Wanted to make a chatbot, but wondered if you were doing it right? This short blog shows an architecture reference model how most of today's bots seem to be internally organized. I've seen this architecture used on most text based customer service, FAQ and other one trick bots. The Architecture Making bots understand us or respond [...]
I'm often asked if node.js applications can be deployed and run on Azure. Short answer: Yes, you can. If you hadn't already noticed: Azure isn't only about Microsoft tech anymore. You can use Java, Javascript (node.js), PHP, Python and even C# to write your apps. Services include all the popular open source tools like maria/mysql, postgreSQL, [...]
As I've been both cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast, I wanted to try and enable Bitcoin payments on my hobby retro gaming shop Retrocket. If you are planning to add Bitcoin payments to your WooCommerce webshop arsenal, this is my short why, what and how blog about the excercise. Why Bitcoin? The more payment options for the [...]
Kalle Kotipsykiatri amazed C-64 home users on the mid-eighties with it's witty comments and the ability to have it's conversations in finnish. I stumbled across the original BASIC-language source codes published on Mikrobitti magazine written by Jyrki J. J. Kasvi. I decided to convert the original Kalle to a modern bot platform, the intent being to [...]
