Author: Matt Bialas

  • Color Correction in Space and at Sea

    A common theme with projects at Element 84 is bridging the gap between data collection and its presentation to end-users. With satellite imagery, there is a pipeline of processing steps used to transform raw data into the imagery we see on our computers, phones and tablets. Basic Color Correction One of the important steps in…

  • Color Correction in Space and at Sea

    A common theme with projects at Element 84 is bridging the gap between data collection and its presentation to end-users. With satellite imagery, there is a pipeline of processing steps used to transform raw data into the imagery we see on our computers, phones and tablets. Basic Color Correction One of the important steps in…

  • Serverless Devise with Jets

    Over the past few years, serverless design has taken the cloud community by storm. It is hard to ignore–with promises like “pay only for what you use”, “no security patching”, and “infinite scalability”. Being on the cutting edge can have drawbacks too, which in this case is what I would describe as an absence of…

  • Testing with VCR and Token Authentication

    If you are using VCR to record/playback HTTP requests for your Rails tests, you may run into problems if your cassettes use tokens to authenticate with those services. VCR uses a RequestMatcher to determine if an outgoing request (and response) already exist in a cassette. Upon finding a match, the test will use the response…

  • Easy Testing with Android Studio

    This guide demonstrates how to get your Test environment in Android Studio up and running using the Gradle build system.