One of the first things you’ll want to do on a Raspberry Pi is change the hostname to something unique on your network. The default name is raspberrypi. You can change it via editing text files or th
The .NET Core SDK is not supported on ARM based devices such as the Raspberry Pi and the .NET Core team is not currently working on supporting it. As mentioned in the announcement, the SDK doesn’t fit
Update: 1/8/18: TrackR will now replace your first battery for FREE! I’ve been using TrackR for a couple of months now without issue. But I am surprised that the initial battery only lasted 2 months.
My team is hiring developers in the high-scale data space that have experience building data and analytics pipelines. The ideal candidate is someone with a deep understanding of Lamda architecture an
This docker command will remove all stopped containers. docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) This docker command will remove all containers, even if they are running. docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) -f If you ru
You may have just discovered that when you create a console app using the .NET Core CLI tools it only produces a DLL by default. If you execute this: dotnet new console -n App And then execute a build
You’ll want to make sure you don’t leave the default ‘pi’ user’s password to the default ‘raspberry’ setting. Here’s how to change it. Login to Pi Login to your Pi via Remote Desktop, SSH or via moni
You will often want to execute commands over SSH instead of having to Remote Desktop or access your Pi via a monitor and keyboard. Here’s how to get SSH setup on your Pi. Enable SSH Via Pi Terminal su
It is very easy to get Docker running on a Raspberry Pi. Here’s a barebones post to get you started. You can execute the following commands over SSH or Remote Desktop. Install Docker curl -sSL https:
As part of your normal Raspberry Pi dev workflow you’re going to want to access the files of the Raspberry Pi from your host dev machine. Here’s how to create a file share with Samba. Create a File S
I’ve cleared out this post because the Raspberry Pi documentation site now has docs updated for Stretch. You can find the Raspberry Pi Remote Desktop setup steps here.
Azure IoT allows you to define “Endpoints” and send messages to them via “Routes”. Learn more about Endpoints and Routes here. I setup a Service Bus Queue Endpoint, but it was showing as “Unreachable”
I was recently working with a customer that uses Apache Avro compression and discovered that there isn’t a great example out there that shows you how to send Avro compressed messages through the IoT p
I’ve been doing a lot with Postman lately and have been blogging everything I’ve uncovered along the way. Postman is more than just an ad-hoc REST tester - I believe that the future of REST API docume
6/29/17 Update: There’s a new Azure Solution Template for Jenkins here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-solution-template-for-jenkins-on-azure/ Here’s how to get Jenkins on Azu
Many of you know that I’m fanatical about high quality coffee. Like many people, I used to think Starbucks was good coffee. That was until I experienced freshly roasted and freshly ground coffee. Tha
Some HTTP requests are long running and instead of asking users to wait for the long running operation to complete, they will return a “request status URI” that, when requested, will return a running/
I was recently working with a partner that was having some difficulty integrating with the Azure IoT REST APIs. You can read about that experience here: How to Use the Azure IoT Hub Device Twins REST
I’m working on a project that should make it much easier for developers to consume REST APIs that use SAS Tokens with Swagger and Postman. If you don’t already know, Postman is an app that allows you
Update: 12/5/2017: I blogged a much faster way to do this here: Azure REST APIs with Postman in 2 Minutes Here’s how to get all setup with AAD access tokens in Postman. Step-by-Step Walkthrough Vide