notes/misc
Notes
| 2025-04-13
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#tools
Hand-drawn 2D & 3D illustrations, icons and animations.
Incredibly high quality illustrations.
I use them in a bunch of places, especially on landing pages and in presentations
that just need that little “extra” thing.
Notes
| 2023-04-22
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 3 min read
#homeoffice
#personal
#slashpage-uses
Since I spend more than 8 hours here most days I created a nice setup for myself.
Thankfully I have a whole room just for my home office, so I take full advantage of that.
Besides my main desk I have a secondary desk,
a couch, a couple of sideboards, a wall mounted whiteboard and a couple of shelves to display all the techy and nerdy things.
Main desk
My main desk is a custom build based on a FlexiSpot height adjustable electric frame.
The tabletop is a 180x80x2.5cm pressed wood panel in a dark gray concrete look.
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Notes
| 2023-04-01
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 3 min read
#hiking
#personal
These days I enjoy hiking quite a lot.
To make it easier to just “pick up the pack and go” I created two basic packs that are optimized for my needs
and the environment I’m usually hiking in, the Swabian Alps.
Basics
I have some basics I duplicated and carry in both my packs, these are:
- Pen & paper
- Multitool
- Mini first aid kit in a ziploc bag
- Paracetamol
- Band aids
- Gel sanitizer
- Foam pad
- Waterproof poncho
- A bit of cash, usually around 20-30€ these days
- A piece of paper with my and my emergency contacts information
- Fisherman’s Friend for a fresh feeling and honestly because my parents had them when we were hiking
Prepared packs
Small pack
I’m currently using a Terra Peak Flex 20l in red for my smaller backpack.
It’s a nice size for shorter hikes and fits me well.
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Notes
| 2023-01-11
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 2 min read
#hy-fit
#rant
#tenswall
This is somewhere between a rant about the app and backing services no longer working, a collection of information I could find out about it
and a possible search-result for others facing the same issues and not really finding anything online just like me.
Update: March 2023
The company seems to no longer exist.
I have switched to the eufy smart scales, which are made by Anker, a reputable manufacturer.
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Notes
| 2022-11-25
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#productivity
#tools
Tools I use and recommend.
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carrd.co
Extremely simple and affordable website publishing, I use it for landing pages and quick MVPs
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DigitalOcean
My first choice for personal servers and simple MVP deployments with their App Platform
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GitLab.com
My go-to git-server and allrounder CI/CD, both on premise in the enterprise and in the cloud for my own projects
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PythonAnywhere
They provide a great service, best described as a PHP-webspace, but for Python
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Notes
| 2022-10-24
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 2 min read
#archiving
#audible
#ebook
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Notes
| 2022-09-29
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 2 min read
#personal
This is a list of interesting blog posts, talks and such things that I found over the years.
Some of them may teach you something relevant, some may just further your general understanding of tech.
From personal experience they can lead you down the rabbit hole really fast, enjoy with care!
Talks
Blog posts
Guides & Books
Other things
Notes
| 2022-08-21
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 2 min read
#personal
This is my checklist for publishing a new post on my blog:
Preparation
- Finalize the posts name and sluggify it
- Pick a image if fitting
- Create a new post with
hugo new content/posts/<slug of post>.md
- Move the draft from my current writing tool to this new file
- Fill in the generated front matter template
- If the post is ~1.000+ words enable the TOC
- Run spell-check in VSCode and fix things
Proofing
- Run local hugo server
hugo server -bind=0.0.0.0
- Wait at least an hour
- Open the locally served page on the iPad, grab a cup of tea and read it
- Make last changes and typo fixes as needed
- Place a `
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