Published in RockedScience·Oct 10, 2022Member-onlyFixing the Firebase Functions Configuration Loading IssuesHow to fix the environment variables being ignored at runtime — Configuring environments in Firebase Functions Since version 3.18.0 the firebase-functions package supports environment variables for the application configuration instead of the old “environment configuration” (the functions.config() object). This was a great addition to the Firebase ecosystem, as it makes the code more standard and portable. I usually write services to either run as Functions or…Firebase3 min readFirebase3 min read
Published in RockedScience·Oct 10, 2022Member-onlySpotting the Traps in Service ContractsA story about the tricks and the distractions in the fine print — Contracts have been a staple of organized societies for ages. As the law systems grew more and more complex to keep up with the challenges of modernity, practically everything became a contract, whether it’s explicitly written and signed or implied. In many countries even a simple purchase act in a…Contracts6 min readContracts6 min read
Published in RockedScience·Oct 10, 2022Configuration and State in Google Cloud IoT CoreHow to work with devices online and offline in IoT Core — The Google Cloud IoT Core Service is being discontinued and migrated to partner companies. Please find more info here. This article was about to be published when they broke the news. I kept it in the drawer for a while, then I decided to distribute it as a publicly accessible…Cloud6 min readCloud6 min read
Published in RockedScience·Jul 19, 2022Member-onlyFixing Docker Image Tagging Issues in Google Cloud Build and Artifact RegistryWhy my CI/CD pipelines suddenly stopped working — On July 19th, 2022 I woke up to failed builds alerts coming from my Cloud Build pipelines on the Google Cloud Platform. Those pipelines were made to build Docker images and deploy them to Cloud Run Services and worked just fine until then. At a glance, the images were being…Google Cloud Platform2 min readGoogle Cloud Platform2 min read
Published in RockedScience·May 9, 2022Member-onlyBuilding Smart Home IoT Devices with the Google Cloud PlatformPart #1 — How to connect your first device to IoT Core — Important note: on Aug 15th, 2022 Google announced that the Cloud IoT Core Service would have been discontinued since Aug 16th, 2023. They also mentioned that some GCP partners would step in and take over the IoT services, offering alternative solutions with a compatibility layer. Everything is getting connected. Even…Google Cloud Platform12 min readGoogle Cloud Platform12 min read
Published in RockedScience·May 6, 2022Member-onlyHost Private Node.JS Packages on the Google Cloud with Artifact RegistryHow to safely share and reuse your code across multiple projects — Every programmer who follows the basic principles of coding ends up with a lot of reusable code. To make the most out of it and streamline maintenance, such code needs to be distributed through a centralized source. Every programmer also uses dependency packages on a daily basis. So it’s easy to…Google Cloud Platform7 min readGoogle Cloud Platform7 min read
Published in RockedScience·Apr 8, 2022Member-onlyTracking And Analyzing Device Connections in Google Cloud IoT CoreRespond to connection events and make the data actionable — Update: please read the note on the future of the Google Cloud IoT Core Service in the first article. As I developed my first IoT project on the Google Cloud Platform I quickly realized that I could not find any reliable indicator of MQTT connection status of devices in Google…Google Cloud Platform10 min readGoogle Cloud Platform10 min read
Apr 8, 2022Member-onlyImporting Big Data in BigQuery with Data Transfer Service and TerraformAn uncharted path to a powerful ingestion tool for Big Data — If you deal in Big Data, Cloud migrations, application modernization and system integration projects, chances are that you need move and import huge amounts of data across different systems. The BigQuery Data Transfer Service (DTS) offered by the Google Cloud Platform facilitates the ingestion of big data from a number…Google Cloud Platform11 min readGoogle Cloud Platform11 min read
Published in RockedScience·Apr 7, 2022Member-onlyProgrammatically Create a Scheduled Query in BigQuery with TerraformHow to fix “Error 400: Failed to find a valid credential” and “Service Account does not exist” for Scheduled Queries — The Google Cloud Platform loves Terraform. So do I. …Terraform6 min readTerraform6 min read
Published in RockedScience·Mar 15, 2022Member-onlyHow to use Backfill: the Time Machine for Scheduled Queries in BigQueryHow to retroactively run Big Data analytics jobs in BigQuery — I love BigQuery and I used it in a number of Big Data projects. I like its flexibility, the powerful query language (including the possibility to query external sources) and the many built-in functionalities. I am also fond of the Data Transfer Service, because it makes it so easy (and…Google Cloud Platform7 min readGoogle Cloud Platform7 min read
