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Timo Reymann

DevOp. Fullstack Web-Dev. Agnostic Atheist. Human.

Public money – Public code – What it is all about and why it is just logical.

Public money – Public code – What it is all about and why it is just logical.

As the world goes, more and more digital, software is required everywhere. Not only to make your internet surfing possible or chatting with your friends and family. Governments need new software to make processes more automated and cost-effective. As taxpayers, we all pay the price for that as well, so

Small things for building better container images

Small things for building better container images

Container images, commonly referred to as docker images, are everywhere nowadays, from the developers' workstation to the data center or even the cloud. It's easy to build those, but also easy to build something that's not ideal. A few useful tips for making your container images smaller, more secure and

Ethics in the job and why it is so important

Ethics in the job and why it is so important

Everyone, at some point, had a job where they had some decisions to make or tasks to they were not aligning with. And occasionally this is part of the job. At the end of the day, even your dream job can be annoying sometimes, and you just do it for

EU Trip 2023 | Rewind, Stats & Learning

EU Trip 2023 | Rewind, Stats & Learning

Almost two months, my first real travel that went over two weeks. I saw a lot, experienced a lot and travelled a lot. This is a recap of the highlights for me, some stats and what stayed in my memory. The intention behind this post is to provide some insights,

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 12 (28.04 – 30.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 12 (28.04 – 30.04)

It's already week 12 of my trip, following the post about week 11. This will also be the last diary entry as it's the last week. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. What to expect from the last week

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 10 (18.04 – 22.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 10 (18.04 – 22.04)

It's already week 10 of my trip, following the post about week 9. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 18.04 – Travel to & first day in Budapest Woke up pretty early, slept not too much but due to noise

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 11 (23.04 – 27.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 11 (23.04 – 27.04)

It's already week 11 of my trip, following the post about week 10. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 23.04 – An afternoon in Ljubljana I got up right before my alarm, showered and checked out. Since I didn't

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 9 (13.04 – 17.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 9 (13.04 – 17.04)

It's already week 9 of my trip, following the post about week 8. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 13.04 – A day in Bialystok I hadn't planned much for Bialystok, just washing clothes and exploring the old town.

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 8 (08.04 – 12.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 8 (08.04 – 12.04)

It's already week 8 of my trip, following the post about week 7. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 08.04 – A day in Tallinn & Travel to Riga The last day in Tallinn. Since I already saw the things

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 7 (03.04 – 07.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 7 (03.04 – 07.04)

It's already week 7 of my trip, following the post about week 6. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 03.04 – A long day in Åland First, strictly said it was yesterday, the tax-free store and the people drinking

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 6 (29.03 – 02.04)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 6 (29.03 – 02.04)

It's already week 6 of my trip, following the post about week 5. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 29.03 – Travelling to Bergen & Exploring the city center Getting up too late, having to rush for the train. In

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 5 (24.03 – 28.03)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 5 (24.03 – 28.03)

It's already week 5 of my trip, following the post about week 4. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 24.03 – Last day in the Netherlands Today is already the last day in the Netherlands. Will take a FlixBus

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 4 (18.03 – 23.03)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 4 (18.03 – 23.03)

It's already week 4 of my trip, following the post about week 3. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. For the UK part, Gabriel, a friend of mine, joined. So expect him to be part of the stories and

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 3 (13.03 – 17.03)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 3 (13.03 – 17.03)

It's already week 3 of my trip, following the post about week 2. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. For the UK part, Gabriel, a friend of mine, will join. So expect him to be part of the stories

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 2 (08.03 – 12.03)

EU-Trip 2023 | Week 2 (08.03 – 12.03)

It's already week 2 of my trip, following the post about week 1. Have no clue/context, then the original post, It's finally time for an adventure, is for you. 08.03 Zürich Today was the first day in Zürich where I could explore the city a bit more. Marco

EU-Trip 2023 | Prep & Week 1 (01.03 – 07.03)

EU-Trip 2023 | Prep & Week 1 (01.03 – 07.03)

Here we go, week one! As promised in the post, “It's finally time for an adventure” the first week of my kind of travel blog / diary. While writing this, realized that 7 days are too much for a blog post, so will keep it short and reducing to 5 days

Things that no one tells you when starting your first full-time job, but are so valuable

Things that no one tells you when starting your first full-time job, but are so valuable

So, when I started my first full-time job, everything was super exciting. I thought, okay, I will give 120% from the start. Hyped and ready to rock this show. But there are a few things that no one told me and I didn't expect. While my first job is already

Make frontend to microservice communication great again

Make frontend to microservice communication great again

Your frontend is still stuck on a monolithic architecture, while your backend seems to get increasingly distributed? Do you see yourself doing too many API calls in your frontend, maybe even worsening it with different structures? Then this is for you. Abstract it away The first and easiest way is

You should push your (IDE) config to version control — and here is why

You should push your (IDE) config to version control — and here is why

Many gitignore files are full of ignores, for our IDEs and editors. Is it Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or even vim? But why are we excluding all files, many even consider it as a bad practice having them in the project at all! Make setup for new devs easier The

Will AI replace our jobs?

Will AI replace our jobs?

Recently, there has been a lot of news around ChatGPT and DALL-E. Both really impressive projects, pushing what's currently possible and for the very first time making it as easy as just writing a few lines of plain text. My fifty cents and opinion on the topic. Good enough to

It's finally time for an adventure

🧳 Travel Featured

It's finally time for an adventure

After years of COVID-19 and personal limitations that stopped me from finally start travelling, the time has come! What is it going to be? It's going to be a trip across a few different countries in March & April this year. To name them all: * Belgium * Luxembourg * Switzerland * France * England * Ireland

Build a self-contained shell installer

📄 How Tos / Tutorials

Build a self-contained shell installer

Have you ever had yourself in the situation where you want to have a one-in-all installer for stuff on *nix-systems or macOS? I got you covered. What are we going to build? The idea is simple, you have an installer, which also includes your files, what? Exactly! We will have

Remote work is cool – A few tips after working remote for almost 3 years to keep it that way

Remote work is cool – A few tips after working remote for almost 3 years to keep it that way

Remote work, for many of us the corona pandemic enabled us a complete new way of working and also living. I, personally, enjoy the freedom of being able to work from home. No struggle getting to work every day, and you just get so much more done. Don't forget about

“Have you tried turning off and on again” – Explanation for the non-techies

“Have you tried turning off and on again” – Explanation for the non-techies

Have you turned it on and off again? Have you tried to restart your device? — Chances are high, you already heard this before. Is it from your internet service provider or the helpdesk in your company? And in some cases this simple thing made it work again? Why is this

Living in $HOME – Some tips to make your shell more comfy

📄 How Tos / Tutorials

Living in $HOME – Some tips to make your shell more comfy

Do you use your shell every day or would like to be more efficient with day to day task by utilizing the terminal? Then this article is for you. Entrypoint(s) There are different configuration files for your shell(s) where you can configure and customize. * /etc/profile – Loaded for