After a month and half of making, in this 3-part series I go over the How Video Streaming Works, if you find any of the videos useful – like & subscribe! Terminology HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Content Distribution Network (CDN)
This setup guide is intended for people starting up web development and some of the best tips & tricks when working with Visual Studio Code in 2020. Nowadays, you have quite a few options for text editors and IDEs, but the most established and still gaining steam is Visual Studio Read more…
It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog post, let alone a one building a new tiny game. So the latest addition is https://pong.ivaylopavlov.com as you can probably guess, it’s a simple game of pong. I remember that back in the day, many programmers started out with building Read more…
I’ve received a very positive feedback after the Elasticsearch presentation, available here. It’s been almost exactly a year, since I published it. Recently, I’ve been exploring a different type of data store, that’s all the rage at the moment – Redis. Pleasantly surprised by the rich feature set compared to Read more…
I was looking for a project to improve my knowledge of the most significant ReactJS feature in recent time – hooks, alongside the new bits in TypeScript 3.7. Something relatively simple, in the spirit of the previous games I’ve built in TypeScript/ES6, seemed to be a Minesweeper clone. In this Read more…
I was curious to see if over time the type of music I listen to has changed. Have I started listening to quieter genres or more bass-heavy tracks? After a small search, it turned out Spotify conveniently provides the Spotipy python package that interacts with their Web API and allows Read more…
Let me start with a question, how many software engineers do you know that enjoy Frontend development? One question has always baffled me – Why is frontend universally unloved? Let’s throw a few suggestions: Is it the juggling between 3 “languages” – HTML, CSS, JavaScript? Is it the messy CSS Read more…
For the first time ever, I attended the Python Software Foundation’s PyCon Conference in Cleveland, USA. I was nothing short of impressed, a great variety of talks and keynotes and very friendly people. I consider myself an intermediate python developer, but the talks were suitable for all knowledge levels. The Read more…