John O'Connor

Entrepreneur, engineer, educator.

John is a code junky, educator, and amateur dad that loves letting the smoke out of gadgets, turning caffeine into code, and writing about it all.

Specialties

Compose, Databases, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, JanusGraph, Serverless

Languages

JavaScript, NodeJS, AngularJS, Java

Projects

Painless Container Management with Rancher 2.0, Kubernetes, and IBM Cloud
Medium

Part one of becoming a Jolly Rancher®.
- Kubernetes
- Docker
Get Connected
Graph 101: Traversing and Querying JanusGraph using Gremlin
Compose Articles

Vertices and edges, oh my! Let's cover some basic graph DB queries.
- Compose
- JanusGraph
Get Connected
Graph 101: Getting Started with Graphs
Compose Articles

Evaluate if a graph database will work for you, and learn how to import data.
- Compose
- JanusGraph
- Groovy
Get Connected
ToolUp: PostgreSQL Studio 2.0
Compose Articles

Using PostgreSQL Studio to administer Compose for PostgreSQL in the cloud.
- Compose
- PostgreSQL
Get Connected
Compose Compare: MongoDB vs. PostgreSQL
Compose Articles

Which database is the best fit for your project?
- Compose
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
Machine Learning for Developers
Making of a Smart Business Chatbot: Part 3
Compose Articles

Use a JanusGraph-backed knowledge base to give our chatbot some utility, and build a recommendation engine for technical blog articles.
- Compose
- JanusGraph
- Watson Conversation
- Nodejs
- Chatbots
Machine Learning for Developers
Making of a Smart Business Chatbot: Part 2
Compose Articles

Learn how to give your Slackbot some intelligence by connecting it to a Watson Conversation dialog.
- Nodejs
- Watson Conversation
- Slack
- Chatbots
Machine Learning for Developers
Making of a Smart Business Chatbot: Part 1
Compose Articles

Use Bluemix + Compose to build a chatbot that can reliably converse with users while collecting data and gaining insights on their personality and mood.
- Nodejs
- Slack
- Chatbots