Syncing Prod & Staging Data With Dokku
If you're anything like me, you’ve probably faced the classic problem of everything working swimmingly on your test / staging environment, but the end users hitting some weird issue on production. This is often caused by your production data being (obviously) accurate...
ETL: Extract
As organizations grow and evolve, so do their technology stacks and the quantity of import data being generated by those tools. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for firms to be unable to leverage the efficiencies that having all that data integrated would provide,...
Happy 20th Rails!
As many of you might know Rails is now twenty years old; that's two years older than it needs to be to able to be executed by the state or sent to kill people on the other-side of the world in the US, but a year shy of ordering a Sam Adams or pack of Camels....
Intro to API Driven Automation
Automation has become a key factor in improving efficiency and streamlining business operations. Organizations that effectively leverage automation find themselves with a competitive advantage over their peers. A powerful way to introduce automation into your business...
Sunday Funday: Pygame For Kids
Hello, young coders and coding mentors / parents! Today we're diving into an exciting first project perfect for kids based on Pygame - building a Pong clone. Pong is a classic two-player game where each player controls a paddle and tries to hit a ball back and forth...
Open Source’s Funding Fiasco
I've been thinking a lot about how we as a community and industry can make sure open-source projects keep getting the love they deserve. It's no secret that the traditional funding model of donations and sponsorships is more than a little shaky. Coder Radio listeners...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
