After gaining some experience being a GSoC (backup) mentor last year I am mentoring a GSoC student again this year. As it worked out to have a co-mentor, I could convince Ralf to join me in this role to support
Way back when / Historical events
I wonder if this memo is somewhat related to my birth.
Bakerman is baking bread
Well, it’s not about the song (search for the title of this post on youtube) but our first batch of home-made bread. We wanted to do this for a long time, talked about it a lot and even bought the
The mysterious change of a checksum
Within KDE we have a service called the binary factory. It’s a Jenkins driven build pipeline which we use in the KMyMoney project to build certain binary installable versions of the project. For the generation of our AppImage version we
A sailor’s Christmas decoration
KMyMoney 5.1.1 released
Just in time for the upcoming Christmas Holidays, the KMyMoney development team today announces the immediate availability of version 5.1.1 of its open source Personal Finance Manager. This is a maintenance release as part of the ongoing effort to support
Finding the right algorithm …
… may sometimes be a bit tricky. Since we were kids, my mom crafted an Advent calendar each year, one for each of us. The base of the calendar was the same every year: a piece of fabric with laces
When company policy rules getting in the way to get work done
Recently, the company I work for received their TISAX certification. TISAX is the short for TRUSTED INFORMATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT EXCHANGE and is widely used in the automotive industry. In general a good thing, as it boosts awareness with personnel when
Getting fibre to your home may be a complex job, not technically though
The story began in June 2019, when my uncle called me and told me about an offer to get a super modern fibre-to-the-home line into his house operated by German Telekom at a very reasonable price. As of August 2020 he is still waiting for it. This is the diary of what happened.
KMyMoney 5.1.0 released
The KMyMoney development team today announces the immediate availability of version 5.1.0 of its open source Personal Finance Manager. With additional development manpower we were able to tackle a lot of issues and will continue to do so in the