Google Assistant meets Ktor
Implementing an Assistant webhook endpoint with Ktor For the longest time I had wanted to experiment with backend services, but coming from the mobile world of Android it always felt a…
Configuring a Weblogic server for running Oracle Advanced Management Console
If you are trying to run Weblogic using Docker, having automatic configuration of Weblogic is among the best things ever. Once you have created the scripts for the automatic configuration,…
API Chain using IFTTT and AWS Services – Knattra 2018
We hosted a hackathon where the participants created an API chain using IFTTT, with an infrastructure based on some AWS services. Checkout the aftermovie! Knattra - The Hackathon Under the…
Understanding Istio Ingress Gateway in Kubernetes
Traditionally, Kubernetes has used an Ingress controller to handle the traffic that enters the cluster from the outside. When using Istio, this is no longer the case. Istio has replaced…
DIY “Face ID” door lock using AWS Rekognition
DIY "Face ID" I recently started to learn and explore the services at AWS, and the face recognition service seemed particularly interesting. In this post I want to share with…
The story of Wallace, our office robot. Part 1
Background Here at Jayway, competence development has always been a crucial part of our culture. Apart from founding, hosting and attending one of the biggest developer conferences in Europe -…
Expandable FAQ items with no JavaScript
Recently I needed to create an FAQ page on a ReactJS based single page application. The page should have expandible/collapsible question/answer pairs. I took to Google to see how others…
Running Docker containers on Bash on Windows
When the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - or, as most people even at Microsoft often refer to it - Bash on Ubuntu on Windows - was announced on Microsoft's…
A Short Introduction to Makefiles
Makefiles are really good at one thing, managing dependencies between files. In other words, make makes sure all files that depend on another file are updated when that file changes.…
Conference report from ngVikings 2017
Since Jayway sponsored ngVikings 2017 I got the opportunity to attend "The main Angular conference in the Nordics", which was a delight. The venue was the main hall of the…
A Glimpse Into a Competence Development Day at Jayway
Last week we had a competence development day at Jayway and we thought it would be nice to share what we did. During a competence development day, we get together…
Retrofit and auto relogin on a 401 response
One day while sitting at my desk minding my own code I suddenly found myself under siege by a evil api that only allowed my Set-Cookie header to live for…