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Cloud & DevOpsThe day I could finally turn on tracing
Four days, 116 commits: from Datadog to a self-hosted observability stack, and why usage-based pricing decides how much of your own system you see.
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AI & AutomationAI Assistant for Lab Parameters - LLMs in Laboratory Diagnostics
We built an AI-powered parameter assistant. The system suggests suitable parameters to doctors when they order lab tests.
Cloud & DevOpsPolyglot Monorepo: How Nx, Mise, Pulumi, and Exoscale work together
Kotlin, TypeScript, Go, Rust – four languages, one repository. How the tooling works together, from the local build to the Kubernetes cluster in Vienna.
Strategy & SecurityData sovereignty: Why European companies need to act now
Digital sovereignty is not a buzzword but risk management. If you keep control over your data, you keep control over your business.
Strategy & SecurityPhishing in the name of your domain: How third-party senders can impersonate you
A real case: emails in the name of your domain, without a hacked account. How it was possible and which DNS records prevent it.
Cloud & DevOpsRemote development, real infrastructure: How Tailscale let us test in the GIN network
How we test in the GIN network with Tailscale: secure remote access to protected medical infrastructure, without a classic VPN or port forwarding.
AI & AutomationWorkflow automation with n8n and artificial intelligence
How I built an n8n workflow that reads incoming emails with AI and leaves a draft reply for me in Outlook.
Strategy & SecurityLegacy modernisation: Why you should future-proof your industry software
Old industry software often does its job well but is expensive to run and hard to secure. Strategies from lift & shift to a rebuild, and where to start.
EngineeringThe technical details of the Austrian social security number (SVNR)
How the Austrian social security number (SVNR) is structured, what information it contains and how to validate it.
AI & AutomationSmart tools for project time tracking and invoicing
How we connected the time tracking tool Clockodo to the accounting software sevDesk: one click turns the tracked project hours into an invoice.
Cloud & DevOpsFrom AWS to Exoscale: A field report
Lessons from migrating a software project from AWS to Exoscale: what we moved, what was missing at first and how the switch went without downtime.
Strategy & SecurityWhat does custom software cost? A transparent overview.
What does it cost to have custom software built? Common cost ranges and when custom software pays off compared to a subscription.
EngineeringConverting ViennaGIS to WGS84 coordinates
Converting ViennaGIS Gauss-Krüger M 34 MGI Austria GK East coordinates to Google WGS84 coordinates using EPSG code 31256.
EngineeringSecurity-context-aware and buffered event dispatching for asynchronous UI updates with Vaadin
Asynchronous UI updates with Vaadin: push events buffered so the browser connection isn't flooded, with access to the Spring SecurityContext.
EngineeringPrinting issues with Possy
Possy prints cards for physical task boards on POS printers, straight from issue trackers like Atlassian Jira, instead of writing them by hand.