Introduction to 3d printing

Motivation As I started with my Prusa i3 MK3 last year I was bamboozled a lot: Platforms, Tools, gcode, STL, CAD, Slicer, etc. Perhaps this little article helps to shed some light onto the topic. Prerequisites Buy a printer 3D printers come in a variety of sizes and prizes. Nowadays you can start below 200€…

Pillow how to convert images to webp

Motivation WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. It was developed by Google, and is designed to be smaller in size than other image formats, while still maintaining high image quality. One reason WebP is often considered better than JPEG is that it can…

Skin in the Game

Motivation Dieser Artikel ist ein Plädoyer für mehr Ausprobieren und weniger Perfektionismus. Skin in the Game „Skin in the Game“ bedeutet, dass eine Person ein berechtigtes Interesse am Erfolg oder Misserfolg einer Sache hat, an der sie beteiligt ist, und daher eine Motivation hat, dafür zu sorgen, dass sie erfolgreich wird. Wenn beispielsweise ein Firmeninhaber…

Three basic types of agile retrospectives

Motivation Inspect and adapt & Iterative and incremental are the most basic agile principles. So, inspection of your process after every iteration can be done by a retrospective. Vegas Rule First some psychological safety: Vega’s Rule: What happens in a retro stays in the retro! Participants only want to share their insights and concerns when…

Advent of Code 2022 Day 3

Challenge – Part 1 https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/3 Problem vJrwpWtwJgWrhcsFMMfFFhFp jqHRNqRjqzjGDLGLrsFMfFZSrLrFZsSL PmmdzqPrVvPwwTWBwg wMqvLMZHhHMvwLHjbvcjnnSBnvTQFn ttgJtRGJQctTZtZT CrZsJsPPZsGzwwsLwLmpwMDw The first rucksack contains the items vJrwpWtwJgWrhcsFMMfFFhFp, which means its first compartment contains the items vJrwpWtwJgWr, while the second compartment contains the items hcsFMMfFFhFp. The only item type that appears in both compartments is lowercase p. The second rucksack’s compartments contain jqHRNqRjqzjGDLGL and…

Advent of Code 2022 Day 2

Challenge – Part 1 https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/2 Example For example, suppose you were given the following strategy guide: A Y B X C Z This strategy guide predicts and recommends the following: In the first round, your opponent will choose Rock (A), and you should choose Paper (Y). This ends in a win for you with a…