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My newest Album, “Starlight Drift”, features six tracks, all of which are techno this time.

I was standing in the hallway, looking at the cat, the cat looking at me, when the old power brick of the LED strip next to both of us decided that it was time to share its magic smoke with the world… What made it so special was the sequence of events that

My newest EP, “Starburst”, features four tracks, two of which are Electronica along one Techno track and one Instrumental/Soundtrack piece.

I recently got a Steam Machine and wanted to write about the parts that other reviews I have seen left out, and give my own opinion.

Assembly is a tech house track I made during vacation, it turned out sadder than expected…

“Sol y Sombra”, a multi genre release, contains six tracks ranging from slow, peaceful instrumental over tech house to experimental techno, drum and bass and a soundtrack track from a game I might continue working on when the time is right…

I made a QR-Code scanner and creator app for iOS and macOS, you can scan QR Codes, open and/or copy their contents, and create new ones where you can also set their colors and shapes.

I am sorry to report that I tried using Cursor (not on this blog or in a published project, but a Godot free time project).

I recently had to reinstall macOS (because the installation had ~250GB of “System Data” I am unable to purge, even as root) and used this opportunity to switch my SSH key setup on that device to be completely TPM-backed… Welcome to the final post of 2025;…

When I installed a new PCIe network card into my gaming PC I was surprised by suddenly lagging mouse input (via network, it’s a headless machine)… It turns out the driver for the network card had a setting for throttling interrupts to the CPU, which was e…

My first ever EP, “Aurora” contains four tracks I made while being inspired by the beauty and physics of nothern lights.

Slopware is now the default experience when you try to create a README file in an empty project using the GitLab Web UI.

In this post I’ll describe how to install an encrypted Debian (13, “Trixie”) on an M1 MacBook Pro (others might work too).

The last time I used GNOME (a few years ago I think it was Version 3) I was surprised at how ugly it had gotten and how much of an “improvement” this was praised as.

I made an amplifier and effects app for iOS which lets users amplify their voice or instruments using any connected input and output the resulting audio over any connected output.

After completing “Aberration”, I was reminded of how much fun I have while making music, this album is the result of this realization.

After a long period of focusing on other things, a sudden, profound loss pushed me to create music again as a way to process everything.

The paint on the bottom chips off when worn and the support says it costs 370€ to replace it while the watch is still under “warranty”.

I have a super-annoying doorbell in my flat, and my cats hate it.

Why is it currently trending that X11 is “dead”?

In this post I will describe the necessary steps to host your own APT mirror that you can use in your local network to speed up package installations and updates, and save bandwidth.

If you suddenly can’t control your TV volume using your Apple TV Remote anymore, you might need to reboot it by holding “TV/Screen” and “Volume Down” for ~10 seconds… 🙃

I made an audio player app for iOS which plays the locally synced library.

I wrote a network toolkit app as a weekend project, mainly because I needed one of those and when I searched for it, the first few results had ads, tracking and/or annoying cookie banners.

Have you ever come upon the pleasure of doing math in your CSS or LESS code?