Motivation Inspired by the session at BarCamp Regensburg I started to think about pain points in my workflow. I figured out that the conversion of my photos was too cumbersome. Before When writing articles I download the images from my phone via AirDrop to my Mac. Apple stores images in the HEIC format on my…
Motivation Sometimes you need to translate text from one language to another. I for example often write articles in German but want to have them in English for this blog. For this use case you can use google’s translation function in the browser. But wouldn’t it be sweet to automate this task and spare some…
This is part 5 of the 5 part series 15 Steps for successful Bootstrapping Grow slowly & network consistently Don’t hire people until you’re walking on your last leg. Work with freelancers at most, if you would otherwise have to categorically reject jobs. Employees want to be paid on time, are entitled to an ergonomic…
This is part 5 of the 5 part series 15 Steps for successful Bootstrapping Narrow down your niche – the niche is your friend Who earns more? The hairdresser around the corner or the type and style consultant for career-conscious women who also does the hair and make-up? Sure, the latter. Go where there is…
Motivation When learning a specific language it is essential that you also learn the built-in functionality which gives you leverage. In Python there are often so called pythonic ways to solve problems like lambdas, filter function or enumerate. Tools that save you time when addressing real world problems. Use case Sometimes you want to do…
Motivation Many software developers use a multi monitor setup with two or three screens at 24 inches or more. Some folks like videoeditors even use giant curved screens with more than 34 inches. Thus it sometimes can become painful to find your mouse pointer on such big screen estate. But macOS got you covered. Settings…
Motivation Sometimes you need a configuration for your project to adapt to different environments. The easiest way is to alter some variables / constants in your program code. But Hold your horses. This isn’t always a good idea. What if you package your code into an executable with e.g. PyInstaller? Maybe the user of your…
Ein Plädoyer für die Einbindung externer Expertise in Softwareprojekten. Ein Gastartikel von Marcel Müller Software-Entwicklung besteht längst nicht mehr nur aus den Aktivitäten im Bereich Informatik, die der Erstellung, Gestaltung, Bereitstellung und Unterstützung von Software dienen. Gute Software-Entwicklung ist Leidenschaft. Gute Software-Entwicklung ist Kunst. Perspektiven & Spezialisierungen Man kann Software immer aus verschiedenen Perspektiven entwickeln…
Motivation Sometimes you need information about your system e.g. which Python version your program is running on. Enter the sys module Import import sys How to find the currently active Python interpreter current_interpreter = sys.executable assert current_interpreter == “/Users/jb/PycharmProjects/blog_content_creatronix/venv311/bin/python” How find out about your Python version sys.version assert sys.version == “3.11.0rc1 (v3.11.0rc1:41cb07120b, Aug 5 2022,…
Der Softwerker Der Softwerker ist ein deutsches Fachmagazin für Entwickler und Softwarearchitekten Man kann das Magazin kostenlos abonnieren und bekommt es dann entweder digital oder per Post geschickt. Der Softwerker erscheint 2 bis 3 mal jährlich. Inhalt Ausgabe 21 Diese Ausgabe hat 122 Seiten! Steffen Oehme – Working Software is not the Primary Measure of…