Mar 14, 2021A couple of things about serverless development (not a rant)Update: you can now read this post also on my new website (Ad free, cookie free, tracking free…). I am not sure I really like “serverless” software development. I mean, I use it, I get it, I appreciate a lot of aspects of it but — do I *like* it…Serverless6 min readServerless6 min read
Aug 30, 2020Cycling the Berlin-Usedom routeI just came back from a week on the bike: this time I took the way to the Baltic Sea, pedalling for about 310km in 4 days. I did this trip at the end of August. There are already plenty of guides about this route, which is easy and very…Touring4 min readTouring4 min read
Published inMac O’Clock·May 29, 2020How to automatically add a shadow to your screenshots on macOSOK, I know, this might sound quite a peculiar topic at first but maybe you can get some interesting tips from the whole story. So I work with Confluence and since Atlassian is continuously improving their product removing useful features, we need to adapt and find workarounds; one feature that…Howto3 min readHowto3 min read
May 24, 2020Things I wish I knew when I started drawingMy own definition of “drawing seriously” is more or less the same that applies to “running seriously”; you get to that status when you look forward to the next moment you’ll be only with yourself and your paper and pens, or your running shoes. …Drawing7 min readDrawing7 min read
Nov 14, 2019A short guide to the WebSummit in LisbonThis one has been my second year in Lisbon, attending the glaring WebSummit. There are a few things that I consider worth saving for myself or others in preparation for the next year. There are two terminals in Lisbon airport (T1 & T2). You can register to the WebSummit directly…Travel2 min readTravel2 min read
Jul 8, 2019Visiting the Bauhaus in DessauAs my birthday present, C invited me to visit with her the town of Dessau, in Saxony-Anhalt. What is so special about that small city is that in 1925 the BAUHAUS college moved in there from Weimar, from where they were forced out. BAUHAUS, an art movement founded by Walter…Bauhaus3 min readBauhaus3 min read
Apr 22, 2019Driving the Mercedes C200 — for dummiesDuring our recent trip to France I had the pleasure to drive a rented car of a class I have never driven before: a new Mercedes C200 convertible. Being the geek I am, I played with it and all its perks until the very last minute of the last day…Driving5 min readDriving5 min read
Mar 24, 2019Visiting Crete in March (with a motorbike)I just came back from a relatively short vacation–a week – in Crete and I would like to share some of my impressions of that experience with you, fellow travelers. I flew in Heraklion (the “capital town”) from Athens, I booked a motorbike and a hotel there and went around…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Dec 18, 2017How to use Google Spreadsheet for your cryptocurrencies portfolio overviewOver the past few months, I got involved in the world of cryptocurrencies and I played a bit trading some of them. …Google Docs4 min readGoogle Docs4 min read
Published inZero Equals False·Nov 30, 2017How to use module path aliases in Visual Studio Code, TypeScript and JavaScriptUpdate: you can now read this post also on my new website (Ad free, cookie free, tracking free…). In this article I’ll tell you how I fixed my Node.js …JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
