monday, july 15, 2024
As you probably know, I am a big fan and user of IntelliJ.
Besides the tips on features you’ll use every day, there are tons of lesser-known features, some of which surprised me positively.
In this video, I’m showing 13 helpful IntelliJ features that you likely don’t know yet.
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tuesday, may 21, 2024
Quarkus' dev mode is a wonderful way to quickly update your code while programming, including adding some debug statements.
Your IDE’s debug functionality, however, is still a powerful method to debug more complex or unclear situations.
In this video I’m showing five different ways how to debug your Quarkus application, locally, in containers, or in Kubernetes.
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thursday, may 02, 2024
As knowledge worker and when learning new topics, it’s helpful to have a note-taking system and a way to keep track of acquired knowledge and additional pointers.
In this video, I’m showing a simple, plain-text-file-based knowledge system powered by your editor of choice.
I want to point out that you don’t need a sophisticated third-party tool to manage your notes, and that a few tips can get you very far.
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monday, april 22, 2024
If you’re using Quarkus in a recent version and would like to upload (multiple) files, this video is for you.
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wednesday, march 20, 2024
When starting out your journey with Vim, there are so many things to learn.
Over time, you will see which features will stick with you and which ones are helpful in your work.
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friday, march 15, 2024
I’m sharing my relevant “dotfiles”, that is all the configuration in my Linux home directory on GitHub.
I was asked a few times to go through these files, explain what the individual config bits do, and the motivation behind them.
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friday, february 09, 2024
Over the years, I’ve made the point quite extensively that developers should be proficient in using the keyboard.
Besides touch typing — being able to type without looking at your keyboard — which tips or techniques can help you becoming better at the keyboard?
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monday, january 29, 2024
Over the years, I got asked many times why my setup looks so weird, especially with my window manager.
I’m using a tiling window manager, i3 on Arch Linux, and in the following video I’m explaining why and how.
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