I’m an enthusiastic web developer in an online marketing agency.
I love to build websites and WordPress plugins, which I publish via my project Epiphyt.
Find out more about me on my slash pages.
Projects
Epiphyt
Solving everyday WordPress problems with my plugins with a keen sense for function and user interaction.
KittMedia
German-based hosting and support around WoltLab Suite community forum software.
Latest posts
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Email archiving with Open Archiver
I’ve recently discovered Open Archiver in a (German) YouTube video, which allows you to archive your emails from various different email providers. It seems to be still a very new project, but it looks promising to me. And it’s completely open source.
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From self-hosting notes
I recently wanted to move away from Apple’s Notes app, since it doesn’t allow storing the actual notes anywhere als than iCloud. So I started a journey regarding self-hosting my notes …
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Migrated from Netdata to Prometheus + Grafana
I had been playing with Grafana, InfluxDB, Telegraf and Prometheus the last two weeks and can now share my story of what I finally use to replace my Netdata instances and why.
Latest updates
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Energy Efficient Ethernet via FritzBox is not good
TIL: Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) in the newest firmware (8.2x) of my FritzBox is probably garbage. When set to “automatic” (which is the only setting aside of “off”), the network is super unstable between devices on the LAN/WAN and any other device. In both the LAN and the internet. Clear suggestion: if you have connectivity…
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Dovecot update is not fun
TIL (at 3 am): Upgrading Dovecot is not fun when the behavior changes a lot. Took several hours to get it running identical to before. But at least I could remove some old configuration parts.
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Default value in register_post_meta
TIL: Defining a default value within register_post_meta drives you crazy if you no more aware of that you did it. It still persists, even if it is not in the database or the object cache. Found out around an hour later … 🥲
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Why something new?
Every so often, I read and hear that Apple is no more innovative because the devices look always the same (not the only reason, but let’s focus on this). I just don’t get why. Why it needs to change? I’m not against new, I’m just happy with my devices. iPhone: it works fine, would even…
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Replaced Numbers with something completely different
I used to use Numbers usually only to track my spendings for my side business to get a quick overview when doing my taxes. All the back and forth with Apple Creator Studio now let me change that. Now, I’m using InvoiceShelf to track the expenses there. It’s self-hosted and thus I’m in full control…