WILLIAM SPIES Building Things, Going Exploring

My recent experiences with using WebRTC in a mobile application gave me a chance to get familiar with its capabilities and limitations, namely being reliant on other protocols to acquire media data. While basic MediaStream functions work as advertised, advanced uses are far tougher to get working consistently. In many cases, features are not supported by particular browsers, implementations are inconsistent across devices, or controls simply have not yet been implemented.

This entry focuses on Wube Software's long-running Factorio Friday Facts; a seven-year labor of love documenting the creation of the titular video game.

Discrete NAS systems are increasingly used by general consumers as service-providers-in-a-box. In this post, I talk about doing just that exact thing. This post covers how I set up my Synology DS213+ to act as a local Git server.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2022 and a short review of each.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2021 and a short review of each.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2020 and a short review of each.

Just a little ranting about 2020. I am taking stock of the successes and failures of the year. I had some proud moments this year, for a variety of reasons I'll talk about. On the other hand, I did not accomplish all of the things I had hoped to, for some of the same reasons. My experience seems to have been less than I would have hoped, with plenty of room for improvement.

This entry focuses on Wube Software's long-running Factorio Friday Facts; a seven-year labor of love documenting the creation of the titular video game.

My recent experiences with using WebRTC in a mobile application gave me a chance to get familiar with its capabilities and limitations, namely being reliant on other protocols to acquire media data. While basic MediaStream functions work as advertised, advanced uses are far tougher to get working consistently. In many cases, features are not supported by particular browsers, implementations are inconsistent across devices, or controls simply have not yet been implemented.

Discrete NAS systems are increasingly used by general consumers as service-providers-in-a-box. In this post, I talk about doing just that exact thing. This post covers how I set up my Synology DS213+ to act as a local Git server.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2022 and a short review of each.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2021 and a short review of each.

A quick recap of what books I read in 2020 and a short review of each.

My recent experiences with using WebRTC in a mobile application gave me a chance to get familiar with its capabilities and limitations, namely being reliant on other protocols to acquire media data. While basic MediaStream functions work as advertised, advanced uses are far tougher to get working consistently. In many cases, features are not supported by particular browsers, implementations are inconsistent across devices, or controls simply have not yet been implemented.