Maybe it is just my confirmation bias, but I think the number of made-up points to win arguments get out of hand. The points get shallower and more ridiculous with every month, and it seems that there is no end in sight on how low the bar could get. When it comes to practices and …
We are already in the last week of 2023. This year flew by and so many things happened that I cannot recall all of them. Let us have a look at the highlights of my 2023. Traveling far and often Without traveling restrictions, I took my chance and visited many of my favourite places: …
With only a few days left in 2022, it looks like this fading year was not too bad for me. I was able to travel again and visit places I have missed and others I have wanted to see for a long time. At work, we were finally able to part ways with Windows Identity …
A year ago, I had the hope that with the COVID vaccine we are back in something called “normal” by summer. For a few weeks it looked like this could be true before it turned for the worse. While writing this post Switzerland starts the Omicron wave at the high point of our 5th wave …
Last week I discovered an annoying Microsoft “feature” on my laptop. After a long holiday and a few Windows updates, Microsoft Word was gone. I could not find the application anywhere and my computer was unwilling to open any *.docx files. A quick Google search showed that I am not alone. But how do I …
I am glad 2020 is over. It was the year that put an end to any hope of self-responsibility to tackle a global crisis. It did not work for COVID-19, it will not work for climate change. We need something else and I hope we find it in time. Havoc to my travel plans …
An often-overlooked combination of tools to develop software are pen and paper. Don’t panic, I do not propose to write a first draft of your code on paper and only use a computer for the final version. Some universities or companies in their hiring process may do that, but that is not what I mean. …
2019 was a year full of challenges and I am happy that it is over. I use the time between the holidays to recharge my batteries so that I will be ready to tackle the changes that 2020 will bring. With everything going on I missed my 10th anniversary of my blog graberj.wordpress.com. I started …
Over the last few days there was a big discussion on Twitter about 10x developers. Shekhar Kirani claimed many things about what 10x developers do and how one shout accept their oddities because they are so much better than the other developers and that they single-handedly will solve all problems. If you did not already …
My personal highlight of 2018 was definitely my talk What Doctors Can Teach Us on Continuous Learning at NDC Oslo. You can find the recording of it on YouTube: I learned a lot while preparing this talk and I hope I can attend in 2019 again as a speaker. I am working currently on ideas …