whoami ⌨ Software Developer by trade\ (🕹️ former GameDev, 📖 EdTech, 🏙️ Smart Cities)\ (👨🏻💻 nowadays trying to work on something meaningful as a Consultan...
I don't like all the conversation stating that AI is not yet capable of doing everything the hype says it would be. Still here's a follow-up on my first AI-rant : gambling machine on which you pull the lever again and again - "maybe this time" (https://gum1h0x.com/anhedonia-and-rant/) there is usually no undo functionality when the ai does sth stupid it would be nice to have an easy "go back one…
In my endeavour to simplify my setup of services I use (Dropbox, Mail, VPN etc.) I stumbled upon Syncthing . It is a peer-to-peer synchronization service that you can install on your different devices. I was using Dropbox with Dropsync on my Android phone to keep my Obsidian Vault in sync between my laptop and phone. That was working ok-ish, but now Dropsync is showing me some popup that they are…
TL;DR Install rockbox . Actually listen to the music I had my almost 20 years old iPod Classic 160gb lying around in a cupboard for years, before I decided to take it into use on Linux. The idea was to focus more on the music listening experience. So I got rid of Spotify (too expensive in the long run, artists get nothing etc.) got myself some better headphones, Akg k371 looked into how to get my…
I have been using the Kagi search engine now for a couple of months and am quite happy with it. One day I discovered its small web feature. It highlights one website at a time from the "small web", meaning the non-commercial personal homepage-esque side of the web. I have been unknowingly longing for something like that for a long time I realized. It's so refreshing to dive into something someone…
TL;DR Go play Death Trash . Perfect modern nostalgia I had started playing this game years (?) ago and somehow it didn't really stick back then, but now when I revisited I couldn't stop playing. The gameplay, the graphics and the polish are just top notch. Add to that the weird theme and story. Somehow a perfect match for my mood during the past week or so. As a former gamedev myself I'm always…
I wouldn't have thought that one of my first entries would be about AI. As a programmer with professional experience of over 15 years I am watching the development in this space with a lot of scepticism, mainly because of "AI" being everywhere . Every operating system and every notes app seems to get the "AI" treatment Hallucinations . "AI" doesn't just say "I don't know", but is built to always…
Let's go back to the internet that was better. That was cool . Where every page was different. And you could discover new and weird things. I want to have more of that and lately stumbled on blogs that were that. I'm not sure what I'm going to write about - stuff I'm interested in or tinkering with maybe. First I thought I'd go with micro.blog which I think has lots going for it. Connection to the…