Attended an Alexa Workshop on the 3rd November 2017 in Bristol hosted by Amazon, these are my notes. Introduction Hosted by David Low Twitter Accounts maxamorde muttonia Alexa Design Alexa Build Course sign-up link Amazon Developer Amazon AWS Theory Mobile moment: when someone picks up a device to achieve a goal. e.g. watching football in front of the tv, get extra detail. Ask person next to you, why not shout it towards the tv.

Attended an Alexa Workshop on the 3rd November 2017 in Bristol hosted by Amazon, these are my notes. Introduction Hosted by David Low Twitter Accounts maxamorde muttonia Alexa Design Alexa Build Course sign-up link Amazon Developer Amazon AWS Theory Mobile moment: when someone picks up a device to achieve a goal. e.g. watching football in front of the tv, get extra detail. Ask person next to you, why not shout it towards the tv.

Attended an Alexa Workshop on the 3rd November 2017 in Bristol hosted by Amazon, these are my notes. Introduction Hosted by David Low Twitter Accounts maxamorde muttonia Alexa Design Alexa Build Course sign-up link Amazon Developer Amazon AWS Theory Mobile moment: when someone picks up a device to achieve a goal. e.g. watching football in front of the tv, get extra detail. Ask person next to you, why not shout it towards the tv.

##Local Development Investigation into using Wordpress with Angular, decided to spin up a Wordpress docker image to play about locally with. docker pull wordpress docker pull mysql:latest docker run --name demo-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:tag docker run --name demo-wordpress --link demo-mysql:mysql -p 4202:80 -d wordpress ##Deployment of WordPress and MySQL Containers with Docker Compose to Azure Azure Docker Extension Reference

Requires Azure Cli to be installed. Deployment in Azure via Azure Cli: az group create --name HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --location "West Europe" az appservice plan create --name HoneyBadgerServicePlan --resource-group HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --sku B1 --is-linux az webapp create --resource-group HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --name HoneyBadgerApp --plan HoneyBadgerServicePlan --deployment-container-image-name denhamparry/honeybadger:latest Delete resource group: az group delete --name HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --no-wait --yes -y

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

I’ve been meaning to go to a developer conference for a few years and finally decided to go to the NDC Conference in Oslo. Why? I hit a rut and couldn’t see where I was going any more. My career to date hasn’t been the usual: I started off swapping keyboards and mice after not being able to get a developing job after University Import 30,000 contacts in 3 hours after writing an application to do it for me getting me noticed within the company Became the Head of IT for a financial organisation in Cardiff within 2 years for a company with 150 staff Downsize with the company over 3 months to 6 staff due to the recession and then rebuild the company to 80 staff within a year Quit the 9 to 5 and start up a company with a friend in my Dad’s garage Build the company up to 30 staff in Cardiff Company relocates to Dublin as do I during the week for a year Leave the company and start a contract on Sunset Boulevard 6,000 miles away Start a family and realise the commute so get a new contract 2 miles from my house The career fear has started so quit the contract start a contract in New York for 1 year Go back to the local contract for 9 months then start a new contract locally I’m starting to feel that my career isn’t progressing and I hate the thought that my day to day will continue like this until I can retire (at time of writing I’m 32).

Creating A .nuspec file is an XML manifest that contains package metadata. This is used both to build the package and to provide information to consumers. The manifest is always included in a package. Create a .nuspec file To create a new .nuspec file within a project, open a command line at the root of the project directory and enter the following command: nuget spec If the project file is already setup, pass the project filename with the command to include some standard tokens:

Open the Hosts file with nano: $ sudo nano /etc/hosts Add the mapping and close nano with ==ctrl== and ==x==. Flush the DNS: $ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Introduction StorageOS Documenting the scripts used to get up and running with StorageOS. Quotes will be added for a-ha moments. 00: Setup Install VirtualBox. Install Vagrant 1.9.3. Create a new directory to install the enviroment. Download the Vagrantfile. bash $ curl -sS https://docs.storageos.com/assets/Vagrantfile -o Vagrantfile Run vagrant up to provision three Ubuntu 16.04 VMs running Docker, the StorageOS container, and the StorageOS CLI. bash $ vagrant up Connect onto one of the nodes post installation: bash $ vagrant ssh storageos-1; If you’ve followed the steps within Setup, skip to 02: Provisioning Storage.

##Local Development Investigation into using Wordpress with Angular, decided to spin up a Wordpress docker image to play about locally with. docker pull wordpress docker pull mysql:latest docker run --name demo-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:tag docker run --name demo-wordpress --link demo-mysql:mysql -p 4202:80 -d wordpress ##Deployment of WordPress and MySQL Containers with Docker Compose to Azure Azure Docker Extension Reference

Requires Azure Cli to be installed. Deployment in Azure via Azure Cli: az group create --name HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --location "West Europe" az appservice plan create --name HoneyBadgerServicePlan --resource-group HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --sku B1 --is-linux az webapp create --resource-group HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --name HoneyBadgerApp --plan HoneyBadgerServicePlan --deployment-container-image-name denhamparry/honeybadger:latest Delete resource group: az group delete --name HoneyBadgerResourceGroup --no-wait --yes -y

Being an IT contractor, I usually find myself setting up a clients environment to get their project to work locally. As these are setup by individuals, there is a lack of common practice to be able to get setup quickly and end up having to put the hot fixes in place that have been in place for years. Initially I looked towards Docker as a way to create identical environments between Windows and Mac.

.net Standard is a contract that allows an API to be Standard compliant. Its not a downloadable package. If you want to support more platforms, aim for a low .net Standard version number to support more frameworks. dotnet Core issues included the API not being familiar to dotnet developers, which is what Core 2.0 aims for.

Within some companies, proxies are rife. Regardless how you feel about them you have to get past the pain of setting up services that don’t work well with the proxy (not usually at fault of the service) by not giving you any indication as to what happened. This happened with me and Firefox. Setting up a new machine at a new contract, all the other browsers work fine except for Firefox.

Being an IT contractor, I usually find myself setting up a clients environment to get their project to work locally. As these are setup by individuals, there is a lack of common practice to be able to get setup quickly and end up having to put the hot fixes in place that have been in place for years. Initially I looked towards Docker as a way to create identical environments between Windows and Mac.

Open the Hosts file with nano: $ sudo nano /etc/hosts Add the mapping and close nano with ==ctrl== and ==x==. Flush the DNS: $ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

After going to a couple of meetings in a new contract, we realised that there were blockers that could not be controlled within the team. These could range from not being able to contact someone within working hours to unlock a service to a faulty computer losing hours or development time within a sprint. The Solution I made the suggestion of time tracking these activities by individuals within the team.

Within some companies, proxies are rife. Regardless how you feel about them you have to get past the pain of setting up services that don’t work well with the proxy (not usually at fault of the service) by not giving you any indication as to what happened. This happened with me and Firefox. Setting up a new machine at a new contract, all the other browsers work fine except for Firefox.

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

Following on from Part 1, we’ll now look to setup kubeadm and kubectl to manage Kubernetes and add nodes. Install kubeadm Add repo lists & install kubeadm $ curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - && \ echo "deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list && \ sudo apt-get update -q && \ sudo apt-get install -qy kubeadm You now have two new commands installed: kubeadm - used to create new clusters or join an existing one kubectl - the CLI administration tool for Kubernetes Initialize your master node: $ sudo kubeadm init --token-ttl=0 We pass in –token-ttl=0 so that the token never expires - do not use this setting in production.

These are a selection of links that I’ve used to create the Setting up Kubernetes On Raspberry Pi series. Inspiration How To Build A Kubernetes Cluster With ARM Raspberry Pi Then Run NET Core On OpenFaas K8s on (vanilla) Raspbian Lite Raspberry Pi Raspberry PI Downloads Raspbian Lite Etcher Prometheus Prometheus monitoring Prometheus Node Exporter - Raspberry Pi Kubectl Kubectl Cheatsheet Setup Prometheus Prometheus Node Export Prometheus monitoring Setup OpenFaas Introducing functions as a service Serverless Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi Secure Traefik Integration Kubernetes Access Control Access Control: admin privileges Kubernetes Config Maps Create configmaps from directories Kubernetes Secrets Creating your own secrets Traefik / Lets Encrypt Managing my home with Kubernetes, Traefik and Raspberry Pi’s Kubernetes Ingress Continue to Part 1

This is a non-technical review of getting setup on a load of buzz words. Spoiler alert: Its the most fun I’ve had with technology in a long time and is a lot easier than you think thanks to a talented and helpful community. I went to NDC London to go on a two day Kubernetes workshop with Ben Hall and three days of talks. Firstly, the workshop with Ben is fantastic.

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

I’ve enjoyed using spell checkers in IDEs, but feel that there should be some boundaries. I couldn’t find a quick way to hide an extension via the IDE UI, so had to look for more information: Open VS Code User Settings: –Code– > –Preferences– > –Settings– ⌘ + , Search for the extension name or –Status Bar– Disabled the extension. References Visual Studio Code User Interface Readme mac command

Open the Hosts file with nano: $ sudo nano /etc/hosts Add the mapping and close nano with ==ctrl== and ==x==. Flush the DNS: $ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Open the Hosts file with nano: $ sudo nano /etc/hosts Add the mapping and close nano with ==ctrl== and ==x==. Flush the DNS: $ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

I’ve been meaning to go to a developer conference for a few years and finally decided to go to the NDC Conference in Oslo. Why? I hit a rut and couldn’t see where I was going any more. My career to date hasn’t been the usual: I started off swapping keyboards and mice after not being able to get a developing job after University Import 30,000 contacts in 3 hours after writing an application to do it for me getting me noticed within the company Became the Head of IT for a financial organisation in Cardiff within 2 years for a company with 150 staff Downsize with the company over 3 months to 6 staff due to the recession and then rebuild the company to 80 staff within a year Quit the 9 to 5 and start up a company with a friend in my Dad’s garage Build the company up to 30 staff in Cardiff Company relocates to Dublin as do I during the week for a year Leave the company and start a contract on Sunset Boulevard 6,000 miles away Start a family and realise the commute so get a new contract 2 miles from my house The career fear has started so quit the contract start a contract in New York for 1 year Go back to the local contract for 9 months then start a new contract locally I’m starting to feel that my career isn’t progressing and I hate the thought that my day to day will continue like this until I can retire (at time of writing I’m 32).

For the last 5 years I’ve been using an Apple TimeCapsule as my router and wifi base. The decision to use this was for: TimeCapsule backups. Extending wifi networks with Airport Express. It wasn’t included with the broadband package I signed up for. The UI looked pretty and easy to use. During this time, I upgraded the device (with the replaced devices being handed down to family members), I setup a home VPN to play FIFA on my Xbox One remotely and started to notice the wifi cutting out more often.

Salman, Aled and I have been busy setting up a new technology community, Cloud Native Wales. We’re looking to go live and invite people to use some of our tools, but realise that we’ve been using the #general a bit too much and want to remove some of the rubbish prior to going live. Since then, we’ve found out that #general is a privileged channel, and it’s difficult to bulk delete all the messages.

One of my contracts were looking for a way to publish content via packages or content files (html, css, js). They were looking to go for a Nuget solution but recommended using Bower from previous experiences. Then came the part of loading the Bower website to see that they’re now recommending Yarn, the package management system built on top of Node Package Manager (npm) but with added benefits. These are the steps I went through to produce a proof of concept:

Creating A .nuspec file is an XML manifest that contains package metadata. This is used both to build the package and to provide information to consumers. The manifest is always included in a package. Create a .nuspec file To create a new .nuspec file within a project, open a command line at the root of the project directory and enter the following command: nuget spec If the project file is already setup, pass the project filename with the command to include some standard tokens:

Creating A .nuspec file is an XML manifest that contains package metadata. This is used both to build the package and to provide information to consumers. The manifest is always included in a package. Create a .nuspec file To create a new .nuspec file within a project, open a command line at the root of the project directory and enter the following command: nuget spec If the project file is already setup, pass the project filename with the command to include some standard tokens:

These are a selection of links that I’ve used to create the Setting up Kubernetes On Raspberry Pi series. Inspiration How To Build A Kubernetes Cluster With ARM Raspberry Pi Then Run NET Core On OpenFaas K8s on (vanilla) Raspbian Lite Raspberry Pi Raspberry PI Downloads Raspbian Lite Etcher Prometheus Prometheus monitoring Prometheus Node Exporter - Raspberry Pi Kubectl Kubectl Cheatsheet Setup Prometheus Prometheus Node Export Prometheus monitoring Setup OpenFaas Introducing functions as a service Serverless Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi Secure Traefik Integration Kubernetes Access Control Access Control: admin privileges Kubernetes Config Maps Create configmaps from directories Kubernetes Secrets Creating your own secrets Traefik / Lets Encrypt Managing my home with Kubernetes, Traefik and Raspberry Pi’s Kubernetes Ingress Continue to Part 1

This is a non-technical review of getting setup on a load of buzz words. Spoiler alert: Its the most fun I’ve had with technology in a long time and is a lot easier than you think thanks to a talented and helpful community. I went to NDC London to go on a two day Kubernetes workshop with Ben Hall and three days of talks. Firstly, the workshop with Ben is fantastic.

I’ve been meaning to go to a developer conference for a few years and finally decided to go to the NDC Conference in Oslo. Why? I hit a rut and couldn’t see where I was going any more. My career to date hasn’t been the usual: I started off swapping keyboards and mice after not being able to get a developing job after University Import 30,000 contacts in 3 hours after writing an application to do it for me getting me noticed within the company Became the Head of IT for a financial organisation in Cardiff within 2 years for a company with 150 staff Downsize with the company over 3 months to 6 staff due to the recession and then rebuild the company to 80 staff within a year Quit the 9 to 5 and start up a company with a friend in my Dad’s garage Build the company up to 30 staff in Cardiff Company relocates to Dublin as do I during the week for a year Leave the company and start a contract on Sunset Boulevard 6,000 miles away Start a family and realise the commute so get a new contract 2 miles from my house The career fear has started so quit the contract start a contract in New York for 1 year Go back to the local contract for 9 months then start a new contract locally I’m starting to feel that my career isn’t progressing and I hate the thought that my day to day will continue like this until I can retire (at time of writing I’m 32).

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

Download the latest Plex Media Server installation file to the Windows Server. wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.9.7.4441-e5eb5d5a1/Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441-e5eb5d5a1.exe -UseBasicParsing -OutFile Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441.exe Open a Powershell window. Stop the Plex Service. Stop-Service -Name "PlexService" Execute the Plex setup file from command prompt. C:\Downloads> .\Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441.exe Do not launch Plex Media Server after installation, if requested restart the server. Ensure that the Plex Media Server is not set to launch on login: Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name "Plex Media Server" Start the Plex Service.

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

This is a non-technical review of getting setup on a load of buzz words. Spoiler alert: Its the most fun I’ve had with technology in a long time and is a lot easier than you think thanks to a talented and helpful community. I went to NDC London to go on a two day Kubernetes workshop with Ben Hall and three days of talks. Firstly, the workshop with Ben is fantastic.

Within some companies, proxies are rife. Regardless how you feel about them you have to get past the pain of setting up services that don’t work well with the proxy (not usually at fault of the service) by not giving you any indication as to what happened. This happened with me and Firefox. Setting up a new machine at a new contract, all the other browsers work fine except for Firefox.

Following on from Part 1, we’ll now look to setup kubeadm and kubectl to manage Kubernetes and add nodes. Install kubeadm Add repo lists & install kubeadm $ curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - && \ echo "deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list && \ sudo apt-get update -q && \ sudo apt-get install -qy kubeadm You now have two new commands installed: kubeadm - used to create new clusters or join an existing one kubectl - the CLI administration tool for Kubernetes Initialize your master node: $ sudo kubeadm init --token-ttl=0 We pass in –token-ttl=0 so that the token never expires - do not use this setting in production.

This post is focused on preparing the Raspberry Pi’s prior to setting up Kubernetes. Go back to Part 0 or forward to Part 2 Setup Raspberry Pi Download Raspbian Stretch Lite Download latest version of RASPBIAN STRETCH LITE Setup SD Cards Burn to SD card using ETCHER Boot into Pi Boot up the pi. Login: username: pi password: raspberry Change the default password.

These are a selection of links that I’ve used to create the Setting up Kubernetes On Raspberry Pi series. Inspiration How To Build A Kubernetes Cluster With ARM Raspberry Pi Then Run NET Core On OpenFaas K8s on (vanilla) Raspbian Lite Raspberry Pi Raspberry PI Downloads Raspbian Lite Etcher Prometheus Prometheus monitoring Prometheus Node Exporter - Raspberry Pi Kubectl Kubectl Cheatsheet Setup Prometheus Prometheus Node Export Prometheus monitoring Setup OpenFaas Introducing functions as a service Serverless Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi Secure Traefik Integration Kubernetes Access Control Access Control: admin privileges Kubernetes Config Maps Create configmaps from directories Kubernetes Secrets Creating your own secrets Traefik / Lets Encrypt Managing my home with Kubernetes, Traefik and Raspberry Pi’s Kubernetes Ingress Continue to Part 1

This is a non-technical review of getting setup on a load of buzz words. Spoiler alert: Its the most fun I’ve had with technology in a long time and is a lot easier than you think thanks to a talented and helpful community. I went to NDC London to go on a two day Kubernetes workshop with Ben Hall and three days of talks. Firstly, the workshop with Ben is fantastic.

This is a non-technical review of getting setup on a load of buzz words. Spoiler alert: Its the most fun I’ve had with technology in a long time and is a lot easier than you think thanks to a talented and helpful community. I went to NDC London to go on a two day Kubernetes workshop with Ben Hall and three days of talks. Firstly, the workshop with Ben is fantastic.

Following on from Part 1, we’ll now look to setup kubeadm and kubectl to manage Kubernetes and add nodes. Install kubeadm Add repo lists & install kubeadm $ curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - && \ echo "deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list && \ sudo apt-get update -q && \ sudo apt-get install -qy kubeadm You now have two new commands installed: kubeadm - used to create new clusters or join an existing one kubectl - the CLI administration tool for Kubernetes Initialize your master node: $ sudo kubeadm init --token-ttl=0 We pass in –token-ttl=0 so that the token never expires - do not use this setting in production.

This post is focused on preparing the Raspberry Pi’s prior to setting up Kubernetes. Go back to Part 0 or forward to Part 2 Setup Raspberry Pi Download Raspbian Stretch Lite Download latest version of RASPBIAN STRETCH LITE Setup SD Cards Burn to SD card using ETCHER Boot into Pi Boot up the pi. Login: username: pi password: raspberry Change the default password.

Salman, Aled and I have been busy setting up a new technology community, Cloud Native Wales. We’re looking to go live and invite people to use some of our tools, but realise that we’ve been using the #general a bit too much and want to remove some of the rubbish prior to going live. Since then, we’ve found out that #general is a privileged channel, and it’s difficult to bulk delete all the messages.

.net Standard is a contract that allows an API to be Standard compliant. Its not a downloadable package. If you want to support more platforms, aim for a low .net Standard version number to support more frameworks. dotnet Core issues included the API not being familiar to dotnet developers, which is what Core 2.0 aims for.

After going to a couple of meetings in a new contract, we realised that there were blockers that could not be controlled within the team. These could range from not being able to contact someone within working hours to unlock a service to a faulty computer losing hours or development time within a sprint. The Solution I made the suggestion of time tracking these activities by individuals within the team.

After going to a couple of meetings in a new contract, we realised that there were blockers that could not be controlled within the team. These could range from not being able to contact someone within working hours to unlock a service to a faulty computer losing hours or development time within a sprint. The Solution I made the suggestion of time tracking these activities by individuals within the team.

For the last 5 years I’ve been using an Apple TimeCapsule as my router and wifi base. The decision to use this was for: TimeCapsule backups. Extending wifi networks with Airport Express. It wasn’t included with the broadband package I signed up for. The UI looked pretty and easy to use. During this time, I upgraded the device (with the replaced devices being handed down to family members), I setup a home VPN to play FIFA on my Xbox One remotely and started to notice the wifi cutting out more often.

I’ve enjoyed using spell checkers in IDEs, but feel that there should be some boundaries. I couldn’t find a quick way to hide an extension via the IDE UI, so had to look for more information: Open VS Code User Settings: –Code– > –Preferences– > –Settings– ⌘ + , Search for the extension name or –Status Bar– Disabled the extension. References Visual Studio Code User Interface Readme mac command

I wanted to use Lets Encrypt to create certificates for my home server. Once created I’ve exported a .pfx file so that I can reuse the certificate in third party services. Install IIS and Web Application Development Windows Feature PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-App-Dev -IncludeAllSubFeature Add Domain Binding to Default Web Site PS C:\> New-WebBinding -Name "Default Web Site" -IPAddress "*" -Port 80 -HostHeader newsite.

Download the latest Plex Media Server installation file to the Windows Server. wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.9.7.4441-e5eb5d5a1/Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441-e5eb5d5a1.exe -UseBasicParsing -OutFile Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441.exe Open a Powershell window. Stop the Plex Service. Stop-Service -Name "PlexService" Execute the Plex setup file from command prompt. C:\Downloads> .\Plex-Media-Server-1.9.7.4441.exe Do not launch Plex Media Server after installation, if requested restart the server. Ensure that the Plex Media Server is not set to launch on login: Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name "Plex Media Server" Start the Plex Service.

##Local Development Investigation into using Wordpress with Angular, decided to spin up a Wordpress docker image to play about locally with. docker pull wordpress docker pull mysql:latest docker run --name demo-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:tag docker run --name demo-wordpress --link demo-mysql:mysql -p 4202:80 -d wordpress ##Deployment of WordPress and MySQL Containers with Docker Compose to Azure Azure Docker Extension Reference

Attended an Alexa Workshop on the 3rd November 2017 in Bristol hosted by Amazon, these are my notes. Introduction Hosted by David Low Twitter Accounts maxamorde muttonia Alexa Design Alexa Build Course sign-up link Amazon Developer Amazon AWS Theory Mobile moment: when someone picks up a device to achieve a goal. e.g. watching football in front of the tv, get extra detail. Ask person next to you, why not shout it towards the tv.

I’ve been meaning to go to a developer conference for a few years and finally decided to go to the NDC Conference in Oslo. Why? I hit a rut and couldn’t see where I was going any more. My career to date hasn’t been the usual: I started off swapping keyboards and mice after not being able to get a developing job after University Import 30,000 contacts in 3 hours after writing an application to do it for me getting me noticed within the company Became the Head of IT for a financial organisation in Cardiff within 2 years for a company with 150 staff Downsize with the company over 3 months to 6 staff due to the recession and then rebuild the company to 80 staff within a year Quit the 9 to 5 and start up a company with a friend in my Dad’s garage Build the company up to 30 staff in Cardiff Company relocates to Dublin as do I during the week for a year Leave the company and start a contract on Sunset Boulevard 6,000 miles away Start a family and realise the commute so get a new contract 2 miles from my house The career fear has started so quit the contract start a contract in New York for 1 year Go back to the local contract for 9 months then start a new contract locally I’m starting to feel that my career isn’t progressing and I hate the thought that my day to day will continue like this until I can retire (at time of writing I’m 32).

One of my contracts were looking for a way to publish content via packages or content files (html, css, js). They were looking to go for a Nuget solution but recommended using Bower from previous experiences. Then came the part of loading the Bower website to see that they’re now recommending Yarn, the package management system built on top of Node Package Manager (npm) but with added benefits. These are the steps I went through to produce a proof of concept: