When building new services, gRPC can be very handy to not only define those services, but also generate a lot of the boilerplate code for server implementations and client libraries. We get the added benefit of a more efficient wire protocol, Protocol Buffers, because it's in binary and a lot smaller than JSON....

I've made a big addition to my "Setup2" article about personal computer management with Git and Stow. A check-repos script now helps me quickly check for changes that need to be synced on each machine...

Two years ago, I created Puffery for iOS, which allows sending push notifications to your iOS devices. You can follow other’s channels and directly receive updates. There is no algorithm that decides wether you should receive notifications or not. From the beginning scripting is part of puffery’s DNA: you were able...

“I am happiest in the second,” he said. “I can look at each frame of my animation and tell you what’s wrong, what the right order should be, and then fixate on that one perfect second for days. That’s what makes me happy.” Fancy wine in one hand, bocce ball in the other, I was talking to an animator and peppering...