Published in Level Up Coding·PinnedMember-onlyGit Commit Messages — The Right WayWhen new members enter our team, I always check on thing: How do they write commit message — and throughout the last couple years I noticed that writing a proper commit message (at least against my standard) is something that very few people can actually do. Theory: How to write a commit message There are a lot…Git3 min readGit3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 13, 2022Member-onlyGolang Error Inspection — Handle errors programmaticallyGolang is currently at version 1.19 (September 2022) — and the tree has been reopened for Go 1.20 development. That being said — Golang 2.0 is nowhere close to being released. However, for Golang 2.0 there are some interesting draft design that are currently being discussed within the community. I…Golang3 min readGolang3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 3, 2022Member-onlyGolang 2.0 Draft Feature — Error HandlingGolang is currently at version 1.17 (January 2022). Even though it is not clear when Golang 2.0 will be released and what features it does include, there are a couple of interesting drafts and it is very likely that at least some of these draft features will be part of…Golang3 min readGolang3 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Dec 19, 2021Member-onlyThe Power of Golang Keyword "defer"Golang is one of my favorite programming languages right now. It is as simple as C, yet as powerful as JavaScript, and is as composable as Python. …Golang4 min readGolang4 min read
Sep 4, 2021Member-onlyVirtual Conferences — Completely Open-SourceLike any other conference on this planet, we faced the same issues: We had to move our conference into the virtual space. We, the Open-Source Firmware Conference, are running an annual conference which — obviously — under normal circumstances would run in person and not virtual. And we do care…Conference4 min readConference4 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Sep 4, 2021Member-onlyBorrowing Crypto to multiply your Gains (and Losses)First of all: This is not financial advice — Think before your invest and only invest what you can afford to lose. I saw this way too often now that people are “yoloing” into crypto or stocks. Please do not do this. Crypto Credit allows you to multiply your gains…Ethereum3 min readEthereum3 min read
Mar 26, 2021Member-onlyThe BeginningIn my first years as a graphic designer, my world consisted mainly of paper, books and magazines. To give you an example, my bachelor and master thesis were both printed books (Yes — I am that old). So i was born analog, but i wanted to become more digital. In…Nft5 min readNft5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Aug 10, 2020Member-onlySecurity starts in the FirmwareI am a pretty frequent user of LinkedIn — as I do like the style of the network much more than for example Xing, and I feel like it has a much more active community. And I get spammed a lot with advertisements about security appliance, firewall, identify management systems…Firmware5 min readFirmware5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 4, 2020Member-onlyGit Bisect — How to track down a broken commitFrom time to time — it happens: Someone broke the master branch. Depending on the project size, regression testing can be very hard and exhausting. …Git4 min readGit4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 20, 2020Member-onlyAdvanced Concepts in C — StructuresToday I’d like to share some advanced concepts in C with you. I encounter these concepts which are nice features but are rarely used, or at least I don’t see them often used. Today we will discuss… Structures It appears to me, that very few people either use structures or know…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
