Roelof Jan ElsingaMQTT Discovery with a NodeMCU and Home AssistantIn November (2020), I started to work with MQTT to set up a few smart devices in Home Assistant. I described how to create a simple MQTT…Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTGraphQL: Centralize existing REST API endpoints for easier developmentAPI gateways are great for development teams because they expose the data you need for all kinds of different purposes in a central…Aug 27, 2020Aug 27, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTAnsible: Easy and Safe SSH deployments from GitHubAnsible is a server orchestration tool that you can also use to perform workflows on remote machines in a predictable and repeatable way…Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTBoost web performance with Service WorkersIf you’ve been working on the performance of your websites for a while and haven’t tried service workers yet, keep reading. A Service…Aug 12, 2020Aug 12, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainThe StartupHow I automated publishing my content to LinkedInAs you might have read in earlier posts, my blog is built using Laravel and my own CMS Aloia CMS. This CMS is as flexible as I’d like it to…Jul 29, 2020Jul 29, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTTechnical SEO: Improving your page loads with properly sized imagesWe all know that we should use properly sized images instead of using full-size images and making them smaller with HTML or CSS. Full-size…Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTAnsible: Tasks vs Roles vs HandlersRunning tasks in Ansible can be done in different ways and this can be very confusing for those starting out with automation and server…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingainITNEXTAutomating Laravel deployment using AnsibleIf you, like me, have been deploying changes manually to any of your websites consistently for months, if not years, you know that this is…Jul 24, 20201Jul 24, 20201
Roelof Jan ElsingainThe StartupBuilding CLI Applications With GoCommand Line Interface (CLI) applications can automate your work in many ways. They can be used to build your applications, deploy code…Jul 23, 2020Jul 23, 2020
Roelof Jan ElsingaTechnical SEO: How to add structured data to your websiteSEO is very important to help people find your website. To help Google understand the content of your website you can use Structured data.May 11, 2020May 11, 2020