Rich Jones
Co-Founder at Gun.io
How to hire a programmer
If you’re reading this, you want to know how to hire a professional freelancer, you have probably already scoured the internet, and the process you have been trying is not working.
Using Zappa and Flask to build serverless microservices
Today, I’m going to show you how to write and deploy serverless microservices using Flask and Zappa. If you’re new to Flask, you’ll see just how easy is. However, if you prefer Pyramid, Bottle, or even Django, you’re in luck, because Zappa works with any WSGI-compatible framework!
How to hire DevOps
DevOps is the latest big trend in hiring. Everybody is talking about DevOps, and everybody wants them. So, what the hell are DevOps, why do you need them, where can you find and hire DevOps and what should you be looking for? This guide will hopefully demystify some of that for you.
Announcing Zappa on Lambda – serverless Python web applications – Gun.io
Today, I’m pleased to announce the first major release of Zappa – a system for running “serverless” Python web applications using AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway. Zappa handles all of the configuration and deployment automatically – now, you can deploy an infinitely scalable application to the cloud with a single command – all for […]
6 tips to hire a Node JS developer
JavaScript has the broadest reach of any programming language. Thanks to Node.js, JavaScript can be used for everything from making command line tools and cloud services to desktop apps and embedded systems.
How much to charge as a freelance computer programmer
The theme music of this post is: Clipse – We Got it For Cheap (NSFW). This post is intended for young, competent programmers who are looking to start making their livings as independent, contract programmers – probably high schoolers, college students or recent college graduates. I won’t be discussing specific figures, but rather a strategy […]
How to do a Git log search
So, you want to search your git commit logs. Good news! It’s really easy to find something in your git log, and I’m going to show you how to do it. If you use git, you’re probably already familiar with the classic UNIX string searching tool, ‘grep.’ (If you already know about grep but want […]
Storing multi-line strings in JSON with JSONLint
JSON is an extremely rigid schema, which can be great, but it’s definitely not without its shortcomings. The largest of shortcoming, in my mind, is the inability to store multi-line strings in JSON. It is something that can be particularly annoying for storing things like structured text and public keys in JSON for later interaction […]
Code testing: what I learned from watching Notch code
The theme music for this post is The White Stripes – A Ball and A Biscuit. Warning: This post may smack of fanboyism. Can’t be helped.
How to find and hire Android developers
So, you’ve got an idea for a new mobile app, or perhaps you have an iPhone app and you want to hire an Android application developer to port your iPhone app to Android. Hey there, green buddy!
How to use CalDAV for Google tasks
The theme music for this post is Percy Sledge – The Dark End of the Street. Cool! Gun.io user MatthewBauer has claimed the bounty to make a way to post to Google Tasks using Siri.