Artificial Intelligence
How is authentication and identity managed in AWS applications?
Authentication and authorization is a critical aspect of building modern applications.
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Mobile Development
Artificial Intelligence
ReactJS Amplify App Part I - Overview and Auth
This is a three part post about our experience using AWS Amplify to develop a food logging app for the Metal Toad hackathon. Here in part one we...
Machine Learning
How to Host a Website on AWS in 5 Minutes
For most casual website owners, it’s often easy to simply use a hosting provider with built in support for their CMS and integrating analytics....
Artificial Intelligence
Awards Also Recognize Great Clients
We recently had some success I wanted to share. A product we built with WARN won a serious award at this year’s SEMA (Specialty Equipment...
Business
AWS MediaLive + Drones = Hackathon Fun
Hackathons! Weeeeeee!!!!! Am I right? I work in tech and I love it! I do not come from a technical background. Nope. I have decades of business...
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad & AWS Media Services: What We Hacked
Wednesday, May 6th at 9:00 am: Toads are poised at the starting line. Metal Toad’s AWS Media Services hackathon is about to begin!
AWS DevOps
AWS Media Services + AWS Amplify
YouToad For the first Metal Toad hackathon of 2020, our goal was to build a web based social media platform for on demand video using AWS Media...
Hackathon
Metal Toad Hackathon - A unique (non-technical) experience
Have you ever felt happy, nervous, motivated and excited in just 48 hours? If your answer is no you have never participated in a hackathon before!
SaaS Application
Lambda: javascript vs python
For this hackathon we created a product, YouToad, using Amplify
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad’s AWS Media Services Hackathon
This is an exciting week at Metal Toad—it’s hackathon time! Twice a year, the Toads devote two full days to rapid innovation, and it’s always a blast.
Artificial Intelligence
What is Xamarin?
Maybe I should start with a better question. Who doesn’t love free stuff? Guess what? Xamarin is F-R-E-E!!!! Yep! I’ll explain why this is...
Machine Learning
Creating a Scavenger Hunt on Android With TensorFlow
Prior to Google IO 2017, I would have expected creating an image classifier that functions on an Android device to either not work, be terribly slow,...
Artificial Intelligence
ReactJS Amplify App Pt II - Storage
The banner and food feed have placeholder images that are ready to accept an avatar image. Now on to storing and retrieving an avatar in an s3 bucket...
Media & Entertainment
The Cloud War: Battlefront IBC (1 of 4)
At IBC2019, the biggest international conference for the Media & Entertainment industry, there were some major themes:
Mobile Development
The Value of Android, iOS, and React to the Cloud
Exploring the essential role of Android, iOS, and React in delivering comprehensive cloud solutions and exceptional user experiences with Metal Toad...
Design
Thumb Zone
Discover how ergonomics and software design converge in mobile UX with insights on the thumb zone and its impact on users from expert designer Cami...
Artificial Intelligence
An Exploration of Daydream Using the Android SDK
Going into the latest hackathon, I knew there were several options for building a virtual reality (VR) app for Android devices.
Hackathon
Winter Hackathon 2018: Hacking History
A few years ago, I had the good fortune to travel to London to visit some friends. But before I talk about my trip, there is something you must know...
Artificial Intelligence
Silos in Tech
What is siloing? In order to better discuss how engineers and teams become siloed, as well as the positive and negative effects it can have on a team,
Artificial Intelligence
Google IO 2018: Android has a Jetpack
One of the biggest announcements for Android developers from Google IO 2018 was the announcement of
Mobile Development
Google IO 2018: Android Things 1.0
Google IO 2018 announces Android Things 1.0, highlighting new production devices, extended support, and missing power management features for IoT.
Artificial Intelligence
Android P and Wi-Fi RTT
Recently, Google launched the first developer preview build of Android P.
Artificial Intelligence
Turning Your UI Into a Well Organized Symphony With Conductor
User interfaces have evolved over time.
Machine Learning
Sum Algebraic Data Types in Haskell and Swift
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Business
Momento Mori
In April of 2017 I put a widget on my phone that reminds me that I’m going to die. This is how it improved my life. A long time ago I learned about...