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…·5 min read·Jul 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…·4 min read·Aug 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…·4 min read·Aug 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…·4 min read·Aug 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…·5 min read·Jul 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…·3 min read·Jul 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…·4 min read·Jul 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…·3 min read·Jul 24, 2020--1--1
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…·6 min read·Jul 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.·9 min read·May 11, 2020----