#ALPINE-HACK19 4 – 5 October, 2019

On October 4th and 5th, the AlpineHack19 will be held, a blockchain-themed hackathon. The opportunity to bring together software developers, hackers, information technology enthusiasts and SMEs to showcase their know-how. The aim for the participants is to develop a functioning open-source software or #hardware prototype – solutions that eliminate real problems, for real companies. #Blockchain Technology will be the center of all predefined challenges. 24 hours of #Innovation, personal development and lots of fun.

I will be there as hackathon mentor and judge.

Friday, October 4th

• 09:00 – 10:00  Welcome & team building (if needed)
• 10:00 – 11:00  Presentation of each vertical and its challenges
• 11:00   START OF #HACKATHON

Saturday, October 5th

• 11:00   Delivery of projects
• 11:00 – 12.00  Judging
• 12:30   WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
• 16:30   Being ready to present your project in front of CryptoMountain Rocks #conference participants on Saturday. 

CryptoMountain Rocks in Sion 3-5 october 2019

CryptoMountain Rocks is a platform for Blockchainers from the Crypto Valley and beyond that offers a very inter-active conference with presentations, panels and talks battles.

I will be there 3 days as a speaker and hackathon mentor.

The event discusses latest Blockchain applications and talks about the impact of the new token economy on the way we do business. In parallel there will be the first CryptoMountain Rocks #ALPINE-HACK19 covering themes such as Agriculture, Energy and Supply Chain.

Phoenix RC is no longer supported

Horizon Hobby has abandoned Phoenix RC in 2018. This does not mean that it is no more running fine. Just that you need additional efforts to install it. You can still run Phoenix. Just because there will be no further upgrades is no reason to suddenly abandon it.

• to download all files of Phoenix RC, use this mirror
• to fly online in Phoenix RC using network mode with more pilots, use this VPN trick

Introducing, the NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro! A fighting stick with 20 classic SNK fighters pre-installed!

The next in line for the #NEOGEO legacy comes the #NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro. It’s an incredibly unique fighting stick in that it comes with fighting games pre-installed! It was inspired by the #NEOGEO CD’s controller design and was blown up to fighting stick size. (W 430mm×D 215mm×H 125mm) Additionally, the arcade stick can switch between two modes: Arcade Stick Mode and Console Mode.

iPhone 11 Pro vs the competition

iPhone 11 Pro vs Galaxy Note 10 vs Galaxy S10 vs Pixel 3 XL

	iPhone 11 Pro Max	iPhone 11 Pro	Galaxy Note 10	Galaxy S10	Pixel 3 XL
Price	$1099 / $1249/ $1449	$999 / $1149 / $1349	$949 to $1,049	$900 and more	$899 to $999
Dimensions	158 x 77.8 x 8.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 inches)	144 x 71.4 x 8.1 mm (5.67 x 2.81 x 0.32 inches)	151 x 71.8 x 7.9mm (5.94 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches)	149.9 x 70.4 x 7.8mm (5.9 x 2.77 x 0.31 inches)	158 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm (6.2 x 3 x 0.3 inches)
Weight	226g (7.97 ounces)	188g (6.63 ounces)	168g (5.93 ounces)	157g (5.54 ounces)	184g (6.49 ounces)
Screen size	6.5 inches (147.32 mm)	5.8 inches (147.32 mm)	6.3 inches (160mm)	6.1 inches (154.94mm)	6.3 inches (160mm)
Screen resolution	2,688 x 1,242 (458 ppi)	2,436 x 1,125 (458 ppi)	2,280 x 1,080 (401 ppi)	2,960 x 1,440 (550 ppi)	2,960 x 1,440 (523 ppi)
Screen type	Super Retina XDR OLED	Super Retina XDR OLED	Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O	Wide Quad HD+ Dynamic AMOLED	QHD+ flexible OLED
Battery	Up to 18 hours of video playback	Up to 18 hours of video playback	3,500 mAh	3,400 mAh	3,430 mAh
Internal storage	64 / 256 / 512 GB	64 / 256 / 512 GB	256 GB	128 / 512 GB	64 / 128 GB
External storage	No	No	No	micro SD	No
Rear camera(s)	3 cameras: Ultra-wide, 12MP, f/2.4 Wide, 12MP, f/1.8 Telephoto, 12MP, f/2.0	3 cameras: Ultra-wide, 12MP, f/2.4 Wide, 12MP, f/1.8 Telephoto, 12MP, f/2.0	3 cameras: Ultra-wide, 16MP, f/2.2 Wide-angle, 12MP, f/1.5 | f/2.4 Telephoto, 12MP, f/2.1	3 cameras: Ultra-wide, 16MP, f/2.2 Wide dual pixel, 12MP, f/1.5 | f/2.4 Telephoto, 12MP, f/2.4	Dual pixel, 2.2MP, f/1.8, 1.4μm pixel size
Front camera(s)	12MP, f/2.2	12MP, f/2.2	10MP, f/2.2	Dual pixel, 10MP, f/1.9	Dual cameras: Normal, 8MP, f/1.8 Wide-angle, f/2.21
Video capture	4K at 60 fps	4K at 60 fps	4K at 60 fps	4K with HDR10+	4K at 30fps
CPU	Apple A13 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Speed, # Cores	Unknown	Unknown	2.8GHz octa-core	2.8GHz octa-core	2.5GHz octa-core
GPU	Unknown	Unknown	Adreno 640	Adreno 640	Adreno 630
RAM	Unknown	Unknown	8 GB	8 GB	4 GB
WiFi	Dual band, 802.11ac/ax	Dual band, 802.11ac/ax	Dual band, 802.11ac/ax	Dual band, 802.11ac/ax	Dual band, 802.11ac
Bluetooth	v5.0	v5.0	v5.0	v5.0	v5.0
OS	iOS 13	iOS 13	Android 9.0	Android 9.0	Android 9.0
Other	IP68 certified, Lightning connector, Qi wireless charging	IP68 certified, Lightning connector, Qi wireless charging	USB-C, WPC/PMA wireless charging	IP68 certified, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C, WPC/PMA wireless charging	IPX8 certified, USB-C, Qi wireless charging

• Where is USB-C connector?
• Wireless charging?
• Heavier than concurrence,  you can find Galaxy S10 for 500$ used…

A git workflow that is easy and scale for product development

There are numerous GIT workflow floating around like Centralized Workflow, Gitflow, Forking flow and Feature Branch Workflow

Over the last 10 years, I have followed this really simple workflow, similar to the forking flow.

• it allow Parallel Development, features branches can be merged to any release branches or ideally Master

• Collaboration Feature branches also make it easier for two or more developers to collaborate on the same feature

We consider Master the stable version of the product, this branch should be deployed automatically using continuous delivery

Using free Cloudflare for CDN and DDoS protection

Cloudflare, Inc. is an American web infrastructure and website security company, providing content delivery network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain name server services. 

It will cost you 0$ (DDOS, CDN) to 20$ or more and offer you the following advantages

DDoS is short for Distributed Denial of Service. DDoSis a type of DOS attack where multiple compromised systems, which are often infected with a Trojan, are used to target a single system causing a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Add Docker container logs in Splunk

With Splunk You will be able to

optimize container usage by monitoring CPU, memory, disk and network performance metrics from your containers. Pay only for what you need by managing resources and measuring the impact on service reliability and container resource requirements.

Get a complete overview of Kubernetes and OpenShift Environments Correlate performance metrics, container logs and OpenShift/Kubernetes configuration and metadata for a better understanding of how your infrastructure is performing and how hosted applications are behaving.

Installing latest Splunk in 5 minutes using Docker

From 0 to Splunk in 5 minutes using Docker and Compose

Splunk is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, which produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface.

Docker is an open source software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application containers on a common operating system (OS), with an ecosystem of allied tools. 

Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application’s services. Then, with a single command, you create and start all the services from your configuration.