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2026

The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering realityoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2026
Estonia, the country of the fit and the witoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
SpacemiT K3 is a compelling RISC-V AI CPU, but difficult to buyoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2026
Balancing persistence vs pivoting – is grit a virtue or wasteful?original ↗
17 May 2026
Mentoring Mondays for aspiring Debian contributorsoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Automated security validation: How 7,000+ tests shaped MariaDB's new AppArmor profileoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
Do AI models still keep getting better, or have they plateaued?original ↗
22 Feb 2026
Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux?original ↗
26 Jan 2026
Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2026

2025

Backtesting trailing stop-loss strategies with Python and market dataoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debianoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2025
Could the XZ backdoor have been detected with better Git and Debian packaging practices?original ↗
19 Oct 2025
Zero-configuration TLS and password management best practices in MariaDB 11.8original ↗
14 Sept 2025
Managing procrastination and distractionsoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2025
Best Practices for Submitting and Reviewing Merge Requests in Debianoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packagesoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025
Corporate best practices for upstream open source contributionsoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2025
Creating Debian packages from upstream Gitoriginal ↗
26 May 2025
Going full-time as an open source developeroriginal ↗
16 Apr 2025
Debian Salsa CI in Google Summer of Code 2025original ↗
25 Mar 2025
Will decentralized social media soon go mainstream?original ↗
5 Mar 2025
10 habits to help becoming a Debian maintaineroriginal ↗
26 Jan 2025
Debian source packages in git explainedoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2025

2024

Are AI language models capable of doing financial forecasting?original ↗
12 Dec 2024
The simple art of effective decision-making for managersoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2024
Should developers always just write code and never design documents?original ↗
30 May 2024
Heartbleed and XZ backdoor learnings: open source infrastructure can be improved efficiently with moderate fundingoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2024
Communication is the key to efficiency in a software engineering organizationoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2024
8 writing tips for software professionalsoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2024
Tab-tastic tips for streamlined web browser useoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2024
Advanced Git commands every senior software developer needs to knoworiginal ↗
29 Feb 2024
Learn to write better Git commit messages by exampleoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2024
When everyone else is wrongoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2024

2023

Make habits, not goalsoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2023
How to conduct an effective code revieworiginal ↗
19 Nov 2023
My 5 tips for efficient meetingsoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2023
Pulsar, the best code editororiginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
Unpacking Linux containers: understanding Docker and its alternativesoriginal ↗
8 May 2023
The optimal home officeoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
How to make a good git commitoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2023
Quick builds and rebuilds of MariaDB using Dockeroriginal ↗
12 Mar 2023
Grokking the MariaDB test runner (MTR)original ↗
19 Feb 2023
How to code 10x faster than an average programmeroriginal ↗
29 Jan 2023

2022

Resist the urge of the first solutionoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2022
Ensuring software quality with GitLab CI – case MariaDB in Debianoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2022
Stop the senseless killingoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2022
Truth, health and wealthoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2022
The optimaloriginal ↗
8 Aug 2022

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About meoriginal ↗
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Archivesoriginal ↗
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Debian Mentoringoriginal ↗
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