- I am a software engineer and solution architect from Germany, residing in the Black Forest near Basel (Switzerland).

Perkele!
Perkele!
Homebrew manages a lot of the software on my Mac. In the case of Hugo—the tool used to generate this website—updating to the latest version broke the template (PaperMod), since Hugo introduced breaking changes that the template didn’t yet support. I had two options: either fix the template or stick with an older version of Hugo until the template is updated. I chose the latter, since the site is hosted on Cloudflare, which uses a predefined Hugo version for generating the content. It’s more reliable to use the same version locally and in production. ...
Using Cloudflare Tunnel with a custom domain on Cloudflare, configured locally and started only when needed.
Learn how to customize CKEditor 5 for Magnolia DXP with this step-by-step guide, covering plugin installation, configuration, and integration to enhance your rich-text editing experience.
There are several possible solutions and strategies to deal with issues with Magnolia SSO.
Create a lightweight Magnolia Docker image with Maven and Tomcat, ready for local testing or Azure deployment.
Strategies for gaining access to Magnolia CMS after being locked out.
I’ve migrated my code examples and configuration snippets from GitHub to Codeberg — a Git platform hosted in Europe and built on open-source software. As a European developer, I prefer using services that prioritize digital sovereignty, transparency, and data protection. 🔗 You can now find all related materials here: all related materials here.
This document explains how to add custom role or group information to ID tokens in Auth0 using OpenID Connect, enabling user rights management in an SSO integration (e.g., for Magnolia CMS).
This is mostly for myself, but it could also be helpful to others: If you want to access shared calendars from Google Calendar in a native application on your Mac, open this link: Google Calendar Sync Settings. You can pick the shared calendars you would like to be accessible from native applications like iCal.
RSS has always been my go-to method for staying informed. Many times, RSS was deemed dead. All the web services that I have previously utilized have been terminated, including Rojo and Google Reader. For a brief period, I hosted an RSS service myself, but then I switched to another syndication service. Currently, I use NetNewsWire with iCloud Drive on my Mac, which is the perfect solution. ⚠️ Please read the last paragraph before playing around with the options described. ...