Here's how I studied for and passed my Part 107 exam to become a licensed drone operator. You can do it too.

In this article I review a neat little card that will bring fast storage to your old PCs and Servers.

If you want to access your FreeBSD desktop remotely from Windows or a Mac, here is how you do it. A full tutorial for setting up xrdp with the LXDE desktop

If you want to run .NET (Formerly .NET Core) in Manjaro, here's everything you need to know.

Here's how to install Hugo, the best static site generator ever, in Windows 11

Here's what you need to know about the latest version of Pop!_OS just released by System76.

You probably aren't optimizing your images enough. I'll show you a few ways to do it, and the results from each.

I love my Lenovo E590 Laptop and did some cheap upgrades to make it work great with Windows 11 and Visual Studio 2022

Microsoft just released the newest version of .NET. Here's how to get it on your Pop!_OS machine today!

This tutorial will show you how to install OBS Studio in Arch Linux for streaming. A step by step guide to building the AUR versions.

Installing Arch Linux is climbing Mount Everest in the Linux world. I try out the new installer that should change that.

Here's a rant about coding interviews. I've been on both sides of the table. If you're an interviewer, here's what NOT to do.

Slices are a nifty datatype, and this article explains what they are, how they work and how to use them.

So you got yourself a Pinebook Pro and want to write Go on it? This tutorial will get you set up in minutes.

Using a Raspberry Pi to measure the temperature inside a Ford Focus in the sun during a record breaking heatwave. Full how to and source code.

Pop!_OS 21.04 has been released, with a variety of changes to the desktop environment, here are my thoughts.

I tried out virtualization on the Apple M1, here's what I thought of the process, and how you can do it.

Hello friends! It's Tech Skills Day, and I want you to join me.

Pluralsight is FREE for the entire month of April. Here are some cool things you can do this month

Clubhouse is a new social media darling, but is it worth it for Developers?

I build cool stuff, talk with amazing people, and have fun. Maybe you can join me

Split testing is a feature you aren't using enough. In this tutorial, you'll learn why you need split testing and how to set it up with Netlify.

How to make your terminal window look awesome when accessing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Can I use FreeBSD as a "Daily Driver" machine? This article explores my most recent attempt at it.

2020 was a year none of us will forget. For me, it was a transformative one, and I wanted to share what I've done this year, what I learned, and what I expect for the next.

In this tutorial we'll look at pushing your Hugo static site to the new AWS Lightsail Containers service.

There are many complex IoT systems for the cloud. But what about the hobbyist? In this tutorial, we'll show you how to set up a full IoT system from start to finish that a beginner can complete.

OK, hear me out. Arch Linux is the best distribution for beginners who are just getting started with Linux.

OpenCV is an incredible computer vision library, and the Raspberry Pi is an awesome piece of hardware. You can bring them together for your projects, and here's how.

Pop!_OS Linux, one of my favorite distributions, has relased a new version, let's check it out.

In this event, we're going to use the new Cloud Labs feature in Pluralsight, and learn how to create an EC2 auto scaling group with load balancing on AWS.

I tried out Digital Ocean's new PaaS (Platform as a Service) and threw some Go at it. Let's see how it does.

Pluralsight Live 2020 has launched! This FREE tech conference covers everything that's happening in tech right now!

Optimizing string comparisons in Go can improve your application's response time and help scalability. I'll show which methods are the fastest.

Here's the fastest and easiest way to start working with OpenCV and Python in Arch Linux

In this article, we'll learn how to compare strings in Go, and which methods are fastest.

Let's say you're like me and have Arch Linux installed, and you've toasted your GRUB bootloader. Here's what you do.

You want to become a full stack developer someday, so where do you start? Google's Go language is an excellent place.

In this article, we'll walk through the different ways to change letter case in Go. Using the strings library and a neat function you can build better titles with Go.

I try out the new Raspberry Pi HQ Camera, with full instructions so you can replicate my results. Here's how you can put the new Raspberry Pi HQ camera to work right away!

My review of the Panasonic Lumix FZ-380 Digital camera. With detailed pictures and video.

Join me for a live stream of my unboxing and and playing around with the Raspberry Pi high quality camera.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to grab temperature from a Raspberry Pi and build an endpoint to store the data, with Go.

If you want the latest version of Go on your Raspberry Pi, here's a quick tutorial that can help.

A complete guide to building your first JAMstack blog, from start to finish. Let's build a JAMstack site together!

Deno is a hot new runtime that may replace Node.js. Everyone's talking about it like it's the next big thing. It likely is. Here's why.

I've been using Pop!_OS for front end development a lot lately. Here's how I set it up

I try out Ubuntu's Latest Release 20.04. Is it good enough to start stealing people away from Windows?

I recieved the PineBook Pro earlier this year, here's what it's like actually using it. A review after 90 days.

Here are some of my favorite editors for Go programming. What's yours?

I recently configured bluetooth to connect some headphones to my Arch Linux laptop. I decided to document the process, in case you need to try this.

sharpening your core JavaScript skills can make you better at all front-end frameworks. Here are some courses to help with that.

Want to try Linux but don't know how? Here's a step by step guide to installing Linux without drastically changing your computer or complex repartitioning.

Here's how to manually install the latest version of Go in FreeBSD in less than five minutes.

This week, I took a course on COBOL. Here's what a modern developer can learn from this decades-old language

The global shift to home isolation has unique implications for public education. The era of slow and steady plans to virtualize education was given a donkey kick by this virus and the quarantine, and here's what I've observed.

I recently made changes to my site, and as a result it's screaming fast. Here's how I did it.

Have you ever wanted to learn to code? Want to start out easy? In this series of tutorials we go through the basics of JavaScript, so you can start coding immediately.

Debugging web applications can be tricky. Accessing your browser's developer console is the easiest way to see what's going on with your application.

Here's how you can donate your unused processing power to fight the coronavirus.

FreeBSD has been around for decades. Is it still relevant as a development machine in 2020? I find out.

If you want to be a React Developer, there's a lot to learn. You can get started in a weekend. Yes, in a single weekend, you can learn React and start developing some cool applications!

Everybody's talking about Pop!_OS but is it a good Linux distro? Is it the right choice for developers?

I was casually doing a security audit on my blog recently and decided to look a little deeper into my security logs. With a bit of Linux command line kung fu, some Golang, and Google sheets, I was able to get a pretty good idea of where the attacks are coming from.

The Pinebook Pro is a $200 laptop with ARM processors that promises a lot. Does it deliver?

NimbleText is the world's simplest code generator. It formats your data using the patterns you supply. Read about it here.

Blazor is Microsoft's hot new front end development framework. Here's how it works.

Want to try Blazor but you're not a Windows user? No problem!

Want to learn Golang? Here are 10 awesome places to get started

It's a bold claim to say an IDE extension can make you a better developer, but you should install this new Pluralsight extension and see for yourself.

How to get set up to develop Golang apps in Manjaro Linux

I decided to try out HAXE, a language you've probably never heard of

Intel's own distribution of Linux promises better performance, but does it stack up as good a Desktop machine?

Strut up to that whiteboard with confidence. You got this.

Let's say you want to create a simple, lean .NET Core executable you can build and drop on to a server. You can do that easily with .NET Core 3.0

For the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, take a tour of the code of the Apollo Guidance System.

Do you want to be a coder? Are you on the fence about trying it? nervous to get started? The time is now. Time to pull the trigger.

The mythical reusable code idea has existed for decades. It showed up shortly after the first lines of code were written. We preach re-usability and sometimes strive for it but it rarely becomes a reality.

In this article I'll talk about the Andon Cord, an idea from the Toyota Production System and how you can use it in your organization

This article describes how to take the hassle out of moving IIS websites and applications by comparing two IIS Server configurations and syncing their settings.

Repeatable installs are all the rage in Devops these days. As developers we have this "automate everything" mentality, and for good reason. In this article I'll show you how you can do that with IIS installation as well.

In this article we'll explore Unit testing in .NET Core

How to set up easy file sharing from a Linux machine to Windows with Samba. I'll show you how easy it is to setup file sharing on your network using SAMBA. You can easily share files between Linux and Windows machines with a minimal amount of setup.

Want to try Linux for the first time? Not sure what to use? I can help you get answers with this comprehensive list

A quick look at my virtualization setup, remotely accessed headless VMs on a Linux Server.

All the theory, calculations, and estimations in the world aren't going to tell you how your website will truly perform under a load.

This is how you can install Microsoft SQL server in Ubuntu Linux.. in about 5 minutes! Easy process.

Application Pools in IIS can be somewhat of a mystery. Since they're created for you automatically many times Administrators don't give them a second thought. But understanding application pools is crucial to having a good running IIS server.

Today I've set up an Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 Breakout board and played around with it. My thoughts on this board and ones like it, and what it could mean for the Internet of Things

A great tool I've discovered recently is the Failed Request Tracing Tool is IIS. If you're building an ASP.Net application and having issues with requests it's a fantastic tool. I'll show you how to use it.

Earlier this year Adafruit Industries put their IoT dashboard into Beta, and it looks pretty cool. I'll show you how to set up a dashboard using one of my mini weather station designs for data input

If you want to add internet connectivity to an Arduino, you have quite a few options. Since most Arduino models are not bundled with Ethernet or WiFi a market has developed for it, and I decided to try one out and share my thoughts.

My first impressions of this cool Arduino LCD Shield kit by Adafruit. I assemble it, try it out, and share my results.

I recently purchased the 7 inch touch screen for the Raspberry Pi and thought I'd put something together to show how it's set up and share my thoughts on it so far. This has been a really popular item and I had to check it out.

Today I'm going to show you how to make sort of a mini weather station with a Raspberry Pi. This is an ongoing project of mine that I've been tinkering with so I'll share my learnings with you.

When you dual boot Windows and Arch Linux, any time you reinstall or upgrade Windows you lose the boot menu to get into Linux. In this tutorial I'll show you how to fix that.

How to monitor ambient room temperature with a Raspberry Pi using an inexpensive waterproof air temperature sensor and uploading the results to Firebase.

Perhaps you've seen the term REST being thrown around lately and have been a little curious what it's all about. If that's the case, or you know a little about it but never used it, this article is for you. Today I'm going to give a small overview of what REST services are, and why it's awesome.

The blinking LED is the hello world of the maker community, and today I'll show you how easy it is to do with the Raspberry Pi 2 (or Model B)!

In working with some unit testing fairly extensively lately, I've gathered some guidelines I've tried to stick with over the years for writing better tests.

I was reading a post about some common C# interview questions, and thought I'd share some of mine. These are questions that I asked in interviews, or was asked in past interviews. Try them out and see you how you do!

One of the areas that cause a lot of confusion for new C# developers is the idea of properties and fields. It's an easy thing to mess up, and there aren't really any solid rules on it, but here are some general guidelines to help you decide how to use these members in your project.

Whether you're developing for a personal project, small business or Fortune 100, you should take the time to make sure your changes aren't going to break things. In times past this usually meant spending lots of money. These days the only thing you'll need to spend for quality is time, and not much of it.

Recently GitHub rolled out some improvements to their GitHub Pages static page hosting services. I decided to do a comparison and put them to the test.

With software projects it's rare that a failure can be pointed a single cause, or a certain person. Usually it's a culmination of many smaller mistakes. With technology and formal project management, best practices are usually well documented and available, but one thing that isn't talked about as much is attitude. The attitude of persons in your group or your group as a whole is one of the biggest factors of your success.

Making your images load faster is extremely important for page load performance on your site. Here are some free tools to help you shave down your image size while retaining quality

Linux Mint is one of the most under-rated Linux distribution out there, yet it really does provide a lot of value, even for seasoned Linux hackers. If you haven't tried it out yet, you're missing out.

Code Smells are becoming the new hotness again. You may have heard the term, here's what it means and a few to look out for.

The quickest way to disappoint everyone is by trying to please everyone and software is no different. Sometimes trying to make a one size fits all solution can get you into trouble.

Want to run and build C# .Net applications on your Raspberry Pi? In this article I'll show you how.

There's a lot of genius in simplicity. This applies to many things in life and definitely in software development. SRP, or Single Responsibility Principle is one of the foundations building better software.

Want to run Netflix on your Linux box? It's really easy, and free! Plus you don't need a virtual Windows install anymore.

Want to learn how to program on the Raspberry Pi? This is a beginners guide to getting started with Python.

Love the Raspberry Pi? So do I. Here is a comprehensive list of great blogs and news sites about the Raspberry Pi

Today I'm going to explain how to set up wireless networking on G4 PowerBook running Ubuntu 10.04

Want to set up an SVN Server on your Raspberry Pi? Here's a step by step guide.

A complete tutorial on how to Install Ubuntu Linux on a Powerbook G4 (PowerPC) machine

The famous words of Steve Jobs have been ringing in my head a lot since my Dad passed away last week. He and Steve Jobs were not very much alike, in fact probably complete opposites. Dad wasn't much of a dreamer or rock the boat kind of guy, and believed in treating everyone with respect.

In part 6 of my learning C# tutorial series we're going to talk about iteration statements. This is a crucial part of your foundation as a C# .NET coder

A step by step guide to setting up your Raspberry Pi to share files to every computer on your network.

A step by step guide to Linux command line basics for using your Raspberry Pi

What is a polyglot programmer and should you strive to be one?

Do you want to install Drupal on your Raspberry Pi? Yes it's possible and we do it!

Do you want to remote into your Raspberry Pi and see a graphical desktop? It's actually really easy. If you don't want to dedicate a monitor or the TV to the pi but still want to use it, here's your solution.

A step tutorial for installing Node.js on your Raspberry Pi.

Do you want to safely overclock your Raspberry Pi? Here's how you need to do it.

How you can build a quick program in C++ to show just your ip address from the prompt.

What's the fastest Web Server for the Raspberry Pi? In this article I aim to find out.

In part 5 of my learning C# tutorial series we're going to talk about selection statements. This is a crucial part of your foundation as a C# .NET coder

Part 4 of my Tutorial series on learning C# .Net which takes a look at variables and types in C#

People are doing a lot of cool things with the Raspberry Pi. One of the first things I thought to do was to see if I could make a Raspberry Pi web server. Being a web developer and overall geek I figured it might be kind of fun to do, and as I found out it's really easy.

Part 3 of my tutorial series on learning C# .Net, a thorough look at the language and .Net Framework.

Part 2 of my tutorial series on learning C# .Net which takes a deeper look at C# namespaces

Part 1 of my tutorial series on learning C# .Net, a thorough look at the language and .Net Framework.

A step by step guide for using ternary operators in C#. These operators can simplify and clean up your code.

A learning excersize to build a drop down with AJAX with vanilla JavaScript. Helpful for explaining how AJAX works.

A step by step guide to connecting to a MySQL database with Python. Super easy.

A nice introduction to C# and the .NET Architecture. I explain the basics and show you how to get started

Today I'm going to talk about Object Oriented Programming (OOP). This is the first in a series of articles that will aim to teach you more about OOP and how you can use it to develop better software.

Some cool VIM command line tricks to help you get the most of this powerful editor.

A step by step guide for building a LAMP stack from source for ultimate customization.

Should you use a package manager to install your software or build from source? I take a look at some of the reasons for both

How to show your dmesg output in Linux in realtime.

Several ways to get the Linux version from the command line.

a quick tutorial that shows you how to swap VIM for Vi with a single line.

My story of turning an old G4 Mac into a sweet development machine

A fast website is important for usability and SEO. Here's how you can make your website faster today

This is a simple introduction to XSLT, or eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation. It's a way of applying styles and formatting to XML files, and it's pretty useful.

Want to try out Google Go? Here's a guide to getting it working in Ubuntu.

While browsing a forum recently, I found a thread that really made me reminisce. Someone has asked about browsing the internet before it was popular, and what it was like.

How to write a text file in C#, step by step

Step by step description of how to write text files with C++. Using Bloodshed C++

I just had this problem tonight, so I thought I'd share the solution. In many languages you can do a string comparison in the following way

So you want to be a computer programmer? Want to write software? Here is how you can get started with this awesome hobby / profession right away, for next to nothing.