Mar 18, 2022The formation of virtual spaces, territoriality, and sovereignty in a borderless worldThoughts on the concept of ‘sovereign states’ in an inter-connected economic society from a socio-anthropological perspective — Author’s note: This essay was written in Summer of 2016 during my social anthropology studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Six years later, it is still relevant as national borders are being renegotiated by political and military force in Ukraine and the resulting movement of people, goods and information…Borders29 min readBorders29 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Mar 10, 2022How to build a bot to sign up for gym classes with Node.js & PuppeteerA beginner’s guide to building Node apps and automating tedious tasks with Express and Puppeteer. This article is a little showcase for the capabilities of Puppeteer and a tutorial how to quickly implement it in a Node app. It’s based on a problem I had the other day when trying…JavaScript10 min readJavaScript10 min read
Dec 27, 20214 truths about leadership in software development I wish I knew before becoming a managerTL;DR: 1. you are not a single contributor, 2. making mistakes is great if you make sure to learn from them, 3. meetings are only good if they aren’t bad, and 4. excellent and horrible managers, both, leave nothing to be desired for when they leave. This article is meant…Leadership9 min readLeadership9 min read
Dec 1, 20203 things we consider when designing digital experiences for physical products at homefullyHow shared urban housing can be revolutionized through digital product design — When we talk about digital products, we mostly think of video games, mobile apps, and tools which give us access to content — namely Spotify, Youtube, or Medium. We…Product Design7 min readProduct Design7 min read
Sep 16, 2019Member-onlyThoughts on the evolution of machine interfaces — Conquering the space of numbersConquering the space of numbers - is the first part of a series I’m putting together about the evolution of machine interfaces and their design throughout time. It is based on notes collected during a research I did before starting to work in software development, studying social anthropology at Goethe…Technology10 min readTechnology10 min read
Mar 30, 2019Member-only4 things I learned from becoming a lead developer in my first year as a self-taught professional programmerThis essay goes out to all those who decided to jump on the developer bandwagon a little later than most of their peers. Maybe you’ve just created your first `index.html` file and are interested in what professional software development looks like. Maybe you’ve just landed your first job in web…Programming7 min readProgramming7 min read
