- 2015-07-063 minIoT Development with Docker Containers
With the almost continuous release of new Internet of Things (IoT) hardware platforms and development boards it is not surprising that SDK delivery has seen a shift to piecemeal and “some assembly required” …
#032 - 2015-05-065 minGithub Security
Having worked with Github for the last six years, commercially for the last three I thought I would do a post on security, or more specifically, protecting your projects, and the ones you work on for others, this may be …
#031 - 2015-05-033 minsyslog logging driver for Docker
This post will illustrate how to use the new syslog logging driver for Docker , along with some notes on using docker-machine . The first thing to be clear on is the syslog logging driver enables you to relay the log …
#030 - 2015-03-053 minUsing Sublime Text for Go Development
For the last 6 months I have been using Go as my primary development language and for a large part of that I have been using sublime text 3 . Along the way the go developers have released quite a few handy and time …
#029 - 2014-03-234 minGolang can I have a package manager please?
Currently golang has no standard package manager; this in my view makes it a harder for those new to the language. golang has for the most part been a pleasure to use, built-in features are well thought out and help new …
#028 - 2014-03-025 minConfiguring a simple IPv6 network
Recently I have been helping Andy Gelme with a project which uses contiki-os , and 6lowpan on a device called a MeshThing . This required us to setup a small IPv6 network from scratch, independent of the internet, this …
#027 - 2014-02-013 minGetting a new node project started with npm
The aim of this guide is to get people getting started with Node.js and npm , while also showing some of the handy commands I use to bootstrap my projects. Create your project directory. mkdir npmtest Change to the …
#026 - 2013-12-223 minAdding an ICSP header to the ATmega256RFR2
I am currently working on building a simple wireless sensor using the ATmega256RFR2 Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit . This kit includes a base board and a bunch of other peripherals to mess around with. When I started …
#025 - 2013-06-225 minHeroku logging what I have Learned
Recently I started work for a new employer who runs has a number of applications hosted on Heroku , my typical strategy when faced with a new environment and systems is try and get some monitoring in place as soon as …
#024 - 2013-02-262 minInstalling Ruby 2.0.0 with Dtrace Support
The aim of this post is to guide the reader through the process of installing ruby 2.0.0 into rbenv with dtrace probes enabled. As rbenv uses ruby-build , which currently downloads and compiles a copy of openssl rather …
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