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Setup your own intruder detection system .. in under 10 minutes
I was looking to build a security system that captures pictures and alerts me when an intruder walks in to my home or is ringing the door bell. My constraints being: Off the shelf wireless IP camera Local Ubuntu box to process those images Ease of maintenance and management Secure, to the T.. for Security
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DevNetCreate 2018 - a cute little event - a big surprise
I made it to the DevNetCreate 2018 event this week and to my surprise it was super fun. I have been attending a fewof these in the bay area to get in touch with the developer community and also get a feel for what’s new.
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2 challenges, one healthcare app, continuously delivered (Part II)
(This post is the second and final part of a two-part blog and focuses on continuous delivery. Previous postGiven that the healthcare environment has such strict regulatory requirements and legal boundaries it is a challenge in itselfto write good software that fits the bill. We also were looking to make this a seamless experience for our customers. Our platform was composed of a few parts: a mobile app that works on both iPhone/Android, web platform and an dedicated device that allows to integrate with out web platform for fast sync of data - in cases where a phone is not available.
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2 challenges, one healthcare app, continuously delivered (Part I)
(This post is the first part of a two-part blog, I will focus on continuous delivery in the second part.)I spent the last 3 years in building and supporting an exciting HealthCare app - Glooko - which supports people with diabetes get a unified view of their health with a single click. When I started on it, I thought of it as another software application, but was about to learn a lot more. First, I learnt that Software is more useful when it can be applied to people’s health. Further, I learnt that Software is also more difficult when it applies to people’s health - well, rightfully so. Here I detail, what I learnt and why it makes sense to build it that way.
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Rails Concerns for Serializers
Serializers for RailsActiveModel Serializers pack a lot of punch when it comes to dealing with objects. Theyallow you to use configuration that takes care of generating the proper serialization forconventional rails objects.Once your code matures to where finding reuse is not difficult, you may run into a situationwhere you want to leverage shared functionality via mixins. I ran into such a situation and wasnot able to find quick, clear documentation. Hence this effort to write it down.
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EPIC integration
Glooko - Diabetes Management Platform
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Isn't 40 mins too long for a build?
Yes, our CI build on @thatsMingle takes 40 mins.Yes, @thatsMingle is a ruby application. Yes, @thatsMingle runs on Java using JRuby.
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Pushing ElasticSearch logs to Papertrail
Do you have your elasticsearch logs going to your logs folder? Are you still struggling to get them to syslog so that they could betransported to a log-archive system like we did?
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Mingle Loves GitHub
Mingle has a new look and feel, if you have not seen it already. In improving the experience we have also been looking at improving how Mingle integrates with the world.
