Optimizing Merchandise Ordering, Tracking, and Sales with Barcode and QR Code Scanning

In today’s fast-paced retail and supply chain environments, efficiency is king. The ability to order, track, and sell merchandise without delay or error isn’t just an advantage anymore—it’s a necessity. One of the unsung heroes of this operation? The humble barcode scanner. Whether scanning traditional barcodes or QR codes, this technology has evolved into a... Continue reading →

A Shiny New Vuejs v3 Web App Using & Deployed to Amplify/AppSync/Cognito

No cruft, let’s just start. What I’ve done is take those docs and add some specific details and information for this happy path. It includes additional references for the steps I took, and specifically what I’m running this on for this particular tutorial. As noted below, there is a section where this deviates from those... Continue reading →

The Fastest Way to Build a Quick Starter App with Express.js

Over the years I’ve used Express.js many times as a quick getting started example app. Since I often reference it I wanted to provide a short post that shows exactly what I do 99.9% of the time to start one of these quick Express.js reference apps. I’ve detailed in this post how to get started... Continue reading →

The Method I Use Setting Up a Dev Machine for Node.js

UPDATED: April 4th, 2019, March 17th, 2022, and again on November 18th, 2024. It seems every few months setup of whatever tech stack is always tweaked a bit. This is a collection of information I used to setup my box recently. First off, for the development box I always use nvm as it is routine... Continue reading →