Table of Contents The problemDevelopment ContainersIntroducing DevPodConclusion I come relatively late to the subject of Remote Development Environments (also known as Cloud Development Environments). The main reason is that I haven’t worked in a development team for over six years. …
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My first steps with Playwright
Table of Contents The contextGetting my feet wetStoring cookiesAdapting to realityConclusion In my previous company, I developed a batch job that tracked metrics across social media, such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, etc. Then I realized I could duplicate …
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A solution to the problem of cluster-wide CRDs
Table of Contents A short intro to CRDsThe issue with cluster-wide CRDsThe separate clusters approachvCluster, a sensible alternativeConclusion I’m an average Reddit user, scrolling much more than reading or interacting. Sometimes, however, a post rings a giant red bell. When …
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An Example of HACS: Adaptive Lighting
Table of Contents The Home Assistant Community StoreAdaptive LightingConclusion In the previous post of this focus, we replaced Philips Hue automation with the one from Home Assistant. One significant gap we noticed was that Home Assistant doesn’t automatically adjust the …
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2024 in Retrospective: Nicolas Frankel
Table of Contents I lost my job (and found a new one)I’m using more and more AITechnical contentComparing social mediaSummary For the first article of 2025, I’m continuing my retrospective series! As last year, before diving in into the report …
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The Home Assistant Model
Table of Contents IntegrationsDevicesEntitiesOther objectsConclusion Home Assistant (home-assistant.io) is a massive beast. It can be overwhelming for a newcomer; it was for me. In this article, I want to describe the underlying model of Home Assistant, which is a good …
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Why Home Assistant
Table of Contents My existing infrastructureMy goals Last June, I spoke at Berlin Buzzwords. In all honesty, I rarely attend others’ talks for a variety of reasons: lack of time, lack of energy, no interest in the proposed subjects, etc. …
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Langchain4J Musings
Table of Contents Choosing a LLMQuick introduction to LangChain4J and OllamaGetting our feet wetThe LangChain4j appThe Ollama infrastructureEnhancing with streamingRemembering historyAdding Retrieval-Augmented GenerationConclusion I’m coming relatively late to the LLM party, but I rarely come very early in the hype …
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Summary of the AJAX Frameworks Comparison
Table of Contents AnalysisTime to choose In previous weeks, I’ve analyzed several libraries and frameworks that augment the client with AJAX capabilities. Vue.js Alpine.js HTMX Vaadin In this post, I’ll compare them across several axes. Analysis Frontend skills:Remember that I …
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Vaadin: Battery-Included Server-Side AJAX Framework
Table of Contents Short introduction to VaadinVaadin setupFirst steps with VaadinAdding componentsUser interactionsConclusion I’ve written a lot about Vaadin. I was so enthusiastic that I wrote the first book about it (besides the Book of Vaadin), its updated edition for …
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Augmenting the client with HTMX
Table of Contents Laying out the workServer-sideClient-sideWorking with HTMXDesigning the fragmentsOur first interactionMarking a todo completeConclusion This article is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client to augment the latter. So far, I …