Andy Grunwald, Engineering Manager at Aiven, shares insights on backend development, infrastructure, site reliability, and engineering culture, while exploring open source projects and podcasts.
20 articles from this blog
Explores the security trade-offs of storing 2FA TOTP codes in a password manager versus a separate authenticator app.
An organizer shares 11 years of experience running a local tech meetup, covering motivation, team building, and community growth.
A developer shares a curated list of influential tech articles that shaped their career, covering topics like technology choice, productivity, and engineering culture.
Explains why running Continuous Integration daily is crucial to detect broken dependencies, even when no code changes occur.
A software developer advocates for canceling unnecessary meetings to protect deep work time, referencing Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule.
A blog post exploring the open-source software components found in a modern Siemens washing machine's manual and the implications for embedded systems.
Explains how naming database connections aids in debugging outages and performance issues in shared database environments.
A recap of the 2019 Web Engineering Düsseldorf Meetup, highlighting events, speakers, sponsors, and the launch of a new conference.
A guide to building custom game show buzzers using Raspberry Pi, a custom PCB, and a WebSocket server, with open-source code.
A guide to building an open-source Jeopardy! game with custom hardware buzzers, 3D printing, and NodeJS/AngularJS software.
A developer built a custom frontend using hardware buzzers to automate timing and ranking for a local gym's sports competition.
A review of Marty Cagan's book 'Inspired,' covering the role of Product Management in the tech industry and its practical techniques.
A guide to migrating a local PHP 7.2 development environment on macOS to the new Homebrew v1.5 structure, covering installation and troubleshooting.
Results of a 2017 satisfaction survey for the Web Engineering Düsseldorf Meetup, covering location, organization, topics, and attendee feedback.
A PHP meetup organizer shares practical tips and lessons learned from running a local tech community group for four years.
A curated list of resources for learning the Go programming language, from official tutorials to books and community links.
The author renames the open-source project TYPO3-Analytics to 'Jacobine', explaining the naming process and its personal significance.
Announcement of TYPO3-Analytics v0.1.0 release, detailing new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the open-source analytics tool.
A developer recounts how attending a FOSDEM talk on software metrics inspired his bachelor thesis on Software Repository Mining and led to open-source contributions.
The author seeks a new name for the TYPO3-Analytics open-source project, as it has evolved beyond TYPO3-specific analytics.
