Having recently obtained a small esp32 based gadget (Holocube, more on that in another post). I obviously wanted to see if I could at least get some of the details via the esptool.py. This unfortunately didn't work. There was not `/dev/ttyUSB*` device that mapped to the…
This is the eternal discussion, should services be functionally named, or given abstract, possible descriptive, names? Personally, I think that (micro)services should be given abstract names. From experience I do see that it has quite some advantages, which I will try to illustrate with simple examples. 1. It frees…
One question that each developer should ask himself is: “Am I a carpenter or a cabinet builder?”. It might seem a silly question, but there is a difference. It isn’t the case that one is better than the other. This question isn’t about quality of work. W hen…
Welcome to this new attempt / incarnation of my blogging attempts. This time the site is setup using hugo, and over time, I will migrate the content from earlier attempts here, and mark them as something old.…