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From Microfoam to Microflow, Part three: Brewing Data into Dashboards

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From Microfoam to Microflow Part three: Brewing Data into Dashboards Debugging an Espresso Machine Finally, the moment was there to test the entire setup. Two weeks ago, when I hooked up all the components to the Gaggia Classic, it was showtime for the MQTT configuration. At first, everything looked promising—the Gaggimate connected nicely to my […]

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From Microfoam to Microflow, Part two: Continuous Espresso Deployment

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From Microfoam to Microflow Part two: Continuous Espresso Deployment Installing the Gaggimate Pro & Brewing in the Cloud A few days after hitting “publish” on Part 1, a small package arrived from Italy: my Gaggimate Pro modification kit. This is the point where curiosity meets commitment. If you read the first post, you’ll know I

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From Microfoam to Microflow, Part one: Goodbye Isomac, welcome Gaggia!

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From Microfoam to Microflow Part one: Goodbye Isomac, welcome Gaggia! If you had told me five years ago that I’d be working my head around water temperature, extraction pressure, and brew ratios, I would’ve laughed and reached for a cup of Nespresso coffee. But things change—especially when you discover the joy of a well-brewed espresso

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Hackathon Recap: How dsm-firmenich Is Revolutionizing the Shop Floor with Generative AI and Mendix 

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Imagine a future where engineers on the shop floor solve technical issues within minutes using AI-powered applications. That future? It’s already here.  On October 16th,  dsm-firmenich’s Digital & Tech’s Low-Code Chapter led by Anouke Tielens-Coenegracht, in collaboration with The Orange Force, hosted an innovative hackathon, focused on making life easier for shop floor engineers by

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No Deploy Fridays at CrowdStrike and the Mendix Marketplace update lifecycle

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If you are reading this title and think CrowdStrike, don’t you mean that old-school shooter game everyone was playing in the early zeroes? You might want to open a random news website and start reading. Or let me at least give you a small digest.  Last Friday (19th of July) cybersecurity company CrowdStrike rolled out

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Microsoft PowerApps vs Mendix – Comparing Two of the Largest Low/No-Code Platforms

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What happens when you let 8 experienced Mendix consultants build an app with Microsoft PowerApps, with a Star Wars theme?  You might think, here we go again. Another comparison between Microsoft PowerApps and Mendix, two ‘low code’ platforms, that will be full of marketing lingo. Well, you’re almost right. As this article is intended as

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