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[#TOOL] Random users generator 🫂(lorem ipsum for users!)

Hi friends! I wrote this almost 10 years ago, and it’s still a super usefull resource! As nearly all developers, probably at some point you will find the need to create a couple of test for any application users. After the classic John and Mary Doe, sure you do like me and starting to use — read more

Sep 19, 2022
#PowerToys – The best Text Extractor utility for #Windows11

Hi ! I’m a big fan of Microsoft PowerToys. The new Text Extractor feature, is one of the most useful features ever ! 😀 Let’s take a simple look about how this works. Just capture of a region of the screen, and the text extractor will extract the text from the image and copy the — read more

Sep 12, 2022
#Tip – How to create a 30 days trial account to learn about #PowerPlatform

Hi ! The Power Platform Bootcamp is on, and one of the most popular questions is: How to create a trial account to test and learn ? The answer is easy in 2 steps. 2 Steps to create a Trial Account 1st step. Sign up for a Microsoft 365 developer tenant: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program Once you created — read more

Sep 8, 2022
#RaspberryPi – Install raspi-config on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

Hi ! This is my current Ubuntu version running on a Raspberry Pi 4. raspi-config is a powerful tool to manage the device settings for the Raspberry Pi. It’s included in Raspberry Pi OS, but not in the Ubuntu distro. So, if yu want to use raspi-config, follow these steps Of course, we start with — read more

Sep 2, 2022
#Tip – The best way to start with Azure ☁️ for FREE

Hi ! This is a question that I see coming online again and again. So, here is the best way to help you start your cloud path with Azure for free https://www.azure.com/free Simple to remember: azure.com/free 😀 And here is what you got: Get USD200* credit to use in 30 days. (Depending on the country — read more

Aug 29, 2022
#AzureIoT – Using a Raspberry Pi @Seeedstudio Grove Sensors 👀 in an ☁ Azure IoT Edge Module

Hi ! Last week during my sessions for #JulyOT, I had several questions about how to use SeeedStudio Grove sensors and actuators in custom Azure IoT Edge modules. I’m updating my previous series of posts to how how to access to specifics sensors connected to the device and send telemetry, and more. I’m missing the — read more

Aug 1, 2022
#RaspberryPi – Install #AzureIoT, a couple of tips to make it work

Hi ! It’s #JulyOT time, and I need to update this post. A lot of amazing IoT content here: https://julyot.dev/ And let’s go with the updated version. The base steps for this posts are described in the official page [Install or uninstall Azure IoT Edge for Linux] (see references). In the official documentation, you can — read more

Jul 26, 2022
#AzureIoT – RTSP Webcam, add rtsp camera 📷 capabilities to your Edge Device #JulyOT

Hi ! Today, during my [Let’s setup a Raspberry Pi and a reTerminal as an Azure IoT ☁️ device] session, one of the questions was about what cool scenarios we can run once we have a Raspberry Pi as an Azure IoT Edge device. Besides the use of Cognitive Services (only for x64), a cool — read more

Jul 25, 2022
#Azure – Creating an #AzureFunction ⚡ for #JulyOT

Hi ! In my previous post I wrote about how (Thanks to Sam), I’m on the path to learn Azure Bicep 🦾. I’m also share how I’m using Bicep to create my demo environments for for JulyOT! https://julyot.dev/ I shared a full Bicep file that, using an existing Resource Group: Create an Azure IoT Hub — read more

Jul 20, 2022
#Azure – Azure IoT and Bicep 🦾, creating my own resources for #JulyOT

Hi ! Last week my friend Sam helped me to understand the basic concepts of Infrastructure as a Code, and of course, we started with Bicep. You can watch the recording here: After this, I started to play around and try to figure out how to automate the creation of my required resources for most — read more

Jul 18, 2022
#Event – In Person with the Highlights from Microsoft Build 2022

Hi ! Next Saturday July 16, join me and an amazing group of professionals to review the most exciting news and annoucements from Microsoft Build 2022. Doors will open at 9:30am with the first presentation kicking off at 10:00am. We’re preparing a line-up of subject matter experts to deliver 40-minute presentations covering each of the — read more

Jul 14, 2022
#Fix – Azure CustomVision Exported to Docker – ImportError: cannot import name ‘soft_unicode’ from ‘markupsafe’

Hi ! In the past days I found a weird error when I export a model created with CustomVision.ai to docker. The docker image build ok, however, I found this error when I try to run the container. And hey, it took me sometime to understand and find a way to solve the error. If — read more

Jul 11, 2022
#VSCode – Thunder Client, excellent alternative to Postman for HTTP Requests @Code

Hi ! Postman is a great tool to emulate HTTP Requests. I used Postman a lot when I create webapps that run Computer Vision models to analyze images. However, in order to keep things more simple, I decided to test several extensions in Visual Studio Code, as alternatives to Postman. And, Thunder Client is one — read more

Jul 9, 2022
#GitHub – How to display the status badge for a GitHub Action 🟢🔴

Hi ! Last week I wrote 2 posts about How to create and publish an Azure Static Website How to add an API (HTTP Function) to the site It’s a super cool feature ! 😁 GitHub Actions, are an important part of this series, and on the online event, I had this question: How do — read more

Jul 4, 2022
#Event – Let’s Build an App without Using any Code with Microsoft Power Platform at the Toronto Reactor

Hi ! Next week I’ll be at the Microsoft Reactor, learning how to build apps using Power Platform. I have a couple of ideas that I want to test, so if you want to join me, come to the Toronto Reactor ! We will have food 🍕 and drinks ! And hey, I have some — read more

Jun 30, 2022
#Azure ☁️ – Adding an API to an Azure Static Web Apps 🕸️ 2/N

Hi ! Yesterday I wrote a quick tutorial about how to publish a static website using Azure Static Web Pages, using GitHub and GitHub Actions. Really simple, and all from Visual Studio Code ! Azure ☁️ – Adding an API to an Azure Static Web Apps 🕸️ 1/N Today, I’ll show how to also add — read more

Jun 29, 2022
#Azure ☁️ – Adding an API to an Azure Static Web Apps 🕸️ 1/N

Hi ! Ok, this is so cool. I’ve showing and talking about Azure Static Web Apps for a while, and now when I added the capability to add APIs to Static Web Pages, a huge set of questions were there to be answered. So, I will host a new Reactor Session focused on solve the — read more

Jun 28, 2022
#Event – Introduction to #Azure Static Web Apps and APIs !

Hi ! In a couple of hours I’ll host a live event at Microsoft Reactor and I’ll share how to to deploy your static files to Azure, whether they are an advanced JavaScript Single Page App (SPA) or plain HTML. And, as a bonus, I’ll also show how to create and deploy custom APIs using — read more

Jun 27, 2022
#OpenCV – Convert camera feed 🎦 to Grayscale and resalt Blue 🔵 and Red ❤️

Hi ! A new twist on these days demos, this time: Open a camera feed Convert each frame to grayscale Use a hue mask to resalt colors, Blue and Red Here is a live sample from my office. Note: I created a mask that identifies the Captain America shield, SpyderGwen poster and Ahsoka frame, but — read more

Jun 14, 2022
#OpenCV – Replace background with video in camera feed 🎦 (Black Adam ⚡)

Hi ! A new twist on these days demos, based on a request from an online friend. Let’s remove and replace the background from our camera feed using a video. For this demo, I’m using the “Black Adam – Official Trailer 1“. And the output is kind of funny. Hey, funny scenario, and if you — read more

Jun 10, 2022