In recent years, web technologies have started to catch up to mobile devices in terms of offering a first-class mobile experience. Here’s a step by step guide in the effort required to migrate my personal website to a progressive web application (PWA). Before Getting Started In order to track my progress, I made…

I didn’t choose the mug life, the mug life chose me. The coffee situation in a crowded office can be difficult. If you don’t get the jump on a fresh pot of coffee, you might miss out entirely. Enter coffeebot. How Coffeebot Works Coffeebot monitors your drip coffee maker’s electrical current. More specifically…

As mentioned in the overview, there are lots of ways to go about this build. For example, do a Google search for keezer, coffin keezer or kegerator, you’ll see what I mean. Getting Started I did a lot of research around different builds. I ultimately liked this rustic looking kegerator build by…

As mentioned in the overview, there were a lot of ways I could have went about this build. For example: Kegbot Raspberry Pints Kegomatic I felt these projects either were too complicated for what I wanted to do or didn’t meet my objectives, etc. …

This is a story about a completely unnecessary, over-engineered appliance that dispenses beer, has its own web application and reports data in real-time. I wanted to keg my own beer since I started brewing 7 years ago, mostly because bottling beer is the worst. The initial plan was to build…

Localization is hard because language is hard. What makes localization especially challenging is that words and sentences can’t be approached in a vacuum by a translator. The more context you can provide, the better. For example, imagine a label on a web page that just read: High. If you’re the…

If you’re not testing your code, well, you’ve got some nerve. For the rest of us rational people, let’s look at some basic tips for writing better Ember tests. What Makes a Good Test There are three core components: 1. Easy to Reason Tests must be easy to understand. While code quality is important for developers to understand, tests…

Theming a web application typically involves swapping out stylesheets or moving CSS classes around. But what if you have a single page application? It’s a little tricky, but EmberJS and SASS make it incredibly easy. Goals There are two primary goals that I wanted to achieve: Swap Themes Quickly Rather than have code change…

Hey, you make apps, right? Ugh, yeah, sure, I make apps. I have an awesome idea, want to hear it? Not particularly, but sure. What if there was Uber for <insert something ridiculous here>, plus drones, for your phone…also internet of things! Sorry, I spaced out there for a second…