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I vibe-coded an app. And also made some jewelry.
June 24, 2025
#people vs. the internet #projects
A low-distraction Spotify player for the home
February 23, 2025
#people vs. the internet
The Windows 98 taskbar, now on macOS
February 2, 2025
#people vs. the internet
Five good hikes around Berlin
January 10, 2025
#go outside
Let's talk about alcohol.
January 4, 2025
#retrospective
We all need more reasons to celebrate.
June 14, 2024
#people vs. the internet
How to: Run spotifyd or librespot when a USB sound card is connected (on Linux)
December 3, 2023
#software dev #linux
Berlin weather forecasts on an E-ink display
August 27, 2023
#people vs. the internet #projects
A walk from Brighton to Eastbourne (via the Seven Sisters)
March 13, 2023
#go outside #stories and places
Parse huge XML files quick with Rust + Serde + quick-xml
February 24, 2023
#rust #software dev
kids these days are releasing all their music with lowercase titles
February 20, 2023
#people vs. the internet
2022 was
January 9, 2023
#retrospective
A Walk and a Pop-up Newsletter
December 29, 2022
#writing #people vs. the internet
Where is Fabian, now?
November 2, 2022
#go outside #writing
Almost deleted photos, 2007 - 2020
June 12, 2022
#retrospective #people vs. the internet
Why is this Floppy Disk Drive Clicking Incessantly?
May 19, 2021
#how stuff works #software dev #linux
Quarantine Diary, Day 12
March 14, 2021
#covid-19 #stories and places
What on Earth is this Encryption Scheme?
February 17, 2021
#how stuff works #software dev
2020. It's over!
January 4, 2021
#retrospective
Mushroom Studies, Autumn 2020, Brandenburg
November 25, 2020
#stories and places #go outside
Cross-Compiling Rust Apps II: Linux Subtrees and Linker Shenanigans
November 6, 2020
#rust #software dev
Cross-Compiling Rust apps for the Raspberry Pi
October 22, 2020
#rust #software dev
It's 2020, and I still can't figure out why I'm getting your marketing emails
September 2, 2020
#business or something idk
Tech Jobs, Mobile Dev, Blogging: A conversation with Chelsea Troy
August 28, 2020
#software dev #writing
How to ask questions well, asynchronously
August 13, 2020
#software dev #writing
Regarding the Willows on the Landwehr Canal
August 7, 2020
#stories and places
Notes on Speaking at EnthusiastiCon 2020
June 9, 2020
#talks #tools #business or something idk
What is a digital photo, really?
June 6, 2020
#talks #how stuff works #photography
Hello Colemak 👋
May 31, 2020
#keyboards #tools
Animating SVGs with Python Scripts
April 15, 2020
#software dev #tools
How Does Lossless Compression in Fuji RAF Files work?
April 9, 2020
#photography #how stuff works #software dev
I Guess you Could Call this a Crash Landing
March 31, 2020
#covid-19 #stories and places
Adding Margin Notes to my Hugo Theme
January 27, 2020
#hugo #software dev
The Bagel Code
January 20, 2020
#stories and places
2019. It's done!?
January 3, 2020
#retrospective
Ghosts in the Snow
December 20, 2019
#stories and places #go outside
When do you Stop Writing?
December 16, 2019
#writing
How Does SQLAlchemy Manage Database Transactions?
December 15, 2019
#software dev #how stuff works
To Read the Heretics
December 11, 2019
#faith
3 Novel Features for Hugo Themes
September 21, 2019
#hugo #software dev #tools
Grouse, a difftool for static site generators
September 19, 2019
#projects #hugo #software dev #tools #golang
Just Diff It
September 17, 2019
#software dev #tools
The tripod mount screws fell out of my Fuji X-T2
August 25, 2019
#photography #repair your shit
How To: Find and Fix Light Leakages on a Film Camera
August 23, 2019
#how stuff works #projects #photography #repair your shit
Techniques for setting boundaries around your remote job
August 19, 2019
#business or something idk
Emoji Haikus, and the deepest secrets of the unicode specification
December 24, 2018
#projects #how stuff works #twitter bots
Eleven days on the E5 Long Distance Hiking Trail
October 13, 2018
#go outside
Is Fabian Still Alive?
May 29, 2017
#people vs. the internet #projects
Reykjavik is
April 4, 2017
#stories and places
I sit in 13A.
October 22, 2016
#stories and places
Lofoten // Norway
October 7, 2016
#stories and places
Australian Election Map 2016
July 25, 2016
#projects #software dev #social impact
Embassy Reviews (a Twitter bot)
June 27, 2016
#people vs. the internet #projects #twitter bots
Emoji Haikus
April 12, 2016
#people vs. the internet #projects #twitter bots
EMR-E / Project Buendia Presentation at OpenMRS Global Summit 2015
December 11, 2015
#social impact #talks
Three tips for better Android development productivity
November 1, 2015
#android #software dev #tools
Faking Screen Resolution on Android Devices
September 25, 2015
#android #software dev #tools
App-level Resources Done Right on Android
September 21, 2015
#tools #software dev #android
So I Rebuilt My Website
September 14, 2015
#projects
Android Auto Demo With Bill Shorten
May 21, 2015
#talks
Ebola Crisis Response
March 22, 2015
#projects #social impact
Iran
December 23, 2014
#stories and places
Under the Hood of Android Auto
June 25, 2014
#talks #how stuff works #android
Open Source Electrical Networks Toolkit
February 14, 2014
#projects #software dev #talks
IPCTK: Run code out of process, use like a normal object
February 12, 2013
#projects #software dev #tools
Git: Undoing a fast-forward merge when you should've just used a new branch
January 14, 2013
#tools
Rethinking the static keyword in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
December 30, 2012
#software dev
Information Technology, Data and Context
December 11, 2012
#business or something idk
Selling Recommendations
August 7, 2012
#business or something idk
Abstraction, Humanity and Design
August 2, 2012
Desperate Men
December 14, 2011
#faith
Designing Timecard, A Windows Phone 7 App
December 13, 2011
#projects #software dev
On Guidance: Listening Carefully for the Voice of God
November 24, 2011
#faith
Visualising Serial Data: Arduino, I2C, XNA and more TLAs than are worth it IMO
October 13, 2011
#projects #software dev #software for tiny machines
Lessons: Getting Arduinos to play nice with I2C
October 3, 2011
#projects #software for tiny machines #software dev #tools
In the Shoes of Jesus' Disciples
September 22, 2011
#faith