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…
Amazon Mobile Analytics can be used to collect a lot of information. It is very easy to create charts in a custom dashboard but the easy of use means that…
Finally got around and updated the Band template for the Band 2 (my original Band 1 template is still around). Apart from the obvious update to the design, addition of gorilla…
If you, like me, prefer to use Ubuntu on any hardware you use, and want it completely encrypted, this is for you. These are instructions on how to install Ubuntu…
In a recent project we replaced an existing webapp with a new implementation. The old app got around 300 requests/second so we wanted to make sure that the new implementation…
AWS-CLI profile management on your local desktop can be a hassle. Especially if you frequently switch between different accounts. Keeping track of available profiles, switching between them and knowing which…
I have worked in a few app projects that have been up and running for quite some time. The apps often handle a bunch of error states or seldom visited…
Background A while back I was handing over a project I was working on to a colleague of mine. I had just added him to the Apple Developer account for…
Background Recently I was working on a project where we were adding support for some new languages. One of those languages were German. Now German is notorious for having some…
Xcode 7 brings you two new concepts for Objective-C - Generics and Nullability! I'll cover Generics in another blogpost later. Oh, and nullability somewhat already came with Xcode 6.3, but…
A little over ten years after its initial release, git has become the golden standard of version control systems. Of course, its popularity has probably received a well-deserved boost by popular…
I have experimented and used a Microsoft band the last few weeks I needed a good template for creating mock-up. But since I couldn’t find any I thought I would…
I get a lot of questions from “newbies” on how to best approach app development. I think the best way is to keep it simple, so this is my approach…
Recently I faced a scenario where I needed to know if the user had internet connection or not. The application is running on Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 and…
I sometimes Pocket interesting web pages in order to read them at a later occasion. Shorter articles or blog posts I often read directly on the laptop or phone, but…