“If you’ve never made a mistake, you’ve never tried anything new.”
— Albert Einstein
Regionale Wertschöpfung durch Erneuerbare Energien – eine Studie mit beeindruckenden Zahlen
Eine aktuelle Studie im Auftrag des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums zeigt: Erneuerbare Energien generieren Milliarden an regionaler Wertschöpfung – und können strukturschwache Regionen nachhaltig stärken.
April 30, 2026
Mathematik, Philosophie, Kunst — Drei Seiten einer Medaille
Mathematik als reines formales Denken. Philosophie als Wechselwirkung des Denkens mit der Welt. Und Kunst als reines Sein — jenseits aller Begriffe. Über drei Formen der Welterkenntnis — und warum wir alle drei brauchen.
April 16, 2026
How Solar Becomes Sexy 
Solar panels are sensible. But sensible isn’t enough. Why we need to stop selling solar as a spreadsheet exercise — and start thinking of it as a status symbol. A follow-up to The Solar-SUV Contradiction.
April 15, 2026
The Solar-SUV Contradiction
Why do people obsess over payback periods for solar panels — and then buy an SUV without blinking? On selective rationality, emotional accounting, and the blind spots in our spending decisions.
April 14, 2026
Wind and Solar Top the Charts — Germany’s Power Mix in 2025
For the first time, wind and solar formed the top two electricity sources in Germany — both ahead of lignite. A milestone, even if the pace is not fast enough.
April 13, 2026
Why Erlang? The Underestimated Strengths of a Proven Platform
Erlang is over 35 years old – and more relevant than ever. A look at the strengths that make this language so uniquely suited for modern distributed systems.
March 20, 2026
Elm – When the Compiler Is Your Best Friend
Elm promises no runtime exceptions – and keeps that promise. An introduction to the functional language for reliable web frontends.
March 20, 2026
Fahrrad-Wohnanhänger bauen – Was gibt es zu beachten?
Eine Übersicht der relevanten Vorschriften aus StVZO und StVO für den Bau eines Fahrrad-Wohnanhängers – von Abmessungen über Beleuchtung bis Ladungssicherung.
March 14, 2026
The Three Faces of Depression — and Why Psilocybin Matters
Depression is not one illness. It is many. And for those whom neither medication nor therapy can reach, psychedelic research is opening a door that has been closed for decades.
March 13, 2026
The Price of Individualism
How neoliberalism pushed the idea of the self-made individual to its extreme, brought us to the brink of catastrophe – and why we need to rediscover what it means to be a society.
March 8, 2026
AI Revolution or Downfall?
How Claude Opus 4.6 is changing software development – and what it means for society when machines take over the work.
March 7, 2026
The Power of Replication in CouchDB
Replication in CouchDB is not only useful for distribution. Together with filters it becomes a powerful tool for realizing business cases.
July 6, 2024
An Erlang Song
concurrency, distribution, fault tolerance
May 8, 2024
Is Erlang an OOP language?
Some thoughts about what Erlang is … and what it even means.
March 22, 2024
Hello World in RISC-V-Assembly
August 22, 2023
Templating in Erlang
Erlang is well suited for writing template engines, due to its pattern matching capabilities
April 22, 2019
Joe Armstrong is dead
Joe Armstrong – one of the inventors of Erlang – died today.
April 20, 2019
Decentralized Grid Control Using Mains Frequency — No Central Authority Needed
Every device on the grid can sense its load state — no internet, no server, no communication needed. Just the 50 Hz hum.
February 8, 2015