Author: Gergely Imreh
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Remotely updating your host operating system on resin.io
At resin.io [https://resin.io]- we offer our users a simple way to remotely update their applications running on fleets of IoT devices. This usually means that users don’t need to worry about updating the host operating system- since their code lives inside of a Docker container running on top of the host OS. But- since we…
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Spring IoT Hackathon Recap
We hosted our first hackathon in a long while [https://resin.io/blog/resinhack2017/] at Campus London last weekend- with the theme of ‘Multi-Device Internet of Things’. It was a very fruitful- long day with more than 40 people hacking on projects across about a dozen teams. Since most of the participants weren’t familiar with resin.io- after breakfast we…
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ElectronJS with Raspberry Pi Made Easy As Pie
As we often point out at meetups and talks- the origins of resin.io go back to digital signage applications. We’ve since been focused on improving remote device deployment and management for all types of applications- but have only recently revisited the digital signage use case. Carlo- who is very experienced in the area of digital…
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Spring into Hack-tion
We believe in experimentation here at resin.io [https://resin.io]- and learning and improving through projects. This is the idea behind Hack Fridays- when everyone on the team is encouraged to build projects on resin.io. This is also why we love hackathons- as they present a unique opportunity to quickly develop and test ideas in a fun…
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Use the API, Luke!
The thing about platforms is that everyone wants to use them in their own way. No matter how many features are built in- there will always be people who need something that isn’t there or works differently from the defaults. This is why at resin.io we have an API which covers the device and application…
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Our Dockerfile Tips & Tricks
Last week was Docker Global Mentor Week 2016 [https://blog.docker.com/2016/10/docker-global-mentor-week-2016/]- a great initiative by Docker [https://www.docker.com/] to help users improve at all skill levels. Docker is one of the key technologies in the resin.io stack- and we’ve found that there are a lot of Docker related best practices- tips- and tricks which can dramatically improve the…
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We Are Back From Summit 2016
The resin.io team has just returned from Summit 2016- our annual gathering held in Athens. Running a remote team has lots of benefits- but in our experience- getting to know people face-to-face accelerates remote collaboration. This is why we gather for a week of talks- discussions- hacks- and activities. Talks As our team gets larger-…
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ELCE 2016 in Review
Our team just returned from the Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2016 [https://resin.io/blog/elce-2016/] in Berlin last week. It was a great occasion to demo our existing and upcoming solutions for developing and deploying software to connected devices- and hear how people are using resin.io for their own projects. The highlight of our time at ELCE was…
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We are at the Embedded Linux Conference Europe!
The Embedded Linux Conference Europe [https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/embedded-linux-conference-europe] (ELCE) takes place October 11-13 (Tue-Thu) in Berlin. ELCE is an exciting event for us- the audience mostly consisting of developers- architects- and engineers. The technical discussion is always very inspiring and challenging- perfect for a team like ours. We are sponsoring [https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/embedded-linux-conference-europe/sponsors/our-sponsors] the event t
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Our New Community Central
We are really happy to announce our brand new resin.io Community Central [https://resin.io/community/]! Community Central is a place for members of the resin.io community to learn- contribute- chat- and meet. Whether you’re just getting started or are a seasoned user of resin.io- we hope you’ll find valuable resources on Community Central. [https://resin.io/community/] We pulled this…