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The realm of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) is rapidly evolving, promising to revolutionize human-computer interaction. From medical applications like restoring mobility and communication to entertainment and cognitive enhancement, BCIs are poised ...
If you’re into Technical Writing or a member of any tech community, you’ve probably heard of the buzzword “DevRel.” It’s strange and confusing how so many job roles have been introduced into the world during this information age, and even confusing t...
Web scraping is an automatic method to obtain large amounts of data from websites. The data is largely unstructured and can be further refined. In this article, we will be testing the desktop application Scrape Any Website as an exercise for the HNGi...
Java is a multi-platform, object-oriented, and network-centric language. Spring Boot is an open-source Java-based framework used to create a microservice. It provides a good platform for Java developers to develop stand-alone and production-grade spr...
Going straight to coding without a ‘definite’ idea of what your app should look and feel like is very risky and can lead to unnecessary rework. It’s therefore necessary to plan a roadmap or process flow. This does not mean you have to have it all pla...
The need to maintain database integrity cannot be overemphasized. One of the ways to ensure this is by performing ACID transactions; this simply means that actions that are meant to be completed as a 'whole' are either all completed or not completed ...
This quarter is on a good start in the tech community with a lot of hackathons and programs happening globally. African App Launchpad AAL Cup 2021 IBM is collaborating with Information Technology Industry Development Authority (ITIDA) in its 3rd edit...
Stress is an inevitable part of life- whether going to work, school or just staying at home. It takes energy to get things done but there's only so much we can do before it's all zapped out. It's important to realize when one's stress level is gettin...
With over 206 million people living in Nigeria (Source: Nigeria Population (2021) - Worldometer), it is evident that food is one of the most critical factors in the sustenance of its people and economy. Over the years, the country has noticed a decre...
The battle of the programming languages is one that has been on for many years and I perceive it will not end. In considering one's preferred programming language, one must have explored other languages, considered their area of interest (machine lea...
The world looks at the people in tech as the solution providers. What they don't really understand are the efforts and challenges faced to rise to that status. I'll be sharing some of my challenges in this article and how I delt with them. Low-qualit...
For as long as I can remember, computers fascinated me. The idea of an object I can play with and not rip apart like I did my dolls was it for me. Somehow, I had ample time to be in the computer room in my primary school and this only increased my fa...
Hope I didn't give you a scare with 200 countries. Whoop! Don't worry, you're safe. Handling payments for goods and services rendered back in the days was a very long and tedious process, prone to errors and time-consuming. Queuing at the bank or cha...
Being a business analyst means a lot of writing. So, I can say I've been into technical writing since 2018, but I didn't realize it until 2020. I saw it as boring. Some of my colleagues teased me, 'All you do is write documents', 'Why is your screen ...
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) is a technique that lets you query and manipulate data from a database using an object-oriented paradigm. An object-relational mapper (ORM) is a code library that automates the transfer of data stored in the database...
TMDB is a free movie database. Although you can't actually watch movies from it, it provides a lot of data for its movies (rating, creator, actors, release date, etc). The best part is that their API is available to the public for integration. In th...
Regex, short for regular expression, is a sequence of characters that define a pattern. It is very powerful and used in string manipulation, validation and search. By default, regex is embedded in every programming language. Using regex can be confu...
Storing media directly in your database can be considered poor practise as it leads to the poor performance of a system, amongst other issues. To substitute for this, Cloudinary was developed. Cloudinary is an end-to-end image- and video management ...
You probably have a few unfinished projects sitting somewhere on your computer. Why's that? I'll give you a moment to think about it. The mind of a developer travels far and wide, endless ideas that flow like a waterfall. Having a vivid imagination i...
If you studied computer science or you're into programming, you most likely have come across the term Recursion. Quite a number of developer don't really use recursion, or perhaps it's the ones I know that don't use it. 🤔🤔 So, what is recursion? Re...