Chicagoland
Staff Engineer @ Twilio · Open Source Maintainer
Jan 31
amazon-orders is an unofficial library that provides a Python API (and CLI) for Amazon order history. This package works by parsing data from Amazon’s consumer-facing website. A periodic build validates functionality to ensure its stability, but as Amazon provides no official API to use, this package may break at any time. Pin the minor version with a wildcard …
Aug 27
java-ngrok is a Java wrapper for ngrok that manages its own binary, making ngrok available via a convenient Java API. ngrok is a reverse proxy that opens secure tunnels from public URLs to localhost. It’s perfect for rapid development (test webhooks, demo local websites, enable SSH access), establishing ingress to external networks and devices, building production APIs (traffic policies, OAuth, load …
Sep 12
hookee is a utility that provides command line webhooks, on demand! Dump useful request data to the console, process requests and responses, customize response data, and configure hookee and its routes further in any number of ways through custom plugins. Installation hookee is available on PyPI and can be installed using pip: or conda: That’s it! hookee is now available as a Python package and …
Jan 21
pyngrok is a Python wrapper for ngrok that manages its own binary, making ngrok available via a convenient Python API and the command line. ngrok is a reverse proxy that opens secure tunnels from public URLs to localhost. It’s perfect for rapid development (test webhooks, demo local websites, enable SSH access), establishing ingress to external networks and devices, building production APIs …
Nov 14
With wildfire season upon us, use this handy texting tool to find out what the air quality is in your area. Simply text your zip code to (415) 212-4229 for air quality updates. You can also add “map” to the text to be sent an image of your region. This service isn’t just useful for individuals with …
Jul 26
“Talk is cheap.” That’s what we say. And, to a degree, it’s true. But bear this in mind: all action is precipitated by talk. People will often try to silence your voice expressly for that reason — because they know it will lead to action. In the age where hating on millenials is trendy, dismissing the value …
Nov 20
Ever been on a trip and, upon return, needed a quick and easy way for all your friends to send you their pictures and videos without burning CDs, sending massive emails, or using third-party services? Or, maybe a better question, ever wondered how to construct a basic Django application with Amazon’s web services, for instance …
Apr 23
NAT loopback is what your router performs when you try to access your external IP address from within your LAN. For instance, say your router forwards port 80 to a web server on your LAN. From an outside network, you could simply visit your external IP address from a browser to access the web server. …
Mar 22
If you’ve done any amount of work with routers, you know that it doesn’t take long to start craving consistency. And more advanced functionality that the cheap home interfaces simply don’t grant you. This is the point where you usually break down and start research things like Tomato, OpenWrt, and DD-WRT, just to name a …
Jul 28
Gordon Crovitz wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal titled Who Really Invented the Internet? Fortunately, it’s only an opinion piece, because there was little more than opinion, littered with plenty of misinformation, in the writing. You can read the article here. Now, it’s not like I look to the WSJ for the …
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