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Dave Drager

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Dave Drager is the Founder & Principal Technical Architect at Franklin Smart. He has written previously for the technology sites Lifehacker and MakeUseOf. And formerly the CTO of XDA Developers.
  • Cell Phones

Helium Mobile Review – $5 Unlimited Cell Phone Plan

Helium Mobile Header
Helium Mobile’s $5 per month cell phone and data plan – is it too good to be true?
  • Dave Drager
  • August 29, 2023
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  • Golang

A Simple Go TCP Server and TCP Client

Golang simple tcp server
Golang is a new-ish programming language that has really come into its…
  • Dave Drager
  • August 23, 2023
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  • Linux
  • MySQL
  • Shell

Permissions error while using system MySQL folder and Docker

Recently I ran into a permissions issue when running MySQL in a docker container and using a local host’s directory with a restore of a MySQL. The fix for this is an easy one, once you know where to look.
  • Dave Drager
  • April 8, 2020
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Development on WSL – Code in Windows, Run on Linux!

With the advent of Windows Subsystem for Linux – or WSL –…
  • Dave Drager
  • March 9, 2019
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  • IoT
  • Smart Home

MQTT vs Websockets vs HTTP/2: The Best IoT Messaging Protocol?

While doing any sort of development for an Internet of Things (IoT)…
  • Dave Drager
  • September 4, 2015
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  • Smart Home
  • Z-Wave

Aeon Labs Smart Energy Meter (Home Energy Meter)

It has always been a goal of mine to have a ‘smart…
  • Dave Drager
  • February 1, 2015
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  • Linux
  • Shell

Centos pip Python Install Error in pip-build-root

Python error on a computer
While attempting to install Thumbor on a CentOS server I recently had…
  • Dave Drager
  • September 18, 2014
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SSH – Unspecified GSS failure

Recently came across a problem with one system authentication to another via…
  • Dave Drager
  • September 10, 2013

Enable/Disable Output of Audio Input in Ubuntu

After hooking up my old-school turntable to the input jack on my…
  • Dave Drager
  • September 3, 2013

How to Turn PHP into an RPM The Easy Way with FPM

So you have a custom PHP binary that you wish to distribute…
  • Dave Drager
  • May 9, 2013

Simple Guide To Signing RPMs with FPM

I’ve been using the excellent fpm (Effing package manager!) tool for…
  • Dave Drager
  • April 24, 2013
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