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Published on 2022-12-10 in 💬 Micro

I use Firefox as my preferred web browser both on PCs and my phone. One extension is always installed: uBlock Origin. The web is so much nicer with all the ads and tracking removed. But today I also retried an extension that will probably join the “must install” list: DarkReader. Especially when I’m browsing the web on my phone in the early morning, I don’t like to be blinded by white websites. Since March DarkReader has finally an option to detect if a website already has a dark theme and only apply it’s color changes to those who haven’t.

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Why blog at all? (and indieblog.page)

Published on 2022-04-10 in 💭 Thoughts

What a coincidence: I was just thinking about why I blog at all, when I saw a post from Andreas Gohr in my feed reader with the announcement of indieblog.page. Cool site to discover blogs!

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“How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook”

Published on 2022-02-10 in 🔗 Links

I read this very long article about Telegram today and somehow it left me with mixed feelings. The article is also from WIRED, but it offers more balanced coverage than an article from a year ago.

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Published on 2022-01-10 in 💬 Micro

Now consumer “security” software is mining cryptocurrency!

If the earth is already in a deep climate crisis, let’s destroy it even faster by using hundreds of millions of computers to print “money”…

Why again do I actually pay attention to efficiency when programming?

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Showing GPX tracks on my blog

Published on 2021-11-10 in 💭 Thoughts

On my blog, I’ve had the ability to link posts to a location for some time now. There is also a map that shows all posts with a location.

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Programming is a really useful skill

Published on 2021-09-10 in ✍️ Posts

I started programming in elementary school when my parents gave me a programming book aimed at children. Since then, I can’t imagine my life without programming. The days during the year when I don’t program something are very rare.

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“Darker Corners of Go”

Published on 2021-08-10 in 🔗 Links

Another entry from my reading list: “Darker Corners of Go”. Rytis Bieliunas has taken the effort to write down all the points to consider when programming with Go. A lengthy list, even if I personally find Go simpler than, say, Java.

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The Web’s Timeline

Published on 2021-08-10 in 🔗 Links

I had this link on my Reading List for a long time, today I finally took a look at it and I am thrilled: The Web’s Timeline.

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“The evolution of a Go programmer”

Published on 2021-04-10 in 🔗 Links

I stumbled upon this GitHub repository and I think it’s pretty funny. Of course, once you get to know all of Go’s features, you’ll want to try them out. But with enough experience you end up with simple code again.

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Published on 2021-03-10 in 💬 Micro

Sometimes the problem with programming is that you can’t turn off your mind as easily as you can turn off your PC. Practically, you don’t program anymore. But the brain still continues to program.

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