It's Twenty Three

  • Dunking Donut of AI

    It is easy to criticize AI. It is easy to be contrarian and provoke an emotional response, especially when the narrative on “the Street” is highly disruptive and emotions run high. I try not to be one. I do use LLMs almost daily. With that preface, let me tell you a story. Over the weekend,…

  • Beyond Deploy – Episode 3

    Episode 03 of The Beyond Deploy Podcast is live! Listen me rant about why calling Kubernetes “hard” is nothing but a SKILL ISSUE. And also:– the cloud debate: to use or not to use?– is cloud really cheaper?– navigating cloud and bare metal– serverless solutions: the pros and cons Also available on Spotify.

  • Transparency online

    I am so tired of websites, especially e-commerce and product vendors that DO NOT show their origin or location. We make fun of the German bureaucracy but at least it forces every German business to have easy to find details in the Imprint (Impressum). Why should I have to comb through Terms and Conditions for…

  • Somebody Stop Me! v1.1

    I finally found the time to revive the Somebody Stop Me! Chrome extension. Version 1.0 was not particularly robust. It was my first venture into the Chrome/browser extension space. While the plugin generally functioned as advertised, several rough edges resulted in a poor user experience. The new version, 1.1, features: Somebody Stop Me! Web Store…

  • Split Keyboards

    When someone offers you a split ergonomic keyboard, it is important to politely, but firmly decline. Once you get exposed to these keyboards, they will forever spoil traditional rectangular keyboards for you. You will never be the same. Save yourself! You have been warned!

  • USians Gone Rouge

    I do not envy anyone currently doing business in the USA or with US businesses. How do you cope with risk, knowing that the laws that should protect you do not apply?

  • Type better, not faster

    If you are learning to type, I would encourage you to focus on accuracy above speed. From my experience, in journey from measly 10WPM when touch typing to a very comfortable 92WPM, focusing on typing well, thinking – at first at least, about using correct finger, reaps the most benefit. Speed follows accuracy.

  • RGB is Lame 👎🏻

    Repeat after me: I do not need RGB in my keyboard. I am no longer 10y old. Ok, now that’s settled, please tell this to every keyboard manufacturer out there! Please.

  • Visual Studio Code – Sans AI

    Recent conversation on #HackerNews [1] make be aware of an interesting setting in the Visual Studio Code. Namely the chat.disableAIFeatures which allows to disable all AI features [2] of the editor. Not opposed to using AI assistance. I personally do use it as well. But I like to keep VSCode lighter and snappier for ad…

  • Beyond Deploy: Episode 2