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Domesticating Kubernetes
Domesticating Kubernetes
Kubernetes as home server on bare metal in 150 minutes
Vladimir Akopyan
Apr 29, 2020
Debug .NetCore Containers in Docker and Kubernetes
Debug .NetCore Containers in Docker and Kubernetes
Many find it confusing, how to debug application in docker containers. In fact, it is reasonably straight forward, it just isn’t documented…
Vladimir Akopyan
Jun 8, 2018
Simulating hundreds of IoT devices with Kubernetes
Simulating hundreds of IoT devices with Kubernetes
We often need to simulate devices — sensors and vehicles — to test our IoT systems, see how well they manage load, how they deal with…
Vladimir Akopyan
May 28, 2018
Easy CI and CD for Docker with Bitbucket Pipelines
Easy CI and CD for Docker with Bitbucket Pipelines
Cloud services like Microsoft Azure do a great job of providing runtimes for webapps — you can deploy a web server from Visual Studio with…
Vladimir Akopyan
Feb 11, 2018
Starting with Kubernetes AKS on Azure
Starting with Kubernetes AKS on Azure
It’s like a cloud withing a cloud!
Vladimir Akopyan
Feb 3, 2018
IoT SCADA Dashboard with UWP
IoT SCADA Dashboard with UWP
In February 2016 we embarked on an experiment — can a team of three developers straight out of university deliver a SCADA system in three…
Vladimir Akopyan
Jan 25, 2018
UWP apps > “Normal” desktop apps
UWP apps > “Normal” desktop apps
But only without the Microsoft AppStore. Why? How?
Vladimir Akopyan
Dec 25, 2017
UWP and C# tricks and traps #1
UWP and C# tricks and traps #1
Some are obvious, others are treacherous
Vladimir Akopyan
Dec 25, 2017
How to install Windows IoT on a Tablet
How to install Windows IoT on a Tablet
And all other off the shelf devices
Vladimir Akopyan
Nov 2, 2017
"Productising" your Arduino IoT project - Reliability Checklist
"Productising" your Arduino IoT project - Reliability Checklist
Arduino and ESP's let you build awesome prototypes, but they are hobbyist and can fuck up spectacularly.
Vladimir Akopyan
Aug 27, 2017
Where is my starship
Where is my starship
We suffered a failure of vision — it’s rare to find man, woman, or creature that can coherently articulate why the space program is…
Vladimir Akopyan
Jul 10, 2017
Calling C++ from .Net Core
Calling C++ from .Net Core
I was wondering what it takes to call native code from C# in .Net Core. Fortunately the P\Invoke APi is the same as it was in the old .net…
Vladimir Akopyan
Dec 4, 2016
EC and PH sensors for Arduino
EC and PH sensors for Arduino
We had to test our data platform — the app, the cloud, and all the rest of it — with some real data. To do that we’ve put together a…
Vladimir Akopyan
Oct 22, 2016
Drone Startup, the tech we built
Drone Startup, the tech we built
The article is split in two parts. Part 1 tells our story, Part 2 is a lot more technical and talks about the design decisions and…
Vladimir Akopyan
Sep 26, 2016
Drone Startup — What we were doing
Drone Startup — What we were doing
About the time when I was finishing university I got absolutely obsessed with drones. For some reason the idea of flying robots took root…
Vladimir Akopyan
Sep 26, 2016
Mapping Destruction in EVE Online
Mapping Destruction in EVE Online
Recently I stumbled upon the files of final year project that I did for my degree back in 2014, and decided to write a post about it, at…
Vladimir Akopyan
Aug 7, 2016
A modified DSLR does not make a good multispectral sensor
A modified DSLR does not make a good multispectral sensor
Professional multispectral cameras cost the earth, so many have turned to modifying consumer cameras. Are they any good?
Vladimir Akopyan
Jul 20, 2016
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