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Jun 26, 2020

Essential terminal packages in 2020

This is the start of a new series about maximising your terminal experience. I will write about what I think are essential packages for the CLI, a simple but super effective Vim setup and setting some sane Tmux defaults. In this first article, I am going to list some of…

Terminal

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Essential terminal packages in 2020
Essential terminal packages in 2020
Terminal

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Jun 12, 2020

Running a Kali VM on a retina display with zero lag

This weeks post is more of a tip than an article but it is something I recently came across and thought it might help others. In my free time, I like to learn about hacking and often spend my time completing CTFs. Most of the time I will use a…

Infosec

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Running a Kali VM on a retina display with zero lag
Running a Kali VM on a retina display with zero lag
Infosec

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·Jun 5, 2020

Javascript robotics: The Johnny Five REPL

In the previous article, we discussed how to get up and running with Johnny Five and the ESP8266 micro-controller. If you are not sure how to get set up I recommend you read that article first. Previously we created a simple script that allowed us to control the onboard LED…

Robotics

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Javascript robotic: The Johnny Five REPL
Javascript robotic: The Johnny Five REPL
Robotics

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May 28, 2020

Fixing coc-tsserver errors due to Deno

This is a quick post detailing how to fix issues with coc-tsserver. I am a long term Neovim user and feel that the only Intellisense engine to use is CocVim. It is simply amazing. It breathes so much power into you Vim setup. I write Typescript daily and so use…

Typescript

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Fixing coc-tsserver errors due to Deno
Fixing coc-tsserver errors due to Deno
Typescript

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Candide Technology

·Mar 2, 2020

Geospatial queries in Elasticsearch

How we use location data provide region specific search results. The Candide App is used across multiple countries, each with their own seasons and unique plants. This means that the way we store that data needs to reflect this and be easily searchable on a regionalised basis. For most of our search needs, we lean on Elasticsearch. Where we felt…

Elasticsearch

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Geospatial queries in Elasticsearch
Geospatial queries in Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch

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Jul 22, 2019

Using Federated Identities to access non-public S3 objects as an unauthenticated user.

I recently worked on a project that had some interesting requirements. The project consisted of the main app that would lean heavily on Amplify (obviously 😃), making use of Auth, AppSync, Storage to name a few. All the services and data needed to be locked down to the users that…

AWS

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Using Federated Identities to access non-public S3 objects as an unauthenticated user.
Using Federated Identities to access non-public S3 objects as an unauthenticated user.
AWS

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Gravitywell UK

·Jun 12, 2019

Telling Tales — Technical challenges of building an interactive map

This post originally feature here We recently were lucky enough to win a brief to create an interactive experience for English Heritage. We were tasked with creating a map of English Myths, Legends and Folklore. …

Web Development

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Telling Tales — Technical challenges of building an interactive map
Telling Tales — Technical challenges of building an interactive map
Web Development

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·Mar 26, 2019

It’s easy being an unhealthy developer

NOTE: These are my views, based on my experience. Your experience will probably differ. I just want to point out now that there is nothing inherently unhealthy about being a developer. No more than any other office-based profession. Office based professions encourage bad habits that may lead to becoming unhealthy. …

Health

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It’s easy being an unhealthy developer
It’s easy being an unhealthy developer
Health

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Gravitywell UK

·Mar 14, 2019

React Native, AWS AppSync and React Apollo

Here at Gravitywell, we have a strong belief in the benefits of hackathons. They’re a regular occurrence for us (4 or 5 times a year), with our most recent project focused on creating a hyper-local coffee delivery app. I was tasked with building the mobile app that would allow the…

React

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React Native, AWS AppSync and React Apollo
React Native, AWS AppSync and React Apollo
React

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Gravitywell UK

·Jan 15, 2019

GW Labs — Marqeta payment card platform

Recently, I was given the opportunity to research the payment card issuing platform Marqeta. Why now? Well, prior to October 2018 their services were not available outside the US. Now they are available in Europe. How exciting is that? Well, very! …

Fintech

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GW Labs — Marqeta payment card platform
GW Labs — Marqeta payment card platform
Fintech

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James Best

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