gitlab Your Private CI/CD using self-hosted GitLab and Docker Leverage Gitlab and Docker and use them as a CI/CD infrastructure It's very often that I need a deployment environment while developing personal projects. I have tried many alternatives
software engineering Human Aspects of Working as a Software Engineer A small collection of cases that frequently occur when working in the field of Software.We are Software Engineers. We pride ourselves to write the most concise code, to create
software engineering Using three of the top NodeJS Web REST API Frameworks Javascript is full of options. And over the years, I have found myself running through the same problems over and over again and solving them each time using a slightly improved method over the last one. In this post, I am sharing my experience with a set of the most popular NodeJS frameworks.
career Do you need a Computer Science Degree? Yes, but not just for the obvious reasons.As Software Development is becoming more accessible through internet media, I see more and more places on the Internet with people asking,
software engineering Microservices: Have you thought this through? Regardless of the traction that microservices architectures have, there are technical areas and essential matters that you should take into consideration before developing in a microservices structure.
backend Goodbye iOS... Hello Web development The last year has been one hell of a year for me. After eight years of full-time iOS development and 11 years of developing for Apple devices, I decided to
software engineering Speed up NodeJS server-side development with Webpack 4 + HMR. When webpack 4.0 came out, I decided to migrate my codebase implementing webpack for the frontend to webpack 4.0. One thing I hadn’t invested time to do however, is to enable HMR in my backend code. I have a project that
asyncdisplaykit 8 months with Texture (a.k.a. AsyncDisplayKit) I have to admit that I love React & React Native. I began using React in 2014, and React Native in 2016. I loved RN not because of its cross-platform
Blog Working for personal projects without burning out There are some among us who just can’t sit tight, and feel the urge to create something on their own. Most of the time this ‘something’ will end up
ar DevLog: How I created my first AR NodeJS-backed web service A few years ago, a client of mine had an idea about an application that would leverage augmented reality features to play videos on top of images that would be
Blog On software dogmas I love coding. I don’t care about the language I use, or the technology. I care about solving difficult problems, about creating something from nothing. I grew up believing
Android React Native Navigation I have been trying to find a good navigation library for a project I have undertaken, and I have been looking into numerous frameworks the last few days. Although I
Blog A Showcase of Ambient Intelligence appliances It’s been a while since my last blog post. Those were some very busy months. One of the highlight of those months, was work done for Atcom NEXT,
api REST Client in Swift with Promises Diving deeper into Swift, I am examining different ways of improving my architecture, and making the best decisions when creating new applications. For me, architecture and expressiveness in the code
Blog R.I.P. iGreekNews part 2 In an unexpected turn of events, I was forced to take down iGreekNews. In short, Apple didn’t like that iGreekNews consults RSS feeds from various sources. I find it strange, considering that the purpose of RSS is to be free, and it
Blog * Release * iGreekNews 2.0 for iOS One year after I took down iGreekNews (along with iMe), I decided to re-implement iGreekNews using a new approach. It was time to put my NodeJS skills to good use, and construct an API around news feeds, and RSS, and also re-write the iOS
Blog NodeJS, Varnish + NginX I am building a web service, and I chose NodeJS as a backend, due to its efficiency and simplicity. However, since nodejs is single thread – single process, other means of making the process more responsive under server high server load must be implemented.
augmented Vuforia SDK + remote video streaming on iOS I recently have undertaken a project on iOS that requires integration with the Vuforia SDK. It’s an augmented reality proprietary framework, built for iOS and Android and has been
Blog A few thoughts on Parallelism It’s been a while. I am very sure many people experienced connectivity issues to my server. I believe these issues have been resolved. While searching in my old
afnetworking AFNetworking + PromiseKit AFNetworking is the de-facto standard for implementing a robust and scalable network infrastructure in your iOS or OS X application. I personally have used it for the implementation of many
app store R.I.P iGreekNews & iMe I hate good-byes but this one is long overdue. Yes, I have decided to let iGreekNews and iMe die, and withdraw it from the App Store. It has been a long and exciting journey, however, one must know when to say good-bye and take
Blog Country border highlighting with Leaflet.js Not too long ago I finished a project on Big Data for the University. One part of this huge project was the implementation of a dynamics map that would be
big data Working on Big Data... Doing a project on Big Data. It’s the first time that I realize that data visualization is not a gimmick but actually helps one to process data with naked eye just with a glimpse. This screenshot is taken using MATLAB. X axis shows
Blog Monsters in our dreams Every dream has a monster, visible or not. I’m talking about “daydreaming”, imagining one’s self in another situation, in a happy place, position, circumstance&
cmpoptipview Code updates I have taken some time to update my GitHub repository, who has been lonely as of date. While developing code for my projects at the university, I came to realise
