Good day, everyone!

It’s been a pretty busy few months here at Andromeda Galactic Solutions. We’ve been working on improving the FlexePark website, new features are being added to Lore Link, and our Andromeda Stars have been busy scheduling some public appearances over the next few months.

So, what is going on?

Lore Link

The Lore Link Team has been incredibly busy, not just with adding new features like the ability to edit Category names, but also with the Indie Creator Series streams on Twitch, and putting information and updates on their new blog. We strongly encourage you to check out the links, and also give them a follow here on LinkedIn to keep up with everything they’re doing.

Team Appearances

Andromeda Stars Martine and Michael Dowden are going to be incredibly busy with their European Conference Tour over the next couple of months.

• First, there’s JAX from May 4th through the 8th in Mainz, Germany. On the 7th, Michael will be presenting Real-time Serverless APIs to talk about real-time streaming API platforms, and when you should use them and when you should avoid them.
• Next on the calendar is IJS from May 11th through the 15th in London, UK. While there, Michael will be presenting two sessions while at the conference. On the 12th he’ll be talking Interior Decorating (TypeScript Decorators) and how to streamline your TypeScript code. Then, on the 13th he’ll be talking about the hurdles in handling time zones in your software in It’s About Time! Practical examples of time zones in TypeScript.
• At the same time as IJS is the API Conference in London, UK from May 11th through the 15th. At that conference, Michael will be presenting Real-time Serverless APIs once more, on the 12th.
• Finally, jumping ahead to June 8 through 12, Martine will be in Berlin for Webinale where she’s giving her talk Popovers, Toasts, Dialogs, Tooltips and more on the 11th.
• The following week Michael will be at DevOps Con in Berlin giving Reinvent Yourself on the 15th and Go Live: Releasing Software to your Users on the 16th
• Immediately after on 17th through the 21st, the members of the Lore Link Team will be in Columbus, Ohio hosting a booth in the Origins Game Fair vendor hall. If you’re in attendance, visit the booth and talk with Mark, Tony, and Twenty about everything going on with Lore Link. Watch their Bluesky account for more information, like where the booth will be located, in the coming months.

Andromeda Galactic Blog

Since the last time we all got together, the team has been busy sharing their knowledge over on Andromeda’s Blog. Posts from the past few months include:

• Configuring CORS on Google Cloud Storage - In this article, Michael Dowden talks about the differences in configuring Cross-Origin Resource Sharing with different systems.
• Understanding Algorithms - An article Michael Dowden wrote for JavaScript Magazine published on January 13th, 2026.
• Angular: Upgrading to the Control Flow Syntax - What are the differences between structural directives and control flow block templates in Angular? Martine Dowden looks at the differences and talks about how to migrate from one to the other.
• Realtime Navigation - Trying to correctly paginate records in Firebase Real-time database can be frustrating, but this short article from Michael Dowden both explains the process and shares working code.
• Firebase Regions - It is increasingly important to make sure that your code and data is geographically located close to your users. This post by Michael Dowden shows how to get started with Firebase Regions.
• A Survey of Data Structures - An article Michael wrote for the devmio blog published on March 23, 2026.
• Serverless PDF Export - In this article Michael explains how to use Puppeteer to export a web page to PDF from a Firebase Cloud Function.

That’s not all, folks!

One final thing before we let you go! Recently, our friends at devmio have started up a podcast, and Michael Dowden is hosting it! You can check it out here, and make sure you subscribe, follow devmio here on LinkedIn, and follow them on Bluesky as well!

If you’ve read this far down, thank you! I appreciate you! Please remember to take good care of yourself. Stay hydrated, don’t work through meals, and get up from your desk to stretch now and then. Most importantly, be excellent to yourselves and each other.