AWS App Runner Introduced in May 2021, AWS App Runner is another managed container service for the cloud. Its principal use cases are web applications and APIs. Like its cousins, DigitalOcean App Platform, Heroku, or Google Cloud Run, AWS doesn’t want you worrying about scali...

In August 2021, I decided to leap the hurdle and start into the yet-unknown world of becoming self-employed as an IT Freelancer. I’ve already gained experienced what it means to be an entrepreneur and co-founder of a successful startup before (read my other post here), but thi...

My career assumption since finishing university has always been: Find out what you’re passionate about, then find a job that matches this passion. This involves regular deep thinking like asking “Who am I?”, “What do I truly love?”, “What are my hidden talents?” and always cha...

##And what it told me about the power of side-projects for professional development In this post, I want to talk about a side project of me that I have been working on for over 12 years now in my spare time: The DIY-Thermocam. It is a low-cost, do-it-yourself thermal imager, ...

This morning I found an interesting article from Paul Graham (Co-founder of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator in Mountain View, California) about the Maker‘s schedule vs. the Manager‘s schedule, that was kind of an eye opener for me. Although the article is over 10 years old...

Founding a startup is sexy - at least that is the impression you get when you listen to tech media or watch “Die Höhle der Löwen” on German TV. There have been many success stories of startups doing an exit in the multi-million euro range, making their founders wealthy and pro...