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Nginx config testing with Gixy
Learn how you can use a simple setup to test your nginx config with Gixy (getpagespeed/gixy)
Read moreMarp: Automate presentation builds
Automate building Marp presentations with GitHub CI and just
Read moreMy Favorite FOSS Tools: pdfjam
pdfjam is a command line utility which provides tooling to manipulate PDF files.
Read moreControl site indexing in Hugo with <meta name="robots">
Learn how to use a front matter setting to control site indexing via meta robots tags.
Read moreHow to create a custom sitemap for your Hugo blog
Aid Search Engines in discovering your site.
Read more"Robots": Control what search engines index
<meta name="robots"> and the X-Robots-Tag let you control, which resources are indexed in search engines and which are not.
Read moreMy Favorite FOSS Tools: pdfunite (poppler)
pdfunite is a command line utility which is part of the PDF rendering library "Poppler".
Read moreAI Instructions: Agents.md
This is an update to a previous post about how to make your code AI agent ready. A new standard seems to emerge: Agents.md
Read moreMy Favorite FOSS Tools: Just
Just is a handy way to save and run project-specific commands. It is available for Linux, MacOS and Windows without additional dependencies.
Read moreMy Favorite FOSS Tools: Pinta
Pinta is my choice for a lightweight drawing tool. It is a Drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide a simplified alternative to GIMP for casual users. Think of it like ms paint, but for all of us.
Read moreMy Favorite FOSS Tools: Fish Shell
Fish is a user-friendly command line shell for Linux and macOS. It has tab completions, syntax highlighting and scripting was never that easy.
Read moreAI Instructions in Code Repositories
In this blog post we will explore how to make your codebase ready for AI supported contributions based on the recent RFC proposal regarding AI coding assistants in the Linux Kernel.
Read moreGetting Started with GoAccess: Visualizing Nginx Access Logs as HTML Reports
Understanding web traffic is critical for assessing server performance and identifying usage patterns. GoAccess is an open-source log analyzer...
Read moreGzip: Reduce Website Load Times
Gzip is a simple, free tool to provide zipped resources on your server. Compressed files are smaller and thus, website load times improve drastically...
Read moreMarp: Advanced Image Positioning
In your theme.css you can add styling with aliases to use on images like the builtin filters of Marp...
Read moreHugo: Create a Post Series
Want to write posts that are part of a series of posts? Hugo allows doing so by utilizing its taxonomy feature...
Read moreHugo directory structure & routing
Hugo offers directory structure based routing but also offers other ways to control under which routes your content is made available...
Read moreSet up a new Hugo project
Hugo is an open-source static site generator focused on speed and flexibility, written in Go...
Read moreGet started with self-hosting
There are different providers on the market. Famous, big names might be Amazon Web Services (AWS) or GCP (Google Cloud Platform). You can also self-host a blog using GitHub Pages...
Read moreSelf-Hosting: Pro and Contra
Self-hosting means to run and maintain your website or service using a private web server. In the context of this article series you can think of it as the opposite of using a managed hosting solution...
Read moreSwitcheroo Handle iGPU and dGPU Under Gnome
Many laptops come with an extra GPU. In the past it was difficult to setup your computer to use the dedicated (powerful) GPU (dGPU) for heavier workloads while it can use the integrated GPU (iGPU) for …
Read moreFun Ways to Learn Sql
If you are new to SQL, there are some nice games you can use to start learning it...
Read moreGoogle I/O Connect 2024 Impressions
Google I/O is a conference hosted by and about Google. While the main conference is taking place in the US in San Francisco, Google started to host the Google I/O Connect conferences in 2023. Those are taking place in multiple places in the world...
Read moreMarp Vscode Setup
Marp is a tooling to create presentations based on markdown and css. VSCode has a plugin offering built in support for previews and exports...
Read moreArch Linux Pkgstats a Good First Issue
If you are passionate about open source software and looking for a project to contribute to, you might want to give the Arch Linux pkgstats project a try. What is pkgstats? Pkgstats aims at collecting …
Read moreMarp: Create Presentations Using Markdown
Marp is a tooling you can use to create PDF or html presentations based on a single markdown file. This offers the benefit of easier cooperation and versioning, since you can simply use a Github …
Read moreSymfony AssetMapper & Bootstrap
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...
Read moreArch Linux How to Install AUR Packages
AUR is short for “**A**rch **U**ser **R**epository”. 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...
Read moreGet Started Your Own Website
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. …
Read moreAdvent of Code
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...
Read moreFramework 13: Review
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...
Read moreFix Bluetooth on a Fresh Arch Linux Installation
After a fresh installation of Arch Linux (using archinstall), my bluetooth was not working. The GUI toggle would toggle on and directly off again...
Read moreGnome Bloatware Removal
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 …
Read moreHow to create a bootable USB stick
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...
Read moreArch Linux in 2023 Simple Installation Guide
This article provides a step-by-step guide on installing Arch Linux using the "archinstall" command...
Read moreFor the Love of Arch
There exists a colorful bouquet of operating systems (OS) to chose from. Most people know Windows and MacOS. If you google for “the most popular Linux distribution” you will very likely find Ubuntu, …
Read moreWhat Is Git
The moment you start collaborating on code you will inevitably encouter “git”. Git is a version control system. That is the buzzword you might need for your application and interviews. …
Read moreUseful Youtube Channels
Today I want to put the spotlight on some YouTube channels that might help you in your web developer journey. When starting as a web developer, finding time to learn can be challenging. The following …
Read moreUseful Tools & Sites
The list below contains sites providing tooling I use in my day-to-day tasks as a web developer. I will keep it up to date...
Read moreExperiences Learn to Code
I am not going to bother you with the things we all know: everyone learns different, how to make a learning schedule et cetera. This post will deal with good sources to start learning. Jet you have to …
Read moreHello World!
This is the first post in an - almost - empty WordPress project. I am happy you stumbled accross my page and I hope you will return! What you should return for? You will find posts and articles …
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