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It has been over a year now that Symfony offers a new way of asset handling, the AssetMapper Component. This is a short guide on how to enable Bootstrap (styling, js and icons) when using it…

AUR is short for “Arch User Repository”. A repository is a storage location for software packages. You can retrieve the packages from it to install software. As you can derive from the name, this repository harbors package building instructions (PKGBUILDs) created by the community…

With 2024 just having started you might be tempted to make some New Year’s resolutions. Should your resolutions include finally making your own blog or website, you might profit from my experiences. The setup I am using a managed hosting solution. What does this mean? You pay a provider for the “full package” you need to get your site up and running. The minimum you need is: Domain and SSL certificate Hardware Resources (storage, memory, cpu) on which your WordPress will run on Often also included: ...

Advent of Code is a coding advent calendar. I can recommend it if you want to learn a new language, improve one you already know or if you are just up for the fun. How you solve the puzzles is fully up to you…

It has been roughly one month since I started using my Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) with Arch Linux. The following post is about my experiences…

After a fresh installation of Arch Linux (using archinstall), my bluetooth was not working. The GUI toggle would toggle on and directly off again…

When I set up a new laptop recently I went for Arch Linux with Gnome as desktop. After finishing the setup, I noticed that the default Gnome installation brings along more than I need. On the other hand, I performed my “post setup” installations to get my system ready for the daily developer’s work. This post deals with the packages I removed and the basic set of packages I installed for my dev environment. ...

Why should I do this? The days of going to a store and buying a Windows installation CD are a thing of the past. If you search for it, you can find buyable USB sticks to install an OS but you can also simply create them and learn something along the way…