Xcode to Swift Versions
Recently I’ve ran into an old legacy project that my company built years ago and was then left untouched for a while. Having to open up that old code quickly ran into the issue of what version of Xcode do you need to be able to run Swift 2.3 code? Download Older Xcodes from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ Swift 2.2 [...]
Increasing EBS disk space to a running EC2 instance
One of the best parts of running a cloud solution is the ability to make some “hardware” level changes without even a reboot. First, in the AWS Console, go to the EBS Volume Screen and hopefully you have labelled your EBS volumes with human readable labels (or you will have to click on each volume and see what [...]
AWS T2 vs T3 vs T3a Performance
Amazon just came out with the new 3rd generation of burst-able EC2 servers and to keep things short, you should shut down your t2 servers and restart them as t3. t2.micro 1 Core from an Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40Ghz (released 2013)1GB Memory3227 Geekbench 4 Single-Core3025 Geekbench 4 Multi-Core15.5 GB/sec Memory [...]
IR Codes for Insignia TV Remote NS-RC4NA-14
I’m currently working on a project that will create an small ultra cheap IoT device that will link to Alexa or Google Home to allow you to control any IR device with your voice. Its in the ballpark of what a Logitech Harmony Hub can do but for a fraction of the cost. In doing that I needed to get the IR codes of my [...]
iMac LACP to Improve Network Throughput
If you are looking to improve your network throughput on an iMac, you will find it difficult to get 10G adapters on a thunderbolt 2 device. While it’s possible, it’s very pricey. This is my attempt to LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) with the onboard gigabit port and a thunderbolt gigabit ethernet adapter. The Result [...]
2017 IoT Summit Chicago Summary
Quotes Who owns the data collected by IoT devices? It seems the majority of speakers said the data is owned by the customer, but the bigger question is who has access to use the data. Legally most IoT companies bury their legal access to the data in the EULA which often are not read or understood by end users. Vendor to vendor [...]
Setting up IPv6 on AWS
I used to think that IPv6 is mostly a concern for ISPs and hosting companies to enable and once they do, everything in their system will start using it. Turns out, it isn’t that simple. How the internet hasn’t really felt much of the effect of this is a little beyond me because IPv4 exhaustion occurred at the beginning of [...]
