Errbot recipes

I presented at the last SF chatops meetup  an introduction to errbot . I realized that the snippets used during the presentation could be a ...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #6 The "debugger trance"

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #5 Taking unit testing seriously

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #4 Life in the console

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #3 Git-fu

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #2 Vi Keybindings

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

Little things I would teach to my younger software engineer self - #1 Touch Typing

Looking back at the various stages of my career, I realized I could have learned some basic stuff way earlier than I did. Even if I missed t...

DIY drone - tutorial for developers | Part 10 - Preflight checkups and maiden flight !

Before putting the props on, you have to calibrate the accelerometers. Find a quiet and flat place to put your quadcopter on. Fire up ez gui...

DIY drone - tutorial for developers | Part 9 - Calibrating your ESCs and fix the throttle

Connect your ESCs to the FC. Again, be careful and connect the signal wires (white) on the inside. You should use 2, 3, 5, and 6. They shoul...

DIY drone - tutorial for developers | Part 8 - Hooking up the FC

Testing out the receiver (RX) with the flight controller (FC) Let's connect the RX to the FC and test it out like that. First upload the...

DIY drone - tutorial for developers | Part 6 - Mechanical assembly

The frame itself is quite obvious to mount as its documentation is quite clear. But the motor assembly is not. Here is the end result. - use...

DIY drone - tutorial for developers | Part 7 - Motors + ESCs setup and test

Charging up a battery It is a 3S which means 3 elements of 3.7 volts adding up to 11.1v. When you'll charge it up through the little con...