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System76: Reflections of a Superfan

December 2, 2019 by Eric

Back in September, I saw a random post on Twitter from the team at System76 about a “superfan contest.” The goal was to build something awesome using open source tools and tell the world about it. The announcement video was pretty inspiring, too. Superfan is taking off! Now until October 4th, we're looking to recruit […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: system76

Keeping Fresh

October 8, 2019 by Eric

How do you keep your coding skills fresh when you’re no longer coding on a daily basis?

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: skill development

WordPress Nonces: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

October 7, 2019 by Eric

WordPress’ implementation of nonces was one of my first encounters with cryptographic protections in software development. It’s too bad WordPress nonces aren’t really nonces in the first place …

Filed Under: PHP, Technology Tagged With: security, WordPress

In the Wild: Phone Automation

October 6, 2019 by Eric

Zillow Agent Screenshot

Over the weekend, I encountered a fully-automated phone system similar to the virtual voicemail assistant we’re building through the RingCentral tutorials. I wanted to share my experience so you too can see how powerful such a system can be.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: RingCentral

RingCentral Game Changers: Automated Messaging

October 4, 2019 by Eric

Sample App

We want to send a text message to a manager whenever a voice message is received by our system. In this walkthrough, we do exactly that!

Filed Under: Python, Technology, Tutorials Tagged With: RingCentral

RingCentral Game Changers: Transcription with Rev.ai

October 3, 2019 by Eric

Rev.ai Dashboard

Today we learn how to automatically transcribe incoming audio messages into text using Rev.ai. This will allow us to leverage text-based categorization and sentiment analysis tools!

Filed Under: Python, Technology, Tutorials Tagged With: RingCentral

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About Me

Eric is a storyteller, web developer, and outdoorsman living in the Pacific Northwest. If he's not working with new tech in web development, you can probably find him out running, climbing, or hiking in the woods.

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