The previous two chapters of this course have been overviews of the technology and different development projects for the technology. This chapter will focus on helping teams determine if blockchain is the right solution for their company or problem. Chapter 3: The Promise of Business Blockchain Technologies Objectives Examine several use cases where blockchain technology […]
Blockchain for Business 2.1
Chapter 2: Introduction to Hyperledger In this chapter, we will dive deeper into Hyperledger (the open source blockchain project started by the Linux Foundation). The chapter will give more information on the project, its frameworks, and modules. Objectives Explain the differences between Hyperledger and permissionless blockchain technologies Discuss how Hyperledger leverages open standards and open […]
Blockchain for Business 1.2
In the previous blockchain post, we discussed an overview of what blockchain is and dug deeper into DLTs. This post will still be part of Chapter 1: Discovering Blockchain Technologies, but will take a deeper look into Bitcoin, consensus algorithms, and the challenges of implement DLTs. A Deeper Look into Bitcoin As discussed previously, Bitcoin […]
Blockchain for Business 1.1
I’m currently enrolled in the edX course Blockchain for Business – An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies and thought it would be a good opportunity to resume the blog. I first heard about blockchain just a few weeks ago at a work conference. I knew about bitcoin but hadn’t considered that it was part of a larger […]
Creating A Reddit Bot
Happy New Year! It has been quite a long while since I last wrote a blog post. After making it 100 straight blog posts without missing a Tuesday or Friday deadline, I decided to take a little break from blogging. However, I’ve done a few exciting programming and database related things in that time, and […]
Send Automated Email with PowerShell
I am supposed to send a weekly status report to my team lead and manager every week. I really like that the company takes an effort to know what is going on with the employees, and I like that I have the ability to speak up as soon as an issue arises. However, I almost […]
Badge Generator in Python
I volunteered to help out a local board game convention this year. The organizer is a friend of mine and has helped with my own board game event (a cancer research fundraiser called Play It Forward). To help out, Play It Forward is providing badges, badge holders, and lanyards. The Goal The organizer of the […]
Looking Back
It’s really hard for me to believe, but this is my 100th post to TechTrek. I’m really proud of everything that has happened and all of the things that I have learned since my first post on November 5th, 2015. I’m incredibly proud of myself for not once missing a publishing date — I set a […]
SQL Tips & Tricks #3
I have a lot to learn. I know that this is particularly true when it comes to SQL, so I try to note down neat things I learn about SQL and add them to one blog post when I have enough. If you missed the previous ones, you can view them here and here. SET […]
Generating Word Cloud From Twitter Feed with Python
Every week, someone on Reddit posts a “word cloud” on all of the NFL team’s subreddits. These word clouds show the most used words on that subreddit for the week (the larger the word, the more it was used). These word plots are always really fascinating to me, so I wanted to try to make some […]