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Goodbye 2025
Another year is in the books. Therefore it's time to write some summary.
App Defaults 2025
A list of my app defaults I'm currently using in 2025 during my daily life.
Angular Form Cache Library
Automatically cache and restore reactive form data your Angular application.
Running Nextcloud behind a proxy
Correctly operating a Nextcloud instance behind proxy and SSL.
Obsidian Location Plugin v2
Version 2 of the location plugin now supports interactive maps!
Working in a Remote-First Team
I work nearly all the time in a remote-first team. Here are some things I learned.
Make a local service available with Tailscale and Nginx Proxy Manager
How to make a service public available from your home network by using a (sub)domain without loosing security.
Year in Review 2024
I tried to review my 2024 year in this post. It's a lot.
App Defaults - Christmas 2024 Edition
An updated list of my app defaults I'm currently using during my daily life.
Deploy your Astro website to Cloudflare Pages with protected preview deployments
You can deploy your website (e.g. build with Astro) on Github to Cloudflare Pages in under an hour. Including protected preview deployments and cleanup
The summer 2024 (August)
August was splitted into 2 weeks work and 2 weeks vacation.
Obsidian Location Plugin 1.3.0
A lot of new features and improvements since the initial release.
Halfway through the year
Halfway through the year and July is in the books.
Quick navigate to a stored location (Apple Maps & Shortcuts)
Simple store a location where you can later navigate to with a single tap.
Ignore future changes for existing files in Git
Ever wondered how you can ignore future changes to a file with Git?
June 2024 Recap
A short recap of the June 2024 on what happend the last weeks.
Astro: Automatically translate text during build time using DeepL
A simple Astro component to automatically translate content during build time
Obsidian Mapbox Location Image Plugin 1.1 available!
My Obsidian plugin for maps got an update with new functionality regarding markers and styles.
How I structure my work
Some people asked me how my work routine looks like. I tried to write it down.
Obsidian Location Plugin
I published my Obsidian mapbox location plugin for everyone. Now available in the Obsidian community plugins.
Raspberry Pi as a Github Runner
You can use a Raspberry Pi as a plug and play Github runner easily
Personal: I feel old lately
Too much free time leads to (over)thinking things. Lately I feel old.
App Defaults 2024
A list of my app defaults I'm currently using in 2024 during my daily life.
January 24 Winter Days
Some pictures from the January 2024 winter in Germany
Year Review 2023
I'm doing my year 2023 review in this post. Hope you all had a good start into 2024!
More than 3 years at PlanB.
My personal recap of more than 3 years at the PlanB. company.
Getting started with Trapeze and Github (Part 1)
It gives a short introduction for the core concepts of Trapeze in connection with Github Actions. We'll cover which benefits it's providing and how you can use it. Part 2 (coming later) will cover a more detailed version of the Trapeze configuration including .plist and Manifest manipulation.
Apple Shortcuts: Import Tabs to Things
How I use a simple Apple Shortcut to import all my open safari tabs into my daily Things list.
TIL: merge != merge in RxJS (v7 and previous)
`TIL:` sections on my blog are small things I learned or notice during my day. This one shows the different between merge operator and merge observer.
Don't underestimate the power of colors
A short hail to the great VSCode extension Peacock.
WFH / Desk Setup
I'll wrote down on my work from home setup. For my own archive and for people who are interested in it.
I want to love Windows, but...
A letter from me to Windows which should be a love letter but can't be one. It's hard for me to use it on a daily work basis. I describe some basic problems I have and how I work around them daily.
Zoom DOM elements with CSS
How to zoom a DOM element or even a complete HTML document without using the scaling function of the browser? I found a solution for a particular problem I had...
How to use JSON.stringify
An easy and extended way to use JSON.stringify method.
NodeJS Azure Function with Toggl
This article describes on how to build an Azure HTTP Function which will be triggered by the Geofency App which is available on the App Store.
Integrate Facebook Login to Ionic Firebase App
Learn how to integrate the native Facebook login into your Ionic Firebase application.
Ionic and Firebase Storage - Saving Images
Combining Ionic and the Firebase service. Use the Firebase storage provider to save taken images and show them inside the app.
Sending FCM Push using Cloud Functions for Firebase
With Firebase Cloud Messaging system there is an option to send push notifications through their service. Learn how to integrate them with a serverless function into an app.
Ionic and Firebase Authentication
Learn how to implement simple OAuth authentication into a mobile app using the authentication provider of Firebase.