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Power-Ups: how programming evolved

How I see the increase of programmers’ expressive power and how the AI assistants could fit in that evolution. I first found out about GitHub Copilot in a Twitter post many moons ago. “Machines writing code”, it more or less said. As a lazy programmer, it really did sound enticing. …

Programming

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Power Ups: how programming evolved
Power Ups: how programming evolved
Programming

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Jul 12, 2022

Darklang: first impressions

I first heard of darklang via a tweet from a Docker developer. She said it is always good to see infrastructural and code getting closer together. This intrigued me. IDE’s in the browser blew my mind — first one I heard of was cloud9 — is a great concept. And…

Darklang

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Darklang: first impressions
Darklang: first impressions
Darklang

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Oct 24, 2018

How I setup AirCam with tinyproxy to talk to ZoneMinder

I made the mistake of upgrading my Ubiquity AirCam’s firmware to v3.1.4 the other day. It seemed like it was the right thing to do, since I was still running on 1.x. The problem I had after the upgrade was there isn’t a way for ZoneMinder to get access to…

Security Camera

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Security Camera

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Jul 10, 2018

No more RoboGuice: how we evaluated Dependency injection alternatives for Android

When it took me a whole week to upgrade from RoboGuice 2 to 3, I should have seen it coming. Docs weren’t up to date, the examples on Stack Overflow didn’t help any more: It all pointed to the fact that no application developer wants to face: The end of…

Android

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No more RoboGuice: how we evaluated Dependency injection alternatives for Android
No more RoboGuice: how we evaluated Dependency injection alternatives for Android
Android

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Alphawave

·Sep 12, 2017

Makerdays Winter 2017!

Makerdays this winter was the first time all the Alphawave companies came together to collaborate on our free form Makerdays projects! What is a Makerday anyway? When Polymorph joined the Alphawave family, we looked at the different software teams, and what they did to maintain their skills (besides building awesome products). Completely independently, the Alphawave…

Raspberry Pi

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Makerdays Winter 2017!
Makerdays Winter 2017!
Raspberry Pi

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Alphawave

·Aug 22, 2017

What is the Alphawave Software Guild?

(Shields and/or swords will not be company provided.) Since we are 6 companies building software and software related products in the Alphawave group, we started thinking there must be a way of sharing all this knowledge and experience. One team might find that a specific technology is a really good…

Software Development

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What is the Alphawave Software Guild?
What is the Alphawave Software Guild?
Software Development

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Alphawave

·Aug 8, 2017

Hello world, we are Alphawave!

Welcome, everyone. We are Alphawave, a group of small technology companies, that produces world class products and services. Our area of expertise is in everything from mobile apps, to VR to sales mobility and IoT. Culture of innovation Our company was founded in 1994 by 2 PhD engineering graduates, that thought working for…

Software Development

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Hello world, we are Alphawave!
Hello world, we are Alphawave!
Software Development

3 min read


Jul 17, 2017

Another example of Google completely dominating search by being maximally useful

I have a list of books I want to read one day stashed on a note on Google Keep. (One of those ever growing lists.) Reading one of the hundreds of Bill Gates’s summer reading list articles I wanted to optimistically add another entry to the list. Since I haven't…

Google

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Google

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Nov 8, 2016

Beta signups for onlythefax.io

TL;DR Today we are inviting beta testers for the amazing onlythefax.io project, that involves fax machines, the Internet and lots of fun! To help, please complete this form. We will honour you with immortality if you choose to help us. What is onlythefax.io? Simply onlythefax.io is the future of the fax machine. For the…

Beta Testing

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Beta signups for onlythefax.io
Beta signups for onlythefax.io
Beta Testing

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Jan 13, 2016

How I tried sunset my TV piracy ways (but failed because of corporate greed)

I want to come clean: I am a TV (and movie) pirate, but I want to change my ways. Here is my attempt so far. It is a little embarrassing to admit that my pirating practice continued even after getting a well paying job. …

Netflix

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How I tried sunset my TV piracy ways (but failed because of corporate greed)
How I tried sunset my TV piracy ways (but failed because of corporate greed)
Netflix

2 min read

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