Automotive networks were a great discovery after joining the automotive industry. They are special, challenging and face different problems than usual networks. What’s special about them? What are the key differences from regular networks? I’ll tell you to improve your understanding of car technology.
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In the globalization, competition for physical labor grew, turning business into offshoring physical intensive tasks and factories to lower wage countries. Thousands of families -and the economy in general- have been affected in the west with the closing of many factories due to the offshoring. With coronavirus accelerating the transition into remote work, is now clear that this trend will be a standard. Remote work creates a transition to a new globalization where not only Read more…
In the quest of improving the information diet, one of the biggest challenges is who to follow or who to subscribe to. Before, as media was very centralized (newspapers, TV) this problem didn’t exist. They were arbiters of which people had more credibility by allowing them to express their opinions to the public. As there were not so many information sources that was what we had. Right now, we’re inside the decentralized journalism explosion where Read more…
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are exploding in popularity. You probably heard that the blockchain is the technology behind them but… What is the blockchain? How does it work? Technology experts are claiming that the adoption of blockchain technologies will be as transcendental as the internet. If machine learning is disrupting labor, blockchain is disrupting society and economy. Understanding the blockchain will allow you to see new perspectives, understand related concepts and will make you more comfortable Read more…
Many people is saying that Bitcoin is an energy battery. Why? What does it mean? Renewable energy plants often have excess energy production that cannot be stored efficiently and go to waste. They put that exceeding energy to mine Bitcoins. With that power, mining and transactions are made, that’s how Bitcoin works. Why would they mine Bitcoin? Because it pays for it. Bitcoin prices are still growing and they’re expected to keep growing. Today is Read more…
1. Crypto Cypto keeps getting momentum. It’s exploding with new all time records, last year has been mind blowing. I’ve been watching crypto since long time ago but this year I will dive in and try to better understand it. 2. Web3, dApps, DeFi, NFTs I’m starting to grasp all the infrastructure that it’s being built on top of the blockchains. I expect lots of new apps, products, platforms and protocols being developed this year. Read more…
How many times did you had to create an Excel file just for drawing a couple of bars or a line chart with just some points? How many time did it take?
The goal of this post is to create a very straightforward and short guide to read just the key concepts to start developing a React app using Nextjs framework without experience in React. For me, starting with a complete boilerplate like the react boilerplate feels to heavy to start from zero.
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I like reviewing how things are done under the hood. Web development is not my specialty. So I’m checking how real time collaborative editors work. Most popular examples are Google Docs/Spreadsheets or Office 365 equivalent. Also, I like others that are not so popular: codeshare.io and awwapp. Codeshare.io is an application that allows collaborative coding. It’s great for reviewing a piece of code with somebody. Even for remote coding interviews. Its engine is a code Read more…
Have you ever wanted to be able to activate or deactivate anything at your home just by your voice? Now we can thanks to Google Assistant and Google Home using a Raspberry Pi. We’re going to configure a simple of triggering a LED connected to the Raspberry Pi GPIO from a Google Assistant voice command. What you need: Raspberry Pi (any model) with internet access (and a LED with a resistor). IFTTT account. Google Assistant Read more…