Bayes’ Theorem
Imagine that you come home from a party and you are stopped by the police. They ask you to take a drug test and you accept. The test result is positive. You are guilty. But wait a minute! Is it really that simple?
Software Engineering Camp 2017
After the Atlassian Roadshow, the next event I attended was just around the corner. Location The Software Engineering Camp 2017 aka #SWEC17 was hosted again in the rooms of method park in Erlangen-Tennenlohe which is the town where I work at e.solutions GmbH, so no big deal traveling. SWEC16 being my first bar camp ever,…
Atlassian Roadshow “Agile Evolution in Companies”
What can You expect from a day when you are awake at 4am after just 5 hours of sleep still dealing with headache and a cold? Actually a lot 🙂 Thanks to my wife I attended -against all odds- the Atlassian Roadshow “Agile Evolution in Companies” in Nuremberg, on November 14th 2017
Versioning Software – Semantic Versioning vs. Product Versioning
Keep it simple, stupid! When we first released our tool to the end user, we proudly named it v1.0.0. This is called semantic versioning – major.minor.patch Makes sense for libraries where a minor change e.g. 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 means interface compatibility, just some new functions. A major change e.g. 1.0.0 to 2.0.0 means “Attention, I…
Excel Flash Fill
From time to time you have annoying things to do which you cannot avoid e.g. split names into surname and last name. Here comes the flash fill feature: Given you have the full names in column A Go to cell B1 and enter the last name Go to B2 Go to tab “Data” Click Flash…
My most used keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10
Motivation As you become more experienced as a developer you will start to work on becoming more efficient instead of only being effective. Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to achieve tasks quicker. Shortcut Action Ctrl + X/C/V 🙂 Alt + Tab Switching between programs Ctrl + Tab Switch between tabs in programs Win +…
BarCamp Würzburg 2017
After visiting my first bar camp last year, I became quite an aficionado of craftsmanship gatherings. I visited: SWEC16 FMD 2017 DevCamp 2017 MQ! 2017 Management 3.0 Stammtisch All very different formats, locations and price ranges as well. So I was curious what was going to happen at #bcwue. The location The event took place…
How to stay healthy in a high stress environment
A short checklist to keep up with the stress in my daily work life: Develop healthy habits Read about the “aggregation of marginal gains” or the 1% rule here or here Eat healthy An apple a day keeps the doctor away Drink more water -> place a motivational bottle in reach Stay healthy Wash hands…
Bosch IXO Repair
In 2006 I bought my first Bosch IXO. It did a wonderful job over the last years and helped a lot assemble and disassemble mostly furniture. (I moved 3 times in the last ten years) But when we started to renovate our bureau at home the switch for changing directions started to get a slack…
MQ! – The Audi Innovation Summit
Sometimes You get to something by sheer chance: Scrolling down my Facebook timeline I saw the ad for the Audi MQ! Why do I have to register? After visiting a couple of bar camps I was curious how Audi was organizing a conference. So the first thing notably different to all events I’ve visited…