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Migrating From Wordpress to Hugo
After many years of running my site on Wordpress, I just migrated this site to Hugo. The migration was quite simple, this post outlines the main steps and offers a few helpful resources.
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• Coding • 3 min readWhat’s wrong with Milan’s Open Data initiative
I spent some time playing with the Open Data published by the City of Milan, aiming to visualize public transport coverage. While I managed to create a heatmap, I was left unsatisfied by the data presentation and format. The initiative is promising but could be dramatically improved by adopting modern standards like GeoJSON instead of Shapefiles and including simple preview capabilities.
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Appsterdam Guru Session: Google App Engine for beginners
One of the things I was not expecting when I moved to Amsterdam was its active and vibrant tech community. Appsterdam, a non-profit organization focused around aggregating people with a passion for te...
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Presenting Professional Invaders
The story of Professional Invaders, the game we built during TNW Conference's Hack Battle.
• Coding • 13 min readUser authentication with webapp2 on Google App Engine
Google App Engine for Python ships with the capability to manage user accounts without the need of any additional library. This functionality is, however, insufficiently documented. This post is a step-by-step tutorial addressing user registration, login, password reset and a few other details.
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Story of a hack: Bring Your Own Music!
This post is a summary of the weekend we spent at the Kings of Code 2012 Hack Battle in Amsterdam. What started as an occasion to get to know smart people doing cool things in Amsterdam (something I l...