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From time to time I publish articles on IT topics here, especially about blockchains, market data, and web development.

Creating a Finance Community

In 2022 I started a series of events on blockchain and DeFi with three other guys from Frankfurt. The great

Navigating a Startup Company

It has been an exhilarating journey at BLOCKSIZE over the past few months, and I am thrilled to share some

DACOM EU 2023 in Paris

Another day, another city! 🙂 Today I attended DACOM EU 2023 in Paris organized by Solidus Labs in partnership with

How You Create Great Digital Products

I am sometimes asked how you can create great digital products. When you ask a product manager you will usually

Blockchains Require Financial Data

At the beginning of 2023, I supported the introduction of a new type of solution for financial service providers: BLOCKSIZE

CURL and localhost don’t work

Every now and then even small tips can bring a big help. If you are a programmer who programs locally

Many Websites Violate Data Protection Laws

Over and over we hear here in Germany, but also in other countries, about the increasing importance of data protection

SmartCon 2022 in New York City

At the end of September 2022, oracle network platform Chainlink organized the SmartCon 2022 conference. I attended the event in

Frankfurt Chainlink Advocate

Since May 27, 2022, I am officially a Chainlink Advocate in Frankfurt and Germany. In this function, I will support

Smart Contracts Require Smart Market Data

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether have traditionally been traded on centralized exchanges like Binance or Kraken. But decentralized trading places

Three Days at the Blockchance in Hamburg

From December 2nd to 4th, 2021, one of the leading conferences on blockchain solutions in Germany took place in Hamburg:

How Blockchains Will Change Our Lives

It's interesting: most people have heard of Bitcoin by now. But very few have delved deeper into the hype behind

Social Media Talk

On April 23, 2021 I had the opportunity to give a presentation on social selling at Siemens AG (Central Region

The Market for Data Centers in Frankfurt Is Booming

It is no longer inside information that the Greater Frankfurt area has developed into a leading location for data centers

Through Concentration and Focus to More Success

Develop Your Strengths! On June 24, 2020, the second Management Lab of Policen Direkt Versicherungsvermittlung GmbH took place. The Management

AWS for the Insurance Industry

The insurance industry has traditionally been a conservative industry. Innovations like digitalization have a hard time getting through in this

Management Lab started successfully

Develop Your Strengths! Today I attended the Management Lab for the first time. This program is intended to support employees

Use SOAP client in a Docker container

SOAP is a network protocol that enables data to be exchanged between systems and remote procedure calls to be carried

Which of the AWS certifications is the right one?

If you take a closer look at cloud technologies from AWS (Amazon Web Services), you will quickly reach your limits.

Important domain endings are missing in Route 53

At first glance, Route 53 from AWS offers numerous functions that make the service stand out from other domain providers.

Turn off automatic translation of web pages in Chrome

Google Chrome has an option to automatically translate web pages. The translation function is a good solution for many users

.NET Meetup Frankfurt – Web Development using Docker and Angular

On November 5, 2019, SDX AG invited to a DOTNET event held at Frankfurt's Westhafen. SDX is a technology partner

Moving Domains and TTL

When dealing with the administration of domains, you are often faced with the question of where to manage your domains

AWS Partner Summit Frankfurt 2019

In September 2019 I attended the AWS Partner Summit Frankfurt held at the Kap Europa Congress Center. The AWS Summit

Black Hat 2019

In August 2019, I visited Black Hat USA. Black Hat is a world-leading security conference that has been held regularly

No broken WordPress pages anymore

WordPress is a flexible content management system that is experiencing ever-growing market coverage. And not without a reason: Getting started

Scrum: Sprint Retrospective vs Sprint Review

Software developers working in a team should use Agile development methodologies in order to perform better. Let me quickly explain

AWS Transfer for SFTP – Problem and Complicated

Those who work in IT may know ad hoc requests of this kind: "We need an FTP server for a

Many Projects Fail on a Small Scale

Over and over I am faced with the challenge of improving or evaluating things in my professional life. Typical questions

CURL and Elasticsearch

If you want to connect to Elasticsearch from the Linux command line, you can do that with CURL, for example.

Elastic Stack and Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (formerly known as ELK Stack) have been around for some years now, for almost half

Instagram Marketing 2019

How does Instagram work in 2019 and what do you have to do to succeed there? For several months, I've

Docker training courses completed

Docker is a software technology that makes developing and deploying applications different than in the past. The special feature of

AWS in productive use

Since autumn 2018, I have professionally used the infrastructure of AWS Amazon Web Services in productive use, after having previously

WordPress and the WordPress API

Actually, content management systems are somewhat frowned upon by developers. Because developers want to: develop on their own. But in

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