AWS CDK MFA
The AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) is a welcome contribution to the “Infrastructure as Code” family. It is a development framework that allows you to configure AWS resources using programming…
Attributed Strings & Rich Text Files
Table of Contents IntroductionExample Code - Attributed StringsFactory FunctionsTools & LibrariesExample Code - Rich Text Format (RTF)Example Code - Rich Text Format Directory (RTFD)Conclusion Introduction Attributed strings are great for…
AWS Glue Dev Endpoint Deleter
Development of AWS Glue scripts can potentially add unnecessary expenses to your invoice if you are not careful. This blog post shows one way to avoid some of the cost…
AWS CLI MFA
AWS CLI MFA, how about that for title? It translates to Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface Multi Factor Authentication when all acronyms are spelled out. If you have enabled…
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…
White screen problem with Kivy on Raspberry Pi 3 solved
I have developed an application in Python which uses the Kivy framework to implement the user interface. When I tried my application on my Raspberry Pi 3 the result wasn't…
Guide to 360º video, Part one: Introduction
360-degree video are hot topics, but what is it and how does it work across different platforms? In this series, I would like to dive into the matter and share…
GS1 DataMatrix codes in Java
TLDR; GS1 Datamatrix codes can be tricky. Use OkapiBarcode for easy handling. Anyone who has had to deal with GS1 barcodes has most likely made an acquaintance with this document, or perhaps…
Android Custom Button
Have you ever wished you hade a better button option? A button with a better layout? Look no further :) Creating a custom button! It is actually really really easy…
Android Networking: How to Mock the Internet
Android networking doesn't sound very radical nowadays. Actually, it's hard to find apps that don't have some sort of network dependency. Some of them won't even start without a stable network. Others…
iOS: Signing issues with Xcode when having multiple signing entities
tl;dr; Gather all your signing entities in one Keychain if possible, it might resolve some weird signing issues you're having. Problem When you have multiple signing entities in your Keychain,…
Layered Cloudformation stacks
Defining information service infrastructures using AWS Cloudformation can sometimes feel like a double-edged sword. On the one hand it provides us with a high degree of control regarding consistency, on…
Replacing the default VPC in your AWS account
AWS Cloudformation is a super-powerful utility for defining entire backend infrastructures. Using it we can declaratively define infrastructure components and their inter-dependencies, then instantiate them all in one go. This…
Android – ORMLite
Android and databases are powerful and really good to have but it is also not so fun working with. I'm going to show if not a funny way at least…
Installing and using the AWS CLI and aws-shell in an agile fashion
In our work we often encounter AWS installations under various accounts. Using the web-based console is straightforward, but for repetitive tasks and more advanced interaction we often rely on Amazons…