LLMs are not AI
Oct 13, 2025
Large Language Models (LLMs) are often equated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) - but they are not the same thing.
LLMs are statistical models. They generate text by predicting the most likely next word based on patterns learned from data.
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Mechanicon 2025
Oct 11, 2025
This year, I finally made it to Mechanicon - my very first time at this legendary meetup for mechanical keyboard enthusiasts. It’s a community-run event completely dedicated to keyboards - and not just any keyboards, but the kind people lovingly design, solder, and obsess over.
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Socrates 2025
Jul 28, 2025
I can finally scratch ‘attending the main SoCraTes unconference’ from my bucket list. What can I say - it was worth it!
Although I have visited several great SoCraTes partner events in the past, I’ve never had the chance to visit the main SoCraTes event in Soltau.
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Review: Keyboard UHK2
Mar 27, 2022
TLDR Great keyboard, but maybe not for everybody.
Pros:
great hardware ergonomic split design very easy re-programmable from any os (win/mac/linux) looks great Cons:
very expensive relearn some keys I’ll describe cool default features and some workarounds.
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Parameterized xUnit Tests with F#
Jan 12, 2022
This post showcases different ways of writing parameterized tests with xUnit using F#.
I’m assuming you
have a basic knowledge of F# are familiar with the concept of parameterized tests are familiar with parameterized tests with C#/xUnit TL/DR type Somebody = { Name : string } let samplesTLDR : obj[] list = [ [| { Name = "Homer" }; "Homer" |] [| { Name = "Marge" }; "Marge" |] ] [<Theory>] [<MemberData(nameof(samplesTLDR))>] let ``test TLDR`` someBody expected = Assert.
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How to setup Jupyter with dotnet 5 on Arch Linux in 2021
Feb 26, 2021
Jupyter “Notebooks” are an interesting way of documenting / teaching code interactively. Jupyter has extended their plattform for other languages (it was originally conceived for Python). See this microsoft anouncement from 2020-06 for dotnet core integration.
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TDD Money Step-by-Step in C#
Feb 25, 2020
While preparing a TDD workshop, I ported Kent Beck’s Money example from the book “Test-Driven Development by Example”
to C# using .NET Core I’ve tried to map each change described in the book to a dedicated git commit with a sensible commit message.
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F# Smart Constructor
Feb 10, 2020
The “Smart Constructor” pattern allows us to create a type with F#. With validation.
TL/DR Here is the F# boiler plate needed to implement the Value Object pattern.
type UserName = private UserName of string module UserName = let isValid s = // .
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F#: Function Signature
Feb 05, 2020
I always forget how to write Haskell-like function signatures in F#.
type AddOne = int -> int let addOne : AddOne = fun i -> i + 1 You can think of AddOne as an interface in OO-languages, for functions.
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Blog: Update to Hugo
Jan 05, 2020
I’ve replaced the static blogging engine of this blog. The previous blogging engine (Octopress) hasn’t been updated in a while, so I switched to Hugo.
Old links should still work.
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Review: Hands-On Domain-Driven Design with .NET Core by Alexey Zimarev
Jun 25, 2019
I have updated this post because the author took the time to respond to my review.
TL;DR The book Hands-On Domain-Driven-Design with .NET Core by Alexey Zimarev illustrates the pros & cons of different CQRS/ES persistency options in the .
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F# Linux: mixed feelings
Nov 29, 2018
I have been trying to learn F# with .NET Core and Linux for some time. My experience so far are mixed. Let me explain what I mean by “mixed”:
First off all: It is great that we can use .
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IntelliJ and Gnome keyboard shortcut conflict: Ctrl Alt s
Aug 21, 2018
I am currenty experimenting with Jetbrains Rider under Linux. Sticking to the default window manager GNOME for my linux distro (Arch Linux), I ran into some problems with conflicting keyboard shortcuts.
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Rewarding moments during Lunch & Learn...
Mar 15, 2018
Today I witnessed a C++ developer explaining the essence of Test-Driven Development (TDD) to a Haskell developer. And a bunch of other developers pitched in! It was over lunch. We don’t talk about TDD everyday while eating.
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Visual Studio's default path for new projects
Feb 20, 2018
Today I took the time to fix something very simple: Visual Studio’s default path.
In the past decade there has never been a single project I wanted to save to:
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