Integrating datadog on a system that’s not included in their deploy script is not straightforward, it took some time and pain of figuring things out, but in the end, it iss actually straightforward. Through this blog post, I figured I’d share my experience, while writing that missing piece of documentation, on how to build and deploy the datadog agents.… ≫
Over the years, I’ve tried many ways to make it possible to switch between my laptop and my workstation in the most seamless way possible. After the break, I’ll share my mobile epiphany…… ≫
While I was developing git-repo I stumbled upon a little known feature that has been introduced in git 2.7: the possibility to have a remote with multiple URLs. After the break I’ll tell you what this is about…… ≫
Here’s a common thing we often hear: if you’re doing a task more than once, automize it! Following up on a former article I wrote in french four years ago, where I was showing how simple it was to do my invoices in LaTeX, I have since then built a more generic framework around that. Let’s have a look after the break.… ≫
Recently I have been caught in a troll with a friend who told me he dislikes docopt, and prefers to stick with argparse. Ever since I started using docopt, I love it and see no reason to stop using it. So we’ll see why after the break…… ≫
There are many online platforms offering repository hosting, though they all suck at one thing, it’s to integrate nicely in the flow of coding. Some have a GUI tool, others integrate more or less in your editor (or IDE), and that’s rarely the ones you’re using for your work. After the break, let me show you my take on this, with a little tool I wrote called git-repo……
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It’s been a long time since I last posted on that blog. Besides the fact that I’ve been too busy to update it, it’s also because it was stuck in 2009. After the break, I’ll discuss how I reworked this hamster propelled website into a nicer elegant looking blog, featuring a bit of 1989, that I hope you’ll enjoy.… ≫
Here’s a tip that will make C coders yell and cry, but will make C++ coders happy: how to implement C++ stream syntax for Arduino.… ≫
For a project, I’ve been assigned the task to access the ANCS from an AVR using Nordic’s nRF8001. Even though it’s mostly integration work of Apple’s specifications and Nordic’s ones, it end up being way harder to build than expected, and couldn’t have been done without the help of the Nordic’s support team.… ≫
I needed to tweak the bootloader to get a working reboot into bootloader feature. With help from the AVRFreaks community, I thought it’d be a good idea to share my experience working with AVR bootloaders.… ≫