Will AI make our jobs obsolete? Or is there still a niche for us to survive? — Many people are aware of ChatGPT, a chatbot of OpenAI. Although it’s still only in a preview state, its capabilities are astonishing and uncanny at the same time. And there are other big players that launch their AI programs like Google with Bard or Microsoft with its enhanced Bing search. …

I don’t see the benefits and get angry about the downsides. It needs to be improved asap. — There is an article by fellow writer Andrew Zuo who talks about Flutter null safety. He is not happy with the current state but expects improvements in the future. What Has Null Safety Given Us Really? So I wanted to write about this for a while. But it never really seemed like that interesting of a concept. Like, when…medium.com

Or is it too big to be entirely revamped? — The Windows operating system has been around for a long time. Since the first official version in 1985, a lot has changed in the world and also in Windows. But you would not believe how many old bits can still be found in it. Some of it is under the…

Microsoft’s .NET MAUI was released as a stable version just recently. I evaluated the latest version last week and here is my opinion on the state. — Cross-platform is a trending topic nowadays. The promise to write code once and bring it to many devices and systems is not new, but currently, it is much easier than in previous years because there are a lot more approaches available like Flutter, Reactive Native, Electron, Cordova, and many more…

In this article, I want to present some code “gems” that I collected over the years. All examples are from applications that are used in a production environment. How to make a method async … NOT

I recently got a new notebook from my employer because my old one was getting pretty slow. It’s uncanny how much my happiness level increased. — A software developer spends a lot of time waiting. Waiting for the compiler to build the software, waiting for the test runner to execute all unit tests, or waiting for the stakeholders to clarify requirements. …

Here are some thoughts about what you should consider when you are about to learn a new programming language or framework or tech stack. — Today I want to share some tips when you are thinking about learning or using a new programming language or a new framework. It’s not about updating to a more recent version (like going from .NET5 to .NET6) but learning something new from scratch. The main problem is: You cannot…

Here are some examples of things I learned in my first years as a software developer. It’s about documentation, writing code, and mindset. — Corporate life as a software developer is not easy sometimes. I had my struggles in earlier years and want to show you what I experienced and what I learned from it. Every line of code probably had a reason when it was written Starting in a project that existed for several…