Full stack developer with a passion for product development & technology. Founder of SportShots.ai and Director of Engineering and Solution Architect at Lighthouse.com.
Unfortunately, Laravel 4 has no native support for Mongo databases. Once I started searching for open source Mongo packages on GitHub, I was disappointed that not one package was able to seamlessly integrate a Mongo database driver into Laravel ...
Recently I discovered rollbar.com , which is a remote error logging system that allows you to collect errors and logs from multiple applications into a single dashboard. It will send you notifications if certain errors occur on specific ...
I have been using Git to deploy my websites for quite some time now. It is so much easier than having to drag 'n drop files with FTP or SFTP. When I switched to Laravel 4 earlier this year, I updated the script to automatically update composer ...
I often connect to my own VPN server because of ports that are blocked on public networks, or if I want to access something on my home network. I use a PPTP server because OSX and Windows support it right out of the box, without having to ...
For my master's degree thesis I did research about infrastructure automation with configuration management software. I discovered the power and advantages of these tools and would like to share my findings about Infrastructure as Code with my ...
I had some trouble getting my Edimax EW-7811Un wireless adapter to work on my Raspberry Pi. This Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset based adapter works right out of the box when you use it to connect to wireless networks. But if I tried to set up an ...
Redmine is a free and open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. I would recommend Redmine for everybody working on private projects, and I will guide you through the installation process on Ubuntu.
While working on my personal Ubuntu server, I often run into the following locale warnings.
At home I have an Ubuntu file server where I keep all my files and backups. On my macbook I have a startup script that mounts my shared folders into finder. But while experimenting with Avahi I managed to advertise my samba shares automatically.
I was quite nervous to be starting as a project manager of 2 projects during these 3 weeks. But looking back at the past 2 weeks I think I did a great job leading and helping both teams. Both projects and their team members have progressed in a ...
Day 2 of the iRail summer of code: hackathon time. All teams participed to experience all of the thought and development processes for the next 3 weeks in one single thrilling day. Each team had to complete an idividual mobile application for the ...
A summer of code, that's right. I have been invited to join a fantastic event organized by iRail. For three weeks I will be working and assisting multiple projects as project manager. I am really looking forward to the event and would like to ...
Sparks is a package management system for Codeigniter that will allow you install high-quality libraries into your applications instantly. These sparks are like packages of reusable code that developers make available for download, just like ruby ...
I recently bought a new router and was going through the basic configuration. Like most routers, the default Wi-Fi channel is set to automatic. This means that when your router boots, it will scan nearby Wi-Fi networks and choose the best channel ...
One of the more popular articles on my blog was "Codeigniter: resizing and cropping images on the fly". At the time I wrote the article I wanted to create a code that would be really easy to use. However, there is a huge downside in the ...