• Start Thinking Like a Chef

  Jonas Scholz

  2 min

  Most startups waste time copying their competitors' features. Here's why that never works and what you should do instead.

• 99.99% of Developers Don’t Need SLAs

  Jonas Scholz

  3 min

  SLAs are not uptime guarantees. They are discount coupons.

• Your Guide To Using Open Source Software as an Indie Developer

  Lukas Mauser

  5 min

  Running your own open source alternatives sounds intimidating, but with Docker + Sliplane it becomes easily manageable. Here is how to get started.

• The Ultimate n8n Self-Hosting Guide

  Jonas Scholz

  7 min

  Learn how to self-host n8n, the open-source automation platform, on Ubuntu using Docker and Caddy. This step-by-step guide covers installation, security, and cost comparison with managed services, helping you maintain full control over your automation infrastructure while reducing costs.

• 5 Things That Should Be Illegal to Self Host

  Jonas Scholz

  3 min

  Discover five things that should be illegal to self host. From email servers to CDNs, learn why some services are better left to the experts and how self-hosting them can lead to unnecessary headaches and potential disasters.

• How to ungoogle your Business: Google Drive Edition

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  Google Drive is convenient. But it comes with tradeoffs and they get worse the bigger your team grows. Every document, every spreadsheet, every sensitive file: stored on servers owned by a 2 trillion US tech company, subject to US law, priced per user, and hosted who knows where. That might not bother you if you're a startup with three people. But if you're a company in the EU with 50 employees and growing privacy concerns, it’s time to ask: Why are you still using Google Drive?

• The One Trait All Truly Great Engineers Share

  Jonas Scholz

  3 min

  Discover why curiosity, not intelligence or experience, is the defining trait of exceptional engineers. Learn how intellectual curiosity drives deeper understanding, better problem-solving, and continuous growth in software engineering.

• WordPress Won't Save Your SEO

  Lukas Mauser

  2 min

  Google doesn’t have a CMS bias built in. Google Can Only Measure Metrics like page speed, mobile usability, content quality signals, backlinks and crawlability.

• The Deglobalization and Fragmentation of the Cloud

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  The cloud used to be messy, and then it got boring. In the early days, the hosting market was fragmented: colocation, on-prem, little server resellers everywhere. Then came the hyperscalers. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure. They brought economies of scale, virtualization, and global infrastructure that changed everything. It was a consolidation wave that ate the market. And almost all of them? American.

• 5 Docker Projects To Master Docker

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  Discover 5 hands-on projects that will level up your Docker skills fast. Make the smallest Docker image, try to Dockerize something that should not be Dockerized, build a base image from scratch, and more.