In my development environments, I never install Node.j using apt-get but use nvm instead to be able to use multiple Node.js versions in parallel. To be able to debug mocha tests using Visual Studio Code, I'm using this launch.json: {"version": "0.2.0","configurations": [{"name": … | Continue reading
Yesterday I just tried to debug an ES6 Node.js application using Visual Studio Code and noticed that I couldn't remote debug. So I just asked on Twitter and got some replies from Erich Gamma and Andre Weinand today: @alexzeitler_ @code pls see the remote debugging section here ht … | Continue reading
After using Docker in development, you might want to put your application into production. Depending on your need, you might not want to push your private Docker images for your application to the Docker Hub, but have a private registry instead. Docker has been providing the priv … | Continue reading
This is part 2 of my journey to try and write a ray/path tracer in Go. Checkout part 1 here.I’m roughly following the e-book Ray Tracing in One Weekend, but translating all of the code into Go.In the previous post we covered how a path tracer works and got an image to display on … | Continue reading
I've been learning about... learning lately, specifically subconscious learning. Here's what I've found! | Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to learn Go for awhile now. I bought a book, read several blogs and tutorials, but I still didn’t feel like I was really getting anywhere with the language.A few weeks ago I went with my a few of my co-workers to the Triangle Golang meetup hosted by my friend Br … | Continue reading
I built a pure CSS text carousel because I couldn't find one I liked. Here's how I did it, and tweaks for later. | Continue reading
Closures in JavaScript are an important concept that all JS devs should know. So here's a summary for you. | Continue reading
I got the app Sketch Club and have really enjoyed making some fun drawings! | Continue reading
TL;DR Hard Disk space can only be replaced with more Hard Disk space Disclaimer: If you're doing things wrong described here you'll loose your data - create a backup first! Nowadays it's casual to use VMs for development environments. It's also casual that projects grow and you r … | Continue reading
We're using the Docker eco system now for a while in development and production. As you may know, the Docker eco system not only consists of the Docker engine (client and server), but it also provides Docker Machine and Docker Compose. While Docker Compose makes linking container … | Continue reading
TRANSLATIONS: 中文 (36氪) | 中文 (虎嗅) At the end of 2014, I wrote about the trends I noticed in UI design in apps in China. It was a surprising hit, receiving hundreds of thousands unique views the following week, and multiple translations into Chinese as well as Russian and Korean. I … | Continue reading
If you're using Chrome on Ubuntu in a VMware Workstation VM it is likely, that it has been crashing after being in the background for a while. Sometimes it also kills the VM entirely. For me the solution was to disable hardware accelartion completely - the performance isn't that … | Continue reading
The most insidious consequences of the festive meal are a lot more interesting than you think | Continue reading
The most insidious consequences of the festive meal are a lot more interesting than you think | Continue reading
A dishwasher is supposed to make life easy, if only we could agree how to load it. It’s time to settle the argument | Continue reading
Push these sexy applications in his mind to spice things up and drive him nuts. | Continue reading
I've been using the sleep tracking app SleepBot for more than 2 years. It was a great app and it had always served me well. Recently, however, I noticed that the app isn't maintained anymore. This means it's just a question of time until the app stops working. In order to be safe … | Continue reading
Some of you might watch the TV series "Arrow". Every time the Arrow catches a criminal who is supposedly harming his city, he will point it out to them in a theatrical fashion and yell: — You have failed this city! I wish we would have someone like him for all the people and org … | Continue reading
TU Berlin/Spin Digital at IFA 2015 in BerlinSpin Digital will demonstrate at IFA Berlin its real-time HEVC/H.265 decoder for 4K (UHD-1 Phase 2) supporting 60 frames per second, high dynamic range, and extended color formats (4:4:4 and 10-bit). The exhibition will take place from … | Continue reading
Film265 Face-to-Face Meeting in CopenhagenOn July 3rd 2015 members of the Film265 consortium met in Copenhagen at LevelK headquarters to discuss the advances of the project. Participants from all consortium partners (TU Berlin, Reelport, Marché du Film - Cinando, and LevelK) were … | Continue reading
TU Berlin and reelport presented Film265 at the Connect Concertation Meeting.The Film265 project was presented by Mauricio Alvarez-Mesa (TU Berlin) and Tilman Scheel (reelport) at the Connect Concertation Meeting, which was organized by the Creativity Unit of the DG Connect direc … | Continue reading
Film265 at Cannes Film Festival 2015Members from the Film265 consortium participated in the Cannes Film Festival 2015 edition at the French Riviera city from May 13th to May 24th. Mr Jerome Paillard, executive director of the Marché du Film, Tilman Scheel CEO of reelport, and Mau … | Continue reading
Setting up replication in PostgreSQL using Bucardo | Continue reading
TU Berlin/Spin Digital presented an 8K H.265 decoder at CEBIT 2015TU Berlin participated as exhibitor at CeBIT Hannover (Germany), one of the world’s most important computer and technological trade shows. The exhibition took place at the Hannover Messe from 16th to 20th March. TU … | Continue reading
Using the Mousetrap library, you can add keyboard shortcuts to your React apps. | Continue reading
I made a Whitney Houston API. Because why not. | Continue reading
Update on September 6th: Finally included the IPython notebooks!This post is an accompaniment to my Diversity: We’re not done yet first at EuroPython in Bilbao, Spain in July 2015, then as a keynote for DjangoCon US in Austin, TX in September 2015. Slides here, video from EuroPyt … | Continue reading
I get a LOT of emails from people asking to "pick my brain." Here is how I wish people would approach this. | Continue reading
The PNG file format has been around forever... sort of. Not really. | Continue reading
The CSS Image Values Spec allows you to cleanly blow up pixel art on the web. | Continue reading
Finding a mentor isn't always as explicit as it seems. | Continue reading
What happens if you try to get mashed on potatoes and sauced on sauce? It's a sobering insight into what really happens to the booze we cook with | Continue reading
TRANSLATIONS: 中文 (UI.cn) | 中文 (CSDN) | 한국어 | ру́сский язы́к This summer, I packed up all my things and moved from San Francisco to Guangzhou, China for work. Through an unlikely chain of coincidences that I don’t entirely recall, I’ve become a product manager on WeChat, a popular … | Continue reading
I saw the Mailbox beta launch the other day and felt this urge to get on board. I was excited like in the old days when new apps and services made me nervous like a little kid before christmas. But somewhere deep inside it didn't feel true anymore. I stopped my "early-adopter car … | Continue reading
I had my first hackathon experience as a Venmo employee this past weekend, and boy was it fun! | Continue reading
I'm leaving Iowa State in a few weeks, which is both a bummer and very exciting. | Continue reading
Some people don't know how to ask for help. Luckily, there's a proper way to do it. | Continue reading
Public speaking is the number 1 fear out there. Let's conquer it together. Lovingly. | Continue reading
Too often people go for the biggest and best laptop out there, when there are reasonable, affordable options. Let's talk about it. | Continue reading
In late 2011, I was contacted by a very charming, smart and persuasive French gentleman who spoke of clouds, platform-as-a-service, and polyglot programming. It took him and his team a couple of months to get me thinking seriously about a career change, after 10 great years at IB … | Continue reading
Interviews are scary, but they don't have to be. When you're on the spot, it's best to be prepared. Let's prepare you. | Continue reading
As much as I'd like to say that your looks will get you far, sometimes actual information is good to know too. | Continue reading
I love getting feedback from people. You learn most from it. | Continue reading
This is part 2 of a two-part tutorial for beginners as an introduction to HTML and CSS. | Continue reading