When working with a terminal / console in unixoid systems like Linux or macOS you may have encountered a command like CTRL + C to terminate a running process. There are a few more: Signal Control character SIGINT CTRL + C SIGTSTP CTRL + Z SIGINFO CTRL + T
JuPyteR Do You know the feeling of being already late to a party when encountering something new? But when you actually start telling others about it, you realize that it is not too common knowledge at all, e.g. Jupyter Notebooks. What is a Jupyter notebook? In my own words: a browser-based document-oriented command line style…
Being “forced” to use Outlook at work, I use the following configuration: Disable Popups Options -> Mail -> Message Arrival Default Reminder -> 5mins Options -> Calendar -> Calendar options -> Default reminders Activate Week Number Options -> Calendar -> Display options -> Show week numbers in the month view Enable Calendar in Mail View…
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…
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 +…
I pity the fool who hasn’t got a tool! After buying cheap tools all my life I’ve decided that I became too old for 5€ screwdriver. Our working student Michael Jäger introduced me to the brand PB Swiss Tools. They have lifelong guarantee on their tools and have some nice ideas like colorcoding their bits…
Many software developers use a multi monitor setup with two or three screens at 24 inches or more. Some folks like video editors 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. On Windows 10 you can change…
One item crossed off my bucket list – I drove a Tesla Model S P100D!
Bill Gates once said: “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” Sometimes being such a lazy person I’ve discovered a couple of years ago a neat little browser plug in which let’s you automate your browser. It’s called iMacros and…
After owning a couple of cheap merchandise insulated travel mugs, Jens Dittmar convinced me to spend a couple of euros on a “professional” travel mug. (In the end I convinced my boss to buy a bunch of mugs for the whole team as a christmas present so I didn’t have to buy one myself 🙂…