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GoComics Reader Android - come and test it!

GoComics Reader Android - come and test it!

Come and join the open beta of the brand new GoComics Reader for Android. Simply: - Join the Beta Testing Google Group. - Then download the beta. Everuything is managed over Google Play, so you&

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
iPad support for your Expo app: expo-eas-ipad-support

iPad support for your Expo app: expo-eas-ipad-support

I was tired of seeing my Expo app double the usual size on iPad (“zoomed” mode). Turns out Expo’s supportsTablet: true had a bug, so the app ran in compatibility mode by

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
UnSamsung released
tools

UnSamsung released

Samsung devices come with a lot of bloatware. Samsung does not allow you to remove said bloatware. Now you can.

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
The Vision Pro VR headset is Apple crowdsourcing its product management
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The Vision Pro VR headset is Apple crowdsourcing its product management

At 3499$ a piece, with a long feature list and very few launch day applications, the Apple Vision Pro headset is a mass produced tech demo

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
resolve-redirects-efficient released
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resolve-redirects-efficient released

resolve-redirects-efficient is a (node)JS module for efficiently resolving HTTP/HTTPS redirects. And now 100% more released

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
Devs Be Monitoring home network with Raspberry Pi and Netdata
raspberry pi

Devs Be Monitoring home network with Raspberry Pi and Netdata

Working from home has raised the importance of monitoring my internet connectivity. This is how I use Raspberry Pi and Netdata to monitor my connectivity and ISP.

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
5 min read
Debugging C/C++ code on MacOS Catalina - with breakpoints!
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Debugging C/C++ code on MacOS Catalina - with breakpoints!

Getting VSCode to debug C/C++ code with breakpoints on MacOS 10.15 Catalina

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
A new version for amazon-asin
amazon

A new version for amazon-asin

Apparently people are using my Amazon ASIN parser, so I've published a small fix that handles a new URL Amazon URL scheme. Grab it here: https://github.com/vaiden/amazon-asin

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
React Native: Deprecated API Usage Apple warning
react native

React Native: Deprecated API Usage Apple warning

So you've uploaded your latest build based on the React Native framework and BEHOLD - you've received a mail from Apple that reads: > ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - Apple

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
Devs to watch vol 2: Strapi
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Devs to watch vol 2: Strapi

The guys at Strapi [https://strapi.io/] are aiming at eliminating the boilerplates of creating, managing and maintaining an API. And they're good at it. Hitting that File -> New... on

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
3 min read
CocoaPods - Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries
iOS

CocoaPods - Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries

There seems to be an issue with CocoaPods and XCode 10 where CocoaPods would force *Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries* to *NO*.

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
Thoughts about Kotlin (+Brixo app is out)
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Thoughts about Kotlin (+Brixo app is out)

So the Brixo Control Android app by DevsBeDevin is available on the Play Store [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devsbedevin.brixo.androi]. This app has been a first for

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
Announcing a Brixo partnership
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Announcing a Brixo partnership

It is a great pleasure to announce a partnership between Brixo [http://brixotoys.com/] and DevsBeDevin. Brixo is a company educating children in becoming makers. Brixo's 100% Lego compliant electric bricks

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
MongoDB - find and findOne with nested array filtering. Finally!
mongodb

MongoDB - find and findOne with nested array filtering. Finally!

Turns out you can easily filter nested arrays in MongoDB. Here is how

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
4 min read
Sytnax highliting with PrismJS on Ghost 1.0
ghost

Sytnax highliting with PrismJS on Ghost 1.0

So I've ran the update from Ghost 0.11 to the new(?) Ghost 1.0. Apparently I'm just a sucker for hype [https://blog.ghost.org/1-0/]. Everything

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
amazon-asin v0.9.2 released
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amazon-asin v0.9.2 released

amazon-asin [https://www.npmjs.com/package/amazon-asin] is a neat little NodeJS package that extracts Amazon ASIN/ISBN from Amazon links. It supports Amazon shortened permalinks and... that's about

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
Avoiding TransactionTooLargeException on Android Nougat and up
android

Avoiding TransactionTooLargeException on Android Nougat and up

Judging by StackOverFlow, one of the most breaking updates for Android Nougat (7) has been the new way Android now handles saved instance states. Everytime your app is either being sent to the

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
Using the new mongoose connect method - the right way
node.js

Using the new mongoose connect method - the right way

This is gonna be a quicky about some headache introduced in mongoose 4.11.x. The headache So, you've updated your Node.JS project to the latest mongoose and suddenly you

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
More Facebook Audience madness. Is there a large fraud campaign going on?
facebook

More Facebook Audience madness. Is there a large fraud campaign going on?

More "updates" to Facebook Audience. This time an alert was sent to app developers on July 26 via the Facebook Developer Console. This time the window for compliance is even smaller

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
1 min read
No. Facebook did not kill an AI because it created a new language. Also - look, a bird!
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No. Facebook did not kill an AI because it created a new language. Also - look, a bird!

Contrary to what the Internet might [http://www.pcgamer.com/facebook-kills-ai-that-invented-its-own-language-because-english-was-slow/] tell [http://globalnews.ca/news/3634438/facebook-ai-robots-develop-own-

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
Using Facebook Audience? Time to almost panic
android

Using Facebook Audience? Time to almost panic

Facebook has dropped quite the grenade last week. In an obscure blog post on the Audience Network blog [https://www.facebook.com/audiencenetwork/news-and-insights/required-changes-for-audience-network-publishers] , FB

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
The pains of building Android React-Native from source
android

The pains of building Android React-Native from source

I have a project employing React-Native. I'm building the RN module from source [https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/android-building-from-source.html] , so my project has the

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
iOS

Debugging iOS SSL traffic

After dealing with sniffing Android SSL traffic, let's do the same for iOS. Don't forget to read the warning at the bottom! Setting up the environment We need to

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
android

Debugging Android SSL traffic

Intro? This topic needs no introduction. As the web moves towards an "encript everything" approach, so does the need to be able to decipher said encription grows stronger. The right tool

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
6 min read
android

Monitoring Android network traffic

So I've found myself in need of some Android network sniffing. Well that's an easy one. What we need * A device with Android >= 4.0 and tcpdump. * Or:

  • Nitzan Weidenfeld
    Nitzan Weidenfeld
2 min read
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