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The ESP32 is a versatile board with on-board Wifi and Bluetooth. It can do all the basic Arduino functionalities and more. One beautiful thing is that you don’t need a separate environment to program this board. It can work with your existing Arduino IDE. This post goes over the set up of this board and how you can run a webhook ping program using it’s on-board Wifi. Purchasing the Board You can purchase the board from maker stores or from Amazon. There are typically two forms of the board available in the market: ...

Python is a versatile programming language known for its simplicity and flexibility. Writing Python feels like writing english. Some would even call Python “executable pseudocode”. Python’s simplicity does not in any way limit its ability to tackle complex problems. As with any other thing in life, solving a problem using a tool is a reflection of the wielder’s skill level and not the tool itself. So you can solve advanced problems with Python is you are patient enough to learn its internals and not-so-popular side. In this article, you will learn some advanced Python concepts like decorators (add others later, lol). ...

Nginx is a web server and reverse proxy that serves over 33% of publicly known websites on the internet. You can run Nginx as a regular application, as a Docker container. This article is an overview of setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy for backend applications on debian-based Linux machines. We’ll skip the installation and go straight to set up tips. Installing Nginx You can install Nginx from the default package repositories of your debian system or better still from Nginx’s official packages from nginx.org. This gives you Nginx configuration in the way that Nginx intends. ...

Azure CLI is a component of CI/CD or automation in the Azure ecosystem. You can use the Azure CLI to perform CRUD operations on resources on your Azure subscription. It is cross-platform, and this allows it to be used from any system that can run bash shell commands. It is also available on the Azure Cloud Shell. This tutorial is a basic guide on how you can use the Azure CLI to create a storage account, upload a blob to this storage account, and then view the content via the public URL of this blob. To follow along, you need to have the Azure CLI and an active Azure subscription. ...

So I recently became a Go fan boy. I mean, I wrote some Go in 2022 & 2023, but I’m finally investing in it this 2024, at least, the remaining months of 2024. I recently finished HNGi11. It ended on the 31st of August 2024. During my time there, I worked with different guys that changed my perspective on a lot of technologies, particularly Go. I saw the beautiful power of Go, I compiled Go, and I got it running in production. I used it to build a few tools, and the likes. You know the drill. Now it’s time to embrace Go’s full potential by building with it. ...