A Story of German Digital Incompetency
I love living in Germany and I am absolutely aware that this is a great privilege. At the same time, I witness topics this country obviously doesn’t comprehe...
Riding the Bicycle in 2023 - A new form of transportation
The other day, I was waiting for my wife to arrive home from a shopping trip. She had our infant daughter with her, lying comfortably in the bicycle trailer....
It's not only time at work. It's your lifetime. Spend it with purpose.
Twelve months ago, I started one of my major development projects, together with an awesome team. Now, I have achieved my task of setting up this project and...
My Personal Killer Features of the Apple Watch
Some weeks ago, I fell in love with Apple. In a buying spree I never thought to be possible, I purchased a couple of devices, including an Apple Watch. This ...
HackTalk News 2023
This article is about my German-speaking event HackTalk, which is why it is written in German. Das vergangene Jahr war vermutlich für uns alle aufregend. Fü...
Lessons Learned and News in December 2022
This is what I learned in December 2022: I learned a lot about Germany’s and Europe’s energy production, using the Electricity Maps. This awesome website an...
Lessons Learned and News in October and November 2022
Because of important family projects, this article covers my lessons learned in both October and November. This is what I learned in October and November 20...
My First Week in Mastodon
One week ago, I created my first Mastodon account @stevenschwenke@digitalcourage.social and used it as my primary microblogging service, which was Twitter (@...
Using Meta-Annotations in Spring MVC Controllers
I saw a nice best practice recently that I want to share. It’s about how to handle @PreAuthorize annotations in Spring controllers. An architect proposed to ...