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Heiko W. Rupp

Stuttgart, Germany

Heiko is a long time open source committer. He currently works for Red Hat on the topic of monitoring and management of server and softwares systems. Heiko has received a master in Computer Science from University of Karlsruhe and has written two books on JBoss AS and Enterprise Java Beans.

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How Java EE found new life as Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE addresses cloud-native requirements under vision from the Eclipse Foundation.

Heiko W. Rupp (Red Hat) 22 May 2018 230 votes 2 comments

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How to build a plotter with Arduino

Automate drawing, engraving, and more with a DIY plotter using open source hardware and software.

Heiko W. Rupp (Red Hat) 31 Mar 2018 285 votes 1 comment

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Assemble this game console in four hours

The MakerBUINO kit is a fun way to introduce kids to electronics and coding.

Heiko W. Rupp (Red Hat) 05 Feb 2018 306 votes 2 comments

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A review of SparkFun's micro:bit arcade game console

Make programming for kids easy and fun with open hardware.

Heiko W. Rupp (Red Hat) 24 Jan 2018 192 votes

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An introduction to Eclipse MicroProfile

Curious about MicroProfile? Here's a hint: It is not about the IDE with the popular name.

Heiko W. Rupp (Red Hat) 05 Jan 2018 556 votes

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Commented on 12 Jul 2018

How to measure particulate matter with a Raspberry Pi

Thank you Stephan for that article. Every public sensor that exhibits the issues we see is a good sensor. Please see also https://opensource.com/article/17/3/build-smog-sensor-ESP8266-microcontr... for an alternative...

Commented on 1 Jun 2018

5 open source tools for building a map app in a snap

Great article and very well presented. Makes me want to drop my work and directly start exploring the GIS stuff :-)