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Jan 8, 2021

Self-host your own GitHub-Pages style project on a low power server quickly and easily using go-live.

A static webpage is a blob of HTML,CSS, and JS that doesn’t change whenever a user loads a page. This is different than traditional websites, because there is no database, no dynamic rendering on a server, and the page is easily cacheable in a content delivery network. This architecture is…

Jamstack

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How to host your own GitHub Pages server on Digital Ocean in less than 15 minutes using go-live.
How to host your own GitHub Pages server on Digital Ocean in less than 15 minutes using go-live.
Jamstack

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Jun 21, 2018

The “Oracle Problem” isn’t a Problem, and why Smart Contracts makes Insurance better for everyone.

One of the many criticisms of the usefulness of smart contracts is known as the Oracle Problem. Plainly put, because a smart contract has no knowledge of reality it has to rely on a truth source, aka “an oracle” for it to receive external data. The “problem” is that while…

Blockchain

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The “Oracle Problem” isn’t a Problem, and why Smart Contracts makes Insurance better for everyone.
The “Oracle Problem” isn’t a Problem, and why Smart Contracts makes Insurance better for everyone.
Blockchain

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·Feb 8, 2017

Dealing with a nasty AWS Billing Surprise: Beware the defaults.

The architecture of my Amazon Web Services application was supposed to be simple. It’s two independent Lambda functions with a Redis cache between them for persistence. By purchasing Lambda compute power by the millisecond, I thought my app would be stupid cheap, possibly even free! I hadn’t even launched into…

AWS

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Dealing with a nasty AWS Billing Surprise: Beware the defaults.
Dealing with a nasty AWS Billing Surprise: Beware the defaults.
AWS

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Dec 25, 2016

Domo Arigato, Mr.Roadboto (pt.1): Introducing the Problem

If you’re a Coloradan who lives in either Boulder or Denver, chances are you’ve heard of the Epic Local Pass. It’s a pass that gives you unlimited local access to a number of the major ski resorts (Keystone, Vail, Arapahoe Basin, etc.) located a few hours west of Denver/Boulder. However…

Travel

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Domo Arigato, Mr.Roadboto (pt.1): Introducing the Problem
Domo Arigato, Mr.Roadboto (pt.1): Introducing the Problem
Travel

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Dec 18, 2015

Main Idea

This was a year long project I worked with Prof. Eric Keller, Matt Monaco, and Oliver Michel on to integrate the Bro intrusion detection system (IDS) into our own Yanc SDN controller. My main goal was to implement the ability to change scripts variables on the fly for the same…

Sdn

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Getting an IDS to play with an SDN controller.
Getting an IDS to play with an SDN controller.
Sdn

2 min read

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