gets old, trust me.. I toggle those lights all day long, so much so that it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Internet of Things: Spark Core Day 2 – Internet Thermometer
In my first blog post relating to using a Spark Core, I was controlling LEDs from my phone over the Internet, essentially using the cloud to control lights. It still boggles my mind to think that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Internet of Things: Spark Core Day 2 – Temp and Humidity
In my previous post, I took a look at how to wire up a Spark Core with a very simple analog temperature sensor. I decided to try and upgrade this to use a new sensor, a DHT22, which provides both...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Project ZK: First Motor Test
This is the first of my blog posts on a project that I currently call “Project ZK”. In addition to being into the Internet of Things, programming, and all things tech, I also spend a lot of time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Project ZK: Full Remote Control and Spin Test
In my last post, I introduced you to Project ZK, my attempt at a miniature drone version of my armored Jeep. Getting the motors working and the initial wiring set up was a huge milestone, and I am...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating a Microservice with Akka HTTP and Scala
Lately there’s been a lot of hype and buzz over micro services. The funny thing is, there’s absolutely nothing new about micro services. In fact, back in the good old days when I was trying to convince...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Consuming a REST (micro) Service with Akka HTTP
In a recent blog post, I talked about how we could quickly and easily pull in all the bootstrapping necessary to fire up an HTTP server and create an Akka HTTP micro service. In this blog post, I’m...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Someone Needs to Teach McDonalds about Queueing Theory
I handed over my $1 bill to pay for my remarkably cheap fast food coffee (I had too much blood in my caffeine stream, judge me later). In response, I got a receipt and an hourglass timer. My first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tracking the Zombie Apocalypse with the MEAN Stack – Pt I
When some hardware folks find a new device, they ask, “Will it blend?” When I find a new programming language, stack, or platform, I ask, “Can it help me survive the impending zombie apocalypse?” Today...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Real-Time Selfie Stick Destruction Monitoring Console
I recently stumbled upon a library that made me happy in so many ways. First, you can use this library to quickly create all kinds of dashboards that can be used for a number of purposes, not the least...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Distributed Transactions in a Cloud-Native, Microservice World
I have been going back and forth between whether I want to do my blogging from WordPress or from Medium. My latest blog, Distributed Transactions in a Cloud-Native, Microservice World, was over on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating a Microservice with Spring Boot
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of microservices. I have blogged about creating a microservice with Akka, and I’m an avid follower of all things service-oriented. This weekend I decided that I would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Securing a Spring Boot Microservice
In my most recent blog post, I decided to try and explore microservices with a popular framework that I had never used before – Spring Boot. ‘Hello world’ samples are all well and good, but they rarely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating a Microservice in Go
A while back (like, quite a while) I started playing with Go and then unfortunate circumstances kept me from continuing my exploration. My recent exposure to super brilliant people has rekindled some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A gearhead test drives a Tesla
Last week I was in Palo Alto, CA for work. During some downtime, I went for a walk. First, I passed a McLaren dealership and remarked on the fact that they had $250,000 cars just sitting in a parking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating a Microservice with the ASP.NET Web API
I’ve been blogging about microservices for quite some time, and have included examples in Scala/Akka, Go, and even Java. Today I thought I would include a sample of how to build a microservice using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Complex JSON Handling in Go
In a recent blog post, I showed a fairly naive and contrived microservice example – the equivalent of a RESTful “hello world”. While this example may be helpful in getting some people started, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating a Microservice in ASP.NET 5 RC1
In this blog post, I am going to walk through my experience using ASP.NET 5 (on my Mac!) to create a very simple microservice. I thought I would embrace the new separated, component nature of .NET 5...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pushing an ASP.NET 5 Microservice to Cloud Foundry
In my previous blog post, I walked through the process of creating a lightweight microservice in ASP.NET 5 that builds in a cross-platform fashion, so it can run on Windows, Linux, and OS X. I’m going...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dependency Injection and Services in ASP.NET 5
In this blog post, I talked about how to build a microservice using ASP.NET 5. While it was a trivial, contrived sample, it did show how easy it is to get started with ASP.NET 5 (did I mention this was...
View Article