What better feature for the background in your new YouTube videos than a live updating subscriber counter? Well now you can build one for just a few dollars/pounds! Video Guide: Grab your hardware: MATRIX Display Raspberry Pi 4 or cheaper Raspberry Pi 3 Connect It Up: Steps: Connect to your Read more…
Thinking of learning to code in 2020? Watch this video from Devscover’s Wayne about the best ways to learn Liked the video? To keep learning, don’t forget to subscribe!
Lets take 3 of the top languages and look if they are pass-by-value or pass-by-reference Javascript This produces: If this was proper pass by reference, num would equal 100 Therefore we know it’s pass by value. However if we look closer, we can see that value is a reference. We Read more…
So you’ve created an EC2 but not given it enough storage. Now you’ve run out and are wondering how you change it. Here’s how you do it. First SSH into your EC2 (Make sure your security groups are set that you can access port 22, you have the SSH Keys Read more…
Here’s a quick video I made showing how you can track bitcoin prices with your very own ticker board. Requirements below You will need: Knowledge of Python 4 8×8 segment displays Netduino/Arduino Raspberry Pi Some cables & a breadboard A PC to write the code
So you have an ECS cluster running with an image on ECR. Want to update the image that cluster is running via the CLI? Here’s how you do it: First build your docker file locally Tag your built image for your repo Push your updated docker image to ECR If Read more…
Ever had trouble writing an .img file to an SD card for your Raspberry Pi? Here’s how to do it without installing any other programs. Download Your Image Firstly, you need to download the latest image that you want to write. I personally like to use the full Raspbian image. Read more…
How to reduce commits using Git CLI So you’re working on a bugfix locally and you commit your changes. But then you miss a line, and have to create another commit. Then you realise that you’ve badly formatted your code, so in goes another. After a while you may get Read more…
So you want to improve as a Software Engineer? There are plenty of blogs and tutorials online, but they often lack the depth of understanding that you can get from a real book. So here is a rundown of the top 10 books for Software Engineers. Personal Development The Pragmatic Read more…
So you’ve landed yourself a great gig as a developer, and have a specific thing you’re asked to work on. Fantastic. However, don’t let that stop you from learning and exploring. In fact, working on one project for so long can cause you to lose skills in relation to those Read more…