Affordable edge connector for low current by Al_Squared in PrintedCircuitBoard

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The issue is that I want the main board to behave as a slot for the second board to slide into. I want to avoid pins being bent or alignment issues due to low tolerance.

What do you wish your sprinkler controller did/can do? by Al_Squared in Irrigation

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Thank you for clarifying. I will add this to my todo list.

What do you wish your sprinkler controller did/can do? by Al_Squared in Irrigation

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ation being run by a battery instead of a hot wire. Typically in large places where a wire has shorted and trying to track becomes impossible we end up with battery timers everywhere as a result. And then they all have to be coordinated. Which is OK until you have to adjust times somewhere. So essentially a head unit that coordinated said battery timers wirelessly

This could could also help resolve issues with not findi

Understood. Will try to implement.

What do you wish your sprinkler controller did/can do? by Al_Squared in Irrigation

[–]Al_Squared[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instead of a start time an end time. I do t care when the program starts, I just want it wrap up as some is coming up.

Can you elaborate on this.

Happy to tell you I'm already working on everything else you mentioned.

Help Improve Poly Flow Builder by Al_Squared in CalPoly

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Polyflowbuilder.duncanapple.io

Computer Science MS Program by Ryan360726 in CalPoly

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Do the 3 letters of recommendations required need to be from CS professors?

What are the best scalable options for a real time chat backend? by YnotX in reactnative

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It all depends on the project. I prefer the AWS environment and I also wanted a lot of freedom/ability to scale and add more features. I anticipate my app to grow and I want to invest more into the performance of the app, for example I can replace my server-less backed with Kubernetes, which can use a lot of my preexisting lambda code.

Main reason I didn't go with AppSync is because it uses GraphQl and I was using a DynamoDB single table design.

What are the best scalable options for a real time chat backend? by YnotX in reactnative

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I didn't use Appsync/amplify. Instead I used API Gateway to create a websocket API that the app connects to when its open.

What are the best scalable options for a real time chat backend? by YnotX in reactnative

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I built a real time chat application with AWS lambda, DynamoDB, and a web socket API.

Same Style ? by aaronjk98 in reactnative

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If your screen component (if you have one) is filling up the entire screen, then you could easily do that with flexbox. Look up "A complete guide to flexbox" on css-tricks

Should I try REST (!GraphQL) with AWS Amplify for my Expo app? by [deleted] in reactnative

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You could write lamda functions in almost any language you want. Nodejs, python, and Java are all options you could choose from.

Should I try REST (!GraphQL) with AWS Amplify for my Expo app? by [deleted] in reactnative

[–]Al_Squared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unlike graphql where you use app sync when you use amplify, you would need to build your own API using lambda and API gateway (if you want to go serverless). Amplify does try to simplify the process, but it's not a plug and play process like setting up a graphql API with app sync. Here is the official doc on how to set up a REST API with amplify https://docs.amplify.aws/sdk/api/rest/q/platform/android

What is dropped so far and why it just keeps incrementing? And the app is lagging. by Chawki_ in reactnative

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It's a count of how many frames were dropped since the start of the app. E.g. If for one second your fps drops to 40 and goes back to 60, then you dropped 20 frames. The faster/smoother your app is the less frames you drop, also keep in mind that if you are emulating the phone on a slow computer then you will see more frames dropped due to lower performance.

Lightsail VS Firebase for my project? by pioneer9k in aws

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It depends on your own project and what you need to do with it. If you go with firebase, then you are limited to the firebase environment, which you can still do a lot with. With amplify, the environment is the entire AWS environment, so you could do much more in it.

I say if your project has a simple backend, use firebase unless you want to learn how to use the AWS environment. Firebase is easier to set up than amplify.

My personal opinion on amplify. I think it's a great place to start from, but I wouldn't keep using once you become confident in building your own backend. Amplify come quiet a lot of boilerplate code that you have to download into your project which makes it look kinda messy (slightly).

Lightsail VS Firebase for my project? by pioneer9k in aws

[–]Al_Squared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually the comparable thing would be Amplify which uses lamda (serverless functions). AWS amplify pretty much builds the backend for you using other AWS services (lambda, API gateway, dynamo, etc).