Self-employed software engineer/freelancer in Stockholm. Husband, dad, code polyglot, functional enthusiast, finance geek, Linux enjoyer. Efficiency over bloat.
In the book "Algorithms to Live By" the authors describe an algorithm they call "optimal stopping". This is a principle that can be applied to everyday situations where we must decide when to stop searching and make a decision. The idea behind optimal stopping is the
On November 11, .NET 10 was released. Every November, a new version of .NET is released. It came with new functionality in C#, which I'm looking forward to use. Every year, .NET and C# become more capable, with more features and better ways of doing things. But as
Since ChatGPT 3.5, I have been alternating between ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, and Claude. Since the summer, I have been using Claude because I wanted access to Claude Code. Recently, I tried Claude Code in a slightly larger project, and I was surprised how well it performs. The project is
Some people are probably familiar with LeetCode as the site where those aspiring to work at FAANG companies practice for their upcoming coding interviews. I recently tried solving some problems on the site and found it really entertaining. Several programming languages are supported and I'm happy that Elixir
There's a new, hot version control system that replaces Git called Jujutsu (jj). I started to use Jujutsu a couple of months ago, during my summer vacation. I had read posts online from a lot of people who had made the switch and really liked it, which intrigued
In the beginning of this year, the owner of the .NET library FluentAssertions suddenly released a new version (8) of the library with a new license. Previous versions of the library were licensed under Apache License 2.0. But now the license was replaced by a proprietary one, requiring you
I have been using Gmail since 2007, but now I have decided to stop using Gmail for a couple of reasons. By using multiple Google products, you expose yourself to the risk of being locked out of all of them if you ever do something in one product that gets
I have a home server that's running 24/7. For my wife and me to access the services that are running on it when we are away from home, I have installed Tailscale on it and on our devices. I have also enabled it so that the server
I have used Pocket Casts since September 24, 2016. I originally started to use the app on Android because I wanted a podcast app that worked with Android Auto. I also paid for premium when they still offered premium as a one-time fee. My Pocket Casts stats are: * Listened for:
The latest news that Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading, is the last straw for me. Android started as an open-source project, but Google has slowly made it more proprietary and is locking down the ecosystem step by step. The developers behind GrapheneOS recently wrote
This summer is soon over. At least here in Sweden it's starting to feel like autumn with 15-degree Celsius days. In my adult life, this year I took a record number of weeks of vacation: 8 weeks in total. I spent 2 of them with my wife and
The audiobook Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff turned out to be mediocre. I had heard it mentioned on a programming podcast by a developer who recently became a parent. One of my biggest gripes with the book is that the author talks as if she's speaking for