Yes, I Keep a Google Home in my Bedroom
I am not afraid to keep a Google Home in my bedroom. Despite the risks and concerns, it offers me convenience that I come to enjoy.
Thoughts and Notes of Dave Bennett
Challenges Using Istio
The team and I decided to use Istio to secure the communication of our microservices. However, we ran into many challenges using Istio in our environment.
The Four Types of Business Ideas
All business ideas seem to originate from a finite group of categories; each having an unique trajectory to fruition. The four types of business ideas involve solving someone elses problem, your own problem, guessing it, and copying.
Use Android as Bluetooth Speaker
Have you ever needed to cast music from your PC to your Android device? Let's walk though a quick tutorial that will show you have to use your Android as a bluetooth speaker.
How to Fix: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist
If you are developing a Chrome extension with message passing, then you might have received the following error: Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
Run Android Apps in Chrome Browser
Let's take a look at how you can run android apps in Chrome browser. Keep in mind, this is more of a proof of concept and not something you should heavily rely on.
What's bad about coding? You can work for hours with nothing to show for it
One of the hardest things about coding and working on side projects is that you will often have nothing to show for all the time and effort you put into it.
I Can't Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money
I have hit the point where I can't do anything for fun anymore. Every hobby is not an attempt to make some extra money or turn it into profit.
Kafka Nodejs Example with Producers and Consumers
Let's take a look at a Kafka Nodejs example with Producers and Consumers. Using the library kafka-node, it is very easy write a kafka application in javascript.
Setup Kafka Zookeeper in Docker
Here's a quick tutorial on how to setup Apache Kafka and Zookeeper in docker.