It took me way too long to get started with the WeMos D1 R2 board, partly because mine is an eBay knockoff. Getting Started 1. Download and install the Arduino IDE (just called Arduino): https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Note: I use version 1.6.8, newer versions…
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I'm a strong believer in having both high level vision and technical skills to execute on those visions. With humble beginnings building websites in Adobe Dreamweaver over 10 years ago, I've developed robust foundations that allow me to work anywhere on the tech stack from firmware to web to distributed systems. These are the stories of what I've learned hacking Medium, building games, automating plant care, and more.
Managing State in MobX
If you've ever used Redux for managing state in your web application, you'll know how much boilerplate you have to write before you can mutate its state. Sure, there's plenty of Redux middleware for reducing boilerplate and making asynchronous requests (such as XHR). However, the more middleware you add, the…
How We Created the Most Clapped Story On Medium Ever
SEE IT HERE I was clapping my friend, Adrian’s blog post earlier today when I found out Medium limits you to 50 claps. My friend deserved far more praise than that, at least 51 claps. Behind me were Adrian and Blake. Adrian asked, what if we modify the HTTP…
Beginning Go And Soundcloud
The Soundcloud API documentation is incredibly misleading if you are not using one of their official languages (PHP, Ruby, Python, and Javascript). This guide will not cover every function of the Soundcloud API, but it will give you an excellent foundation to begin using Soundcloud with your Go application. In…
Upload and Manage Soundcloud with Go
Last tutorial, we covered how to connect to a user's Soundcloud account with OAuth, now we'll take a look at how to upload and manage sounds on Soundcloud with Go. For this tutorial, be sure to import all of the following: import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "github.com/rl/stune/appError"…