All of my long-form thoughts on software engineering, IoT, home automation, and more, collected in chronological order.
We recently got a second fiber connection built to our house, this time "real" fiber from Deutsche Telekom. Here's how to bypass their router and use it directly with the Ubiquiti UDM Pro.
Working with dates and times in Python can be tricky, especially when dealing with month changes, varying month lengths, and leap years. A real-world debugging adventure using the dateutil library.
In today's world, technology has permeated almost every aspect of our lives. One area where technology has made significant strides is in the bathroom. A look at the rise of connected toilets.
Running Django tests from the terminal means remembering all relevant args like --settings and --keepdb. It gets even more challenging when you want to use a debugger. Here's how to set it up in VS Code.
At Datacake, we provide customers with the option to white-label their IoT platform. Here's how we migrated a Digital Ocean LoadBalancer between Kubernetes clusters without downtime.
GraphQL makes the interface between front-end and back-end so much easier. Here's how to combine it with Django and PayPal to build dynamic payment forms.
As a big fan of home automation, the Loxone Miniserver is an essential part of my home. Here's how to integrate Ubiquiti Unifi Cameras with your Loxone setup.
There are times when you need a disposable email address. Most existing services are blacklisted on many websites. So I built my own in just two hours.