Home wireless fundamentals
Explains the theoretical and practical aspects of Wi-Fi, including how radio frequencies and international standards...
Home internet fundamentals
Introduces the basic components of a home network, including routers, modems, and ISP connections. It...
DeepCell Notes 20230701
Notes when getting started
Saving these for later as I get into DeepCell–
Hello, MNIST
Serverless machine learning training & prediction
How does AI work in the cloud? My friend Lynn encouraged me to learn about...
Hello, Rosalind
Learning about bioinformatics
I like learning new things. My friend Lynn encouraged me to learn about bioinformatics, the...
The 80% abstraction
Proposes a method for simplifying large software monoliths by focusing on abstractions that cover 80%...
Who knows about the overloaded data?
Reducing complexity to scale software
In evolutionary architecture, data models get overloaded – inevitably. Some new requirement comes in and...
Refactoring: Inside-out naming
Name in the context of now
Naming should be consistent with today’s context – not yesterday’s or yesteryear’s.
Migrating passwords from Google to 1Password
Enhancing personal security stance
I’ve moved my “saved passwords” from Google passwords to 1Password. In other words, I’ve moved...
2020 election: USA/CA/Oakland
A franco-american guide to politics
Official CA Voter Information Guide
Booting Home Assistant
Out-of-box to online RasPi4
I set out to build my own smart home controller after my previous hub’s manufacturer...
Selecting a smart home platform
Surveying open-source home automation
My home came with Z-Wave switches controlled by a Wink2 Hub. Z-Wave is radio for...
Everyday Math: bulk discounts
Uses algebra to analyze whether annual subscription discounts are actually worth the upfront cost based...
Serverless Conversation with Google DialogFlow
A tutorial on building a conversational agent using Google DialogFlow and Cloud Functions to track...
Economics of freelancing
Delivering value as an independent contractor
As a freelancer, you’re hired to save your client money or time (but 💰 =...
JAMstack: Angular7 + MaterialDesign + Bootstrap + Netlify
A serverless material-design application
A JAMstack is a web front-end delivered from a CDN, not from a back-end service...
What's in a name? Tools for allyship
Updating from FactoryGirl to FactoryBot
On October 24th, 2017 the ThoughtBot team renamed their popular Ruby testing library FactoryGirl to...