One of the most “fancy” electronic components is definitely… a LED strip. It’s really cool to control a long strip of lights with only a few lines of code. But, there is a problem. The timing of the signals is crucial to reliably control these strips. Both Python and Java on a Raspberry Pi can struggle with these timings as …

In my previous article Evolving your APIs, I mention the main API versioning approaches. During the talk of the same name, I sometimes get some questions on the subject. In this article, I’ll detail each of them. I assume readers know the reasons behind versioning, semantic versioning, and product lifecycle. If not, I encourage you to read a bit about …

Given it’s the advent of a new year, I thought let’s start with something nice and fun that can make live more enjoyable for everyone. As developers, we write testcases all the time to help us in our development process, and to help us detect potential regressions in the future. Now ideally we want our testcases to be as efficient …