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How I Gave My Old Computer Parts a Second Life
At the end of last year, we replaced our PCs that were over 10 years old. And with new equipment there is always the question: What to do with the old one? We haven’t had the best experience of trying to sell old PCs in one go. So throw them away? But … they work…
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Recommended talk: Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status
This week I came across a post recommending the talk from Molly White (@molly0xff) at SXSW, talking about “Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status“. The abstract of the talk is: “The real power move for creators is ownership and control of their work and livelihoods. This freedom is actually closer for more people than…
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How to set up Navidrome for MP3 Streaming on a RaspberryPi
Recently I noticed that I hardly ever listen my MP3 music collection – mainly because I don’t like my music players (both on mobile and on the desktop). So, let’s look for a nicer player! I had only two constraints: 1) it should be able to use the files from OneDrive/NAS and 2) it should…
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Casino Data Jackpot – For Hackers: Merkur’s API Disaster
A couple of days ago, I saw a Mastodon post from Lilith Wittmann in my timeline. She linked to an article on her Medium page detailing a catastrophic security failure at Merkur AG. You can find the original Mastodon post here. The casino company Merkur AG and its service providers have made almost all the…
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How MS Edge’s Immersive Reader Helps Me Slow Down
We all probably know the drill of a typical workday: back-to-back meetings, side conversations in team chats about some other topics, drafting & scanning emails, creating Jira issues, and juggling multiple project threads. The sheer volume of information coming in such a short time can be challenging.
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Trust No Statistic? Why Context Matters More Than Numbers
“Don’t trust any statistic you didn’t fake / manipulate yourself.” I guess most of us have heard statements like that. And it annoys me more and more. It’s often used just asa joke when it’s obvious that a statistics isn’t too easy to interpret – but I see this phrase more and more being used…
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How to selfhost Peertube
I’ve been thinking about selfhosting my videos for quite a while now. Sure, Youtube is the de-facto-standard. But honestly, I don’t perform on ANY platform that is steered by an algorithm, and I simply dislike the way those monopolies can “dictate” what is seen and can be seen. Elena Rossini recently wrote a nice post…
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“Ask for forgiveness, not permission” – The Real Cost of Moving Too Fast
In Germany, there’s a saying: “Besser um Vergebung bitten als um Erlaubnis fragen” (“Better to ask for forgiveness than permission”) or “Gleich mal Fakten schaffen” (“Make decisions fast and set facts”). These phrases often glorify quick action, suggesting that speed leads to progress and success. Well, I can tell you right now — I really…
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LLM-Search is a bit more than just “AI” – Podcast recommendation
Last week I heard the podcast SoftwareArchitekTOUR – Episode 102: Zuverlässige KI-Architektur from heise online. (german only, sorry). I really liked the part where they discussed the technical part for a sematic search. Especially when it struck me, that the actual use of LLMs is just once per document and not in the search directly.…
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8 Years in my Current Company
At the beginning of the month, a colleague reminded me that I had been with the company for 8 years now! A little anniversary! I reflected about the past years when at the same time a recruiter message reached me, what my motivation would be to “leave my comfort zone“. Before being here, I changed…