Jul 13, 2022Preventing Mice from entering and living in your house/lawnLiving near open space in Colorado has presented me with a new challenge: Mice entering my house and garden and refusing to leave. My wife didn’t want to kill the (admittedly) cute creatures, but they were a nuisance in our house, garden, and peace of mind. Below are the steps…Mouse5 min readMouse5 min read
Oct 9, 2020Connecting Spring Actuator and Micrometer Metrics to Graphite and GrafanaThe aim of this article will be to add Spring Actuator and Micrometer metrics to a Spring Boot application and connect this to Graphite and Grafana for easy storage and graphing purposes. Spring Actuator provides your Spring Boot application with a variety of additional features to help you monitor and…Spring Boot4 min readSpring Boot4 min read
Apr 8, 2020Ethics: Who’s at fault for the missile strike which killed civilians?Aboard a military ship somewhere around the world, an order is given by a Captain to launch a missile to a designated target. The missile is launched, and ends up killing 8 civilians and 2 children. Who is to blame for these innocent deaths? From an outside perspective, you may…Ethics3 min readEthics3 min read
Apr 2, 2018Reinventing the Event TicketThe current physical event tickets are broken. Whether it be a concert, sporting event, or festival, physical event tickets are bulky and filled with data the event-goer doesn’t need, while failing to provide information the event-goer does need. …Events2 min readEvents2 min read