The Four Faces of Automation in Industry 4.0
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This is my solution which is highly based on a great AWS employee (Alfredo J).If you are reading this article, you might know this is not something possible to do without a workaround in AWS. You might...
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DataSync is a powerful tool to move data between different AWS storage options like S3, EFS, and EFx. However, there is a catch, you can only run a scheduled task every hour (Nov 2021), you cannot...
View ArticleCreate a Nexus Repository with Windows Containers
Docker is an extremely powerful tool. You often build your own image using X image or X Linux distros like Ubuntu or Debian and this is great. However, from time to time, you might need to use...
View ArticleBootstrap 5 horizontal scrolling tabs
More than once, we need to add several tabs to our websites/apps to split the UI nicer. However, when there are more than 4, they might not look so great, especially in mobile environments.I faced the...
View ArticleHow to schedule EC2 instances easily (start/stop)
Everyone would like to schedule EC2 instances and save a couple of bucks. Today, I'm bringing you a small Python that can help you. The steps are the following ones:Step 1. Create a lambda function...
View ArticleHow to create a tabbed dialog in Xamarin.Android
Every once in a while, we need to fulfill certain requirements. Recently, I had to implement a tabbed dialog in Xamarin.Android. Previously, this was relatively easy using a TabHost (RIP), but now, you...
View ArticleHow to Create Docker Images in Windows without Docker Desktop using WSL2
Most people are aware that Docker Desktop is not available anymore for Windows users for free, and this became a challenge. For a couple of months, I thought if there was an alternative for my team,...
View ArticleTutorial for using Xamarin.Google.UserMessagingPlatform (GDPR) for Google...
Note: If you need iOS/MAUI support, raise your concerns in GitHub and/or Tweet to David Ortinau.Loading the GDPR for Google AdMob is a tricky business in Android because Google's Documentation is quite...
View ArticleWhat is Cloud Waste? And why it is important for your company
I've been recently introduced to the concept of Cloud Waste. A concept that is taxing many companies severely; but that can be avoided by implementing simple, yet effective measures. According to...
View ArticleHow to schedule EC2 instances managed by Auto Scaling Groups (start/stop)
Many times, we have a lot of cloud waste because we never shut down our services/EC2 instances. One of the trickiest cases to control is the Auto Scaling Groups.Now, this tutorial (based on Vicent's...
View ArticleHow to update ECS Tasks Revisions with AWS CLI
Updating ECS Tasks Image Versions is not the easiest task if you don't go to the AWS Web UI. Also, there is not a direct code in order to do this in the AWS CLI. That's why I came up with the following...
View ArticleHow to Automatically Generate Tokens for CodeArtifact (Maven) in Windows
If you have ever used or plan to use CodeArtifact, you will need to generate a token (CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN) manually with all Maven projects daily. This can be challenging and slow down your...
View ArticleHow to create multilingual static pages without frameworks
From time to time, we have the experience of building websites without frameworks like Angular, Vue.js, or React. Perhaps, for fun, we are new, or we just want something extremely simple.In my case, I...
View ArticleHow to run Docker commands in CMD/PowerShell powered by Docker running in WSL2
In the last tutorial, we learned how to create Docker images without Docker Desktop in Windows. However, However, this can break our daily duties, especially if we have automated anything. This can be...
View ArticleHow to access EFS folders from the Windows File Explorer using WSL2
EFS is the default place for storing your volumes when you use Fargate and ECS in AWS. This is fine when your main workstation is any Linux distro, but what happens when you work in Windows?The easy...
View ArticleHow to disable printing on a website
Sometimes, we have some projects where the content is sensitive or should be protected for privacy reasons or copyrights. A quick solution involves:To prevent the key combination Ctrl + P (for...
View ArticleFrom WebView to WebView2 in UWP
In the old days, accessing a local website in UWP was relatively easy. Even if you wanted to load your third-party libs. The basic code you required:The...
View ArticleHow to Update EventBridge Schedules with Lambdas
The EventBridge is a potent tool in AWS that can help us automate our tasks. However, when you need to have dynamic schedules, it can be tricky.First of all, the Boto3 is not the latest running on...
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