Set an SSL certificate (HTTPS) on an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment without a load balancer
This guide illustrates how to set up an SSL certificate (needed for secure HTTPS connection) on an ElasticBeanstalk environment WITHOUT a load balancer.
That’s not a groundbreaking info and the majority of it is available on the AWS website, but ...
Max, Mar 2018
Potential obstacles for implementing Machine Learning in your company
Machine Learning is getting more and more popular and accessible, but implementing it is still not a trivial task.
There are a few vital things in the process of introducing Machine Learning that might turn out to be thorns in your ...
Nicky, Mar 2018
Why your software project is failing
Everybody is building software nowadays. Companies of all sizes and industries are afraid of getting left behind so the innovation hype is stronger than ever.
Speaking to companies, I realize there's one thing they all share - stories of failed/late/expensive projects, ...
Biser, Feb 2018
Advanced database seeding in Rails applications
By default, Rails ships with a built-in feature for seeding initial data into a database. You can learn more about it here. It’s a great way to set initial data in development, staging or even in some production cases. ...
Biser, Dec 2017
Antipaterns to avoid for building microservices-based systems
We are proponents of the idea that if you want a scalable software system, there’s no other path, but the microservices one. The idea behind microservices is simple - instead of building a monolithic application, break down your logic into small ...
Biser, Dec 2017
Common traps with message queues based communication (AWS SQS)
Message queues are a great way to distribute data across microservices and for asynchronous communication. Our team uses queues to handle the following:
- communication between microservices;
- for extracting long running jobs and decoupling;
- to handle request spikes;
- pub-sub.
Max, Nov 2017
5 tips for becoming a better software developer
Many new programmers believe that being a good software developer is all about deep technical knowledge and having years of experience writing complex algorithms. That might be true to an extent, but having the right mindset and understanding the essence of ...
Biser, Nov 2017
How to install PDFtk on an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment
If you need help installing PDFtk on an ElasticBeanstalk instance, this post will help you out. Although EB is an awesome service when it comes deploying, provisioning, load-balancing and scaling applications, installing additional packages can be a little tricky from time ...
Max, Jul 2017
Hello World
Hi! Thanks for checking out our new blog. HONE is a small development team that works with startups and small companies, helping them build software products and corporate systems. We've been around for a few years now and we have some ...
Biser, Jul 2017