PinnedAndre TaiUsing Lambda with S3 and Comprehend (Node.js)One way to get started with serverless computing is by building simple compute functions on cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
Andre TaiGet Medium Posts with Username (and JavaScript!)If you’ve ever tried getting posts off Medium (programmatically), you’d know that Medium’s API while comprehensive, doesn’t give us an…Mar 14, 2022Mar 14, 2022
Andre TaiWilling Learners Will Always Find Themselves Surrounded By Willing TeachersFor many, the title just sounds like common advice, but the willingness to learn has been so beneficial to me, especially during my time…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
Andre TaiHow I got slapped with a $4,644.27 bill and why you should always secure your account.Back in January, my Amazon Web Services account was compromised and it was used to perform deep learning tasks with massive compute…Mar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021
Andre TaiService worker isn’t working? Here’s a small detail you might’ve missed. (create-react-app)I was learning how to build PWAs by following a couple of tutorials on Youtube but I was hit with a road block at the very last step. I…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Andre TaiUsing Amazon S3 to Store Files and Media for Your Heroku (Laravel) AppAs a first-time user of Heroku, I was really confused as to why file uploads and symbolic links do not work on a deployed application…Aug 5, 20202Aug 5, 20202
Andre TaiA Brief Guide to Building a Chatbot (You don’t need to be an expert!)There are so many fields in Artificial Intelligence that we sometimes find ourselves in a dilemma over choosing the right field to dive…Jul 11, 2020Jul 11, 2020
Andre TaiTaking the first step (as a computer science student)At this point, I have sporadically written five articles with about four of them technical as part of my resolve to hold myself more…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Andre TaiLearn webscraping to save your life (time)Webscraping can be very useful when you need data from a website but there is no api for it. In this tutorial I will demonstrate a simple…May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Andre TaiBasic State Management with Vuex and LaravelAs good as Laravel already is, its capabilities is more apparent when we incorporate a frontend component to the project. The “Vue and…Apr 24, 20202Apr 24, 20202
