Multi-threading in JS, and what you can do with it!

Introduction

At Wheelhouse, we usually go out of our way to try out new things or technologies. Especially since we’re always looking for new things to do with JavaScript. We’re on our way towards…

How to build an event driven application on Google Cloud using cloud functions

This blog post outlines an approach we took when we built a video analysis tool using Google Cloud Functions. Some of the analysis is done through code of our own and some of these functions…

Decrease your React CI/CD build time by 50%

Building web pages anno 2020 is not an easy task. A simple interface that holds animations and HTTP requests can become immensely bloated in a matter of days. Our team at Craftworkz specializes in prototyping applications at a fast pace, which often…

Add value to your chatbots through phone calls

Leverage Twilio’s Media Streams to enable voice interactions with your chatbots.

Intro

In this article I’m going to walk you through the steps of using voice to interact with an API using:

NVIDIA Jetson Nano, a Raspberry Pi on steroids

After I tested the Google Coral USB accelerator last week, we got our NVidia Jetson Nano as well at the end of the week. Today I tried to get work done, but with that beauty laying on my desk, I cracked after about 3 hours and started to play…

Why Agile is the way to go for Edge AI

It’s Monday morning and a client is calling you to discuss a new project.

The client wants to design a custom electronic device that recognises and counts cars on the road. The client tells you the device has to dissipate less than 0.5…

Why you should be hooked on React Hooks!

There hasn’t been a new feature since I started using React that had me stoked as much as React Hooks has. React Hooks is a feature introduced in React 16.8. It allows you to use state and lifecycle methods inside a functional component.

5 Oswald chatbot UI & UX best practices

Creating a chatbot can be a time-consuming task, but using the following best practices, you will save yourself a lot of trial and error. As chatbot developers, we have bumped into several ways to optimize your chatbot. Let’s dig in!

Stop repeating yourself with Klassif.ai

Always start with the story, so all your stakeholders know what is ahead of them, in front of them, and in a matter of time, behind them. So, here our story goes. 

Have you ever asked yourself how much documents are costing your organization?

Hoe wij op 2 weken een Edge AI telpaal bouwden

Een virus in China, ver van ons bed, dachten we. Jammer genoeg zorgde dat virus voor een wereldwijde lockdown, met als resultaat een ongeziene sociale, gezondheids- en economische impact. Tijdens die lockdown werd Crowd Management vliegensvlug een…

5 tips to improve your code quality while prototyping

In the world of prototyping, you try to build a minimum viable product (MVP) as quick as possible in order to present something for the business-section of a company. Often, the MVP is expanded with multiple new features. This turns it…

When your focus is fading…

In times like these, it can be really hard to feel satisfied with the amount of work you do. Especially since working remotely became the default, the fine line between work hours and private time is difficult to distinguish. When am I finished for today? How many breaks should I…

A new way to discover Apps

Whatever you want to do nowadays, “there is probably an app for that”. Even though all those apps probably come in handy, app overload is a real thing. Can you still find your way through all the apps on your homescreen? What if you could just have the right app at the right time…

Are you looking for the Otter one?

Dating has not been easy the last few months. We are all locked up in our homes, which means the only opportunity to meet someone has been restricted to virtual options. At Craftworkz, we have been thinking about taking online dating to the next level. A few ideas were…

Chatbot integrations with Oswald

Oswald is a powerful platform to build chatbots, with many features packed into one easy to use interface. Sometimes it might be nice to integrate your Oswald chatbots with other services or platforms. That is what our latest update, released today, is all about!

Prototyping an AI Presentation Assistant

Some time ago, we were invited for a meeting with an international chemicals group with…

Oswald 2019 feature wrap-up

Now that 2019 is coming to a close, we wanted to give a final update about our beloved Oswald chatbot platform. There are so many things to talk about with this release. Let’s dig in!

The best Oswald yet ⚡️

Teamwork makes the dream work

Working as a team a.k.a. “teamwork” is necessary in order to improve the development lifecycle in software development of a big project. Having a team that understands each other and commits to the same result is a big leap forward in getting your software developed and…

The birth of a Solid pod server

A solid internship

As I’m a last year student at UCLL, Craftworkz has given me the opportunity to do an internship regarding a fascinating concept. That is to say, during the next three months, I’m working on a case study of SOLID in a…

Welcome TheLedger: new kids on the block(chain)!

Until today, Raccoons consisted of five ventures:

• Craftworkz (prototyping)
• Oswald (chatbots)
• Brainjar (AI & machine learning)

Klassif.ai’s Annotator goes Open Source

TLDR; We had a real headache building a named entity annotation tool for our Intelligent Document Processing platform, Klassif.ai. After three iterations, we finally made an annotator that ticked all the boxes. And the best part? We made that puppy open source!

Moving Apart Together app

Have you heard of the Köhler effect? It’s the phenomenon that occurs when a person works harder as a member of a group than when working alone. It’s been proven countless times that exercising or sporting together can lead a person to set a higher performance goal. Keeping the…