After almost a year's break, I am back – hopefully.

Unfortunately, the break was unexpected, and for the time being, there will be fewer new posts than before.

I've tinkered a bit here, crafted a bit there, and improved things all around.

Do you like what you see? Then leave a comment - it's a new feature I've added!

You probably already have heard of lactose intolerance and know a bit about it. But did you know, that lactose is added to powdered condiment and spice mixtures? That "lactose-free" on a product does not mean zero lactose, but that it contains less than a certain threshold someone defined?

I’m working on a application called "photo enhancer". Because I have two computers, I shared the SQLite database through Dropbox. As number of pictures stored in the DB grew, I needed a better database and switched to MySQL. In this post, I want to share my solution of how to setup your MySQL to be shared through Dropbox.

I’m often asked "what I do with all the photos I take", "where do I store them" and "how do I organize them". 

In the past, it was more a topic between (hobby-)photographers, to find out the best way to handle our photos. Today, with smartphones, everyone will ask this questions at some point.

The last few months were exhausting. After years I was finally diagnosed with adenomyosis. Today, I want to say “Thank you!” to all the amazing people around me who supported me and lent me their strength. In this blog post, I wrote a little bit more about the different ways how they supported me.

Ever wondered how you would know when you are fluent in a foreign language? 

Since a few days, I know I’m fluent in English.

Ever wondered why German speaking people do not understand each other?

You can compare this issue to the difference between British English and American English - just worse, because usually neither part of the conversation knows about the issue and both think they are speaking «proper» German.

Today, I want to tell you how difficult it can be to order food. "Paprika" and "Peperoni" have reversed meanings if you cross the border between Switzerland and Germany.

I didn’t know about the difference until I was in my twenties and had always awk-ward conversations while ordering food.

«Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache» 

German language is a difficult language.

Yes, German is difficult and a lot of fun! 

Today, I want to share how "Urinsekten" can refer either to two or six leg creatures and/or something normal or gross, depending on how you read it.

I wrote a small review of this great and well written Python book "Fast Python - master the basics to write faster code" by Chris Conlan.

I really enjoyed reading it and learned a few thinks while during it. Therefore, I recommend it to anyone who is interested in this topic.

In the cold months of the year, I noticed I do a lot less photography than in the summer. But, does that mean I’m lazy in the winter? Probably, but still, I do a lot of creative stuff! I love to crochet and painting and other creative stuff. And since this day, I will share my projects with you - and hope you enjoy them as I do.

Python provides two different ways to create a dictionary: dict() and {}.

I prefer dict() when creating empty dictionaries to improve readability.

In this post, I want to check the performance across different usages and not only initialization.

The built-in functions all() and any()are nice and if the comparison is small, they are easy understandable. But how do they perform? Should we use them at all if our code needs to be fast?

Let me share my findings when I did some performance tests.

In the last two years, I didn’t do much on my page - sorry for that!

The page was only focused purely on photography, something I wanted to change for a long time. Now, some nice side effect of Covid-19, I had finally time for a do-over and introduce this new version with new possibilities!