This is the ninth part of the Chatterbox series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Origins Until now we focused on how to integrate text communication. We can share some media the same way, namely via providing links to images or videos. We can … Continue reading Chatterbox Part 9 — Calling Facebook using GSM

This is the eighth part of the Chatterbox series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Origins When working with software we typically need to integrate with other components — whether some external software like database, or some libraries we incorporate and use in our … Continue reading Chatterbox Part 8 — Integrations

This is the seventh part of the Chatterbox series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Origins Sometimes you may decide to go with simple file instead of a full blown SQL/NoSQL database. However, writing a file is not as simple as it sounds. APIs … Continue reading Chatterbox Part 7 — File writing

This is the sixth part of the Chatterbox series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Origins We covered a lot about general system design and features. Now it’s time to talk about the actual core of the system for which it was created — … Continue reading Chatterbox Part 6 — Protocols

This is the fifth part of the Chatterbox series. For your convenience you can find other parts in the table of contents in Part 1 – Origins One of the most important parts for reliable systems is their ability to heal themselves. While it may sound easy, there are many things to consider here. Let’s … Continue reading Chatterbox Part 5 — Self healing