How many times a day do you hear the words “Big Data”? You probably hear it from the full gamut of people: math people, empirically-challenged people, technical people, marketing folks, engineers, your clients and every time you eavesdrop on a conversation in a coffee shop in a business district. Speaking over people’s heads is a … Continue reading Big Data in a Nutshell
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The Gentlest Introduction to Apache Kafka While “Chaos Theory” says the universe trends to complexity, a good engineer should strive to tame that complexity by providing the simplest solution possible. But “simple” solutions can still be too complex for individuals whose job it is to provide usable information to end users and stake holders. … Continue reading Apache Kafka in a Nutshell
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I love our smart cameras but I am tired of waiting for rollouts of new features before I can use the camera. I would also like to store images and video automatically to my own cloud storage for later batch analysis with some home grown ML models. In this tutorial I am going to walk … Continue reading Connecting to Nest Camera API and Getting Live URL
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