2019-12-20 by Mirko Benedetti - 0 comments

Why Blockchain technology will be a key factor for the Web of tomorrow

One the main concepts when dealing with human relations is accord and consensus. This will the subject of a tech related post such as this one, we will talk about the Blockchain protocol.

Blockchain is a hyped word on the internet and that’s why when we talk about it, we often identify the term with Bitcoin, money and payment methods.

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Mirko Benedetti

Hi there. My name is Mirko Benedetti, I’m a Software Developer and I founded Benedict Engineers. Excellence is what I consider to be our ultimate goal, and passion for technology constantly drives me to it. I began programming self-taught at a very young age. Since then I learned a lot, and every day I enjoy learning new things. Here is my Linkedin Curriculum, feel free to connect.

2019-09-25 by Francesco Angeli - 5 Comments

Xiaomi Mi the new era of Mobile Phones

After President Trump’s ban of Huawei, there seem to be less alternatives on the market than ever before. Protectionism of any kind could not be of any good for anyone.

Android has given us the possibility to access to mobile computing at a cheap price, have different prices combined with a good variety of models with different features. It is a standard and it’s free for all of us.

But what if we put global economy into the picture? The result is that we’ll all have to switch our preferences when it comes to mobile phones.

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Francesco Angeli

Hello, my name is Francesco Angeli and I’m a Content Manager here at Benedict Engineers. Friendship with Mirko Benedetti began in the mid years 2000 when as passionate programmers we developed software solutions and explored the IT industry in all the various aspects. Since then I continue to keep busy with algorithms and artificial intelligence, just for fun.

2019-03-15 by Mirko Benedetti - 4 Comments

Just one reason to prefer Python, the AWS S3 SDK explained

And as promised, here is my little surprise. For those of you who follow me, but also for you that visit this website for the first time: here will follow an important consideration.

Whether you are an experienced developer and want to enhance your career, or a newbie, passionate about programming and want to make a living and find job opportunities in the field of software development, take into consideration what I have to say to you.

It may seem nothing, this little gift I intend to share with you, but trust me, it is the result of many years of experience and work in the tech field, so please take a moment to listen to me.

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2018-02-23 by Mirko Benedetti - 4 Comments

Mini Tutorial about the Symfony Bundle Generator

In this mini tutorial I’m gonna show you a little trick which can be useful in order to create a new bundle in Symfony.

If you choose to create a bundle yourself, there might not be problems, but if you want to use the bundle creator tool of Symfony, you may encounter some difficulties that can make you loose precious time.

The first thing is to install Symfony, on your computer, here is the documentation: https://github.com/symfony/symfony-installer, but you can also follow this tutorial. We suppose we’re on Linux, but there’s a similar procedure on Windows:

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2018-01-29 by Mirko Benedetti - 2 Comments

Twitter4j: a Java library to interact with the Twitter API

The Twitter API is one of which I love the most. Its simplicity and richness of functionalities make it a worthwhile experience for a programmer to do.

First and foremost you need to import the library into your Java project, you can do it with Eclipse via Maven, or you can use your preferred IDE, you can also import the library in your Android application through Gradle. Here is how to do it:

On your pom.xml on Eclipse:

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2018-01-15 by Mirko Benedetti - 2 Comments

Discovered a bug in Chromecast that causes routers malfunction

If in recent times your modem/router has given signs of instability, before replacing it, try disconnecting your Chromecast first!

The issue could be due to an unspecified defect either on Chromecast or Google Home. Most likely Google Home, the App that controls it. A TP-Link engineer has posted an explanation of the problem that first popped out in questions around the last year’s October.

It is not a very serious malfunction, but equally capable of putting in difficulty many famous modems/routers like TP-Link, Synology, Asus, Linksys and Netgear in particular, among others.

Depending on your modem/router brand it could cause a temporary internet disconnection, or even a permanent unavailability of the network, until a complete reset.

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