My relationship with relational databases relates back to the late 90s. It was part of my first steps with computers and programming, became an essential part of my formal education and studies as a software engineer and constantly followed me through my professional career. …

The ability of AWS to provide almost infinite resources is great and you shall never consider resource constraints when building cloud native applications. However, there’s the economic factor and no one has infinite budgets. I recently reduced my company’s AWS bill for a set of accounts by 65% which is…

Last summer, I knew it was about time for a new car. I had driven gasoline powered BMWs over the years and enjoyed them a lot. My parents and my brother however switched to Tesla entirely in the past months. I was uncertain about electric cars and didn’t really know…

Back in ye olde days, writing code was merely black text on white background. Writing code required a hefty amount of due care and attention. Typos weren’t immediately highlighted and syntax errors only popped up during compile time. It was an entirely different experience to programming today.

I’ve been using the cloud, predominantly AWS, for around 10 years now and hold the AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification being a certified solutions architect for over 5 years. In 2018, I got my SA-A badge and my SA-Pro badge in 2021. Further, I had the pleasure to work with…

Last year, I learned Go. It took me around a week or two to learn it. In the past two years, I also took a deep dive into modern JavaScript and its typesafe cousin TypeScript. Every now and then, I try to get up to speed with the latest tactics…

I’ve written a variety of different server software products. Both commercial as well as Open Source. Some of the examples you can find in my Github repositories. Before we dive in, you might rightfully ask: What do you mean by “server software”? Server software refers to the programs and applications…

I recently attended a cybersecurity event in Bonn, Germany, hosted by the Fraunhofer institute and the German Ministry Of The Interior alongside the Federal Office For Information Security. Government organizations and businesses from across the nation discuss cybersecurity topics every year. While a lot of organizations do invest in IT…

The term “technical debt” usually refers to shortcuts or suboptimal approaches during software development. It manifests itself as poorly designed code, lack of documentation and outdated components. While properly written code and documentation are timeless, components and approaches are not. Software and its components can become technical debt over time…