My articles

Here you can find all my articles. I write about interesting stuff I came across while working on projects or just for fun as well as small tutorials and guides. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing and researching them.

Integrating local AI into Rainbow Palette

Integrating local AI into Rainbow Palette

Google announced a local Gemini Nano model inside Chrome that can be used by websites directly in the browser. I tried to integrate this experimental feature into Rainbow Palette to generate color palettes. Let's see how it works and how you can use it yourself!
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Automatic deployment with webhooks

As a developer, I always like to automate things. One of these things was the deployment process of some of my web services. In this article I show you how I set up an automation process for these projects using simple webhooks.
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Building a modern e-learning website

Building a modern e-learning website

Roughly 2 years ago I was asked to build a website for latin teaching material in cooperation with the department of classical philology at the university of Würzburg. In this article I want to share my experiences in building it, show you the tech stack behind it and what else was needed to make it work.
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Yearly review: Looking back at 2023

Yearly review: Looking back at 2023

In mid 2023, I started to collect some anonymous usage data on my websites. In this post, I want to share some insights on how the year 2023 went for my portfolio and also this blog. I hope you enjoy these insights and have a great year 2024!
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Introduction to HTMX

Introduction to HTMX

A few months ago I came across HTMX and found the concept behind it fascinating. I started reading up on it, which led to a talk at FrankenJS Würzburg and this blog article. First I cover the application architecture and some other fundamentals behind HTMX. After that I will show how a simple HTMX application is build.
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