Blog03 February, 2020The full circle updateMy latest blog update is fairly small - but required a shitload of work. Not because it's so fancy, but because I went for a serious case of over-engineering.
Open Source08 January, 2020Introducing Mocking Hans - An open source tool for creating fake APIsMocking Hans is a tool for creating fake APIs, supporting multi port usage, various protocols like HTTP or GraphQL and more.
Tools19 December, 2019Setting up web projectsChoosing the right foundation for your project is an essential part of creating something sustainable. Let's talk about my favorite tools and conventions when it comes to setting up a new project!
Personal12 November, 2019Twenty nineI've finally reached the last chapter before leaving my twenties. It's been a decent year with kind of a pinnacle at the end - let's take a quick look back.
Angular15 October, 2019Multiple HTTP Requests in AngularQuick guide on how to do multiple HTTP requests in Angular - either sequentially or in parallel.
Gatsby10 October, 2019Building and deploying Gatsby sites with GitHub actionsA guide on how to use GitHub actions for building and deploying your static sites built with Gatsby.
Spotlight05 September, 2019Software Spotlight: tmuxtmux is a terminal multiplexer which allows for multiple sessions, tabs and even panes within the same terminal.
React02 September, 2019Adding Commento to React Apps (like Gatsby)A quick guide on how to embed Commento (or most self-hosted commenting systems) into your Gatsby site / React app.
Blog30 August, 2019No more Disqus; Hello Commento!I've finally switched from the Disqus commenting system to a self hosted Commento. Let's take a look at why I've ditched Disqus and decided for Commento.
Blog20 August, 2019Software development blogging: analytics, revenue, content and moreDetailed insights about how my programming blog performs, how much money it generates and how I prefer to create content.
Spotlight13 August, 2019Software Spotlight: Husky, git hooks made easyHusky is a small npm package which makes it easy to create and share git hooks by simply adding them to your package.json.
TypeScript06 August, 20195 TypeScript tips to improve your applicationsTypeScript is incredibly powerful and some things may not be obvious at first. Here's a list of some tips which may be able to improve your architecture!
Gatsby02 August, 2019Introducing Nehalem: A Gatsby themeAfter weeks of work it's finally done: my first Gatsby theme, based on my blog - called Nehalem.
React09 July, 2019Creating a reading progress bar in ReactHow to implement a reading progress bar for your posts in React.
PHP02 July, 2019Authenticate against PHP applications with cURL or PostmanA quick guide on how to authenticate against PHP with cURL or Postman.
TypeScript24 June, 2019Associative PHP arrays in TypeScriptAssociative PHP arrays can be kinda confusing when consumed via REST in a TypeScript apps. But by introducing a new type we could easily handle them.
Blog21 June, 2019The new nehalist.ioAfter weeks of hard work it's finally done: the new nehalist.io - powered by Gatsby and Ghost.
Ghost09 May, 2019Why I don't like the Ghost blogging platform anymoreI'm using the Ghost blogging platform for more than four years now - and I don't like it anymore. Here's why.
TypeScript02 April, 2019Routing with TypeScript decorators for node applicationsA guide on how to use TypeScript decorators to make routing in MVC frameworks (like expressjs) easier and more enjoyable.
Review14 March, 2019Silent office - Reviewing my Sony WH-1000XM3Reviewing my Sony WH-1000XM3 - why I love them, how they perform in my daily life and if you should get them.
PhpStorm10 February, 2019Testing Symfony applications with PhpStormA guide on how to configure PhpStorm to test Symfony applications and the benefits of using the testing utilities within your IDE.
Software design17 January, 2019If statements without an else branchOne of the first things most developers learn when starting programming are if/else conditions - but you can actually omit the "else" branch most of the time.
Review26 December, 2018Dell XPS 15 9570 i9 2018 - Developer reviewA review about my Dell XPS 15 9570 i9 2018.
PHP14 November, 2018Better array parameter handling in PHPHandling array parameters in PHP can be kind of a pain. By abstracting our arrays we can simply map them to models and make our life a lot easier.
Personal02 November, 2018Twenty eightA pretty eventful year has passed since my last birthday post. Time to briefly review what happened since the last post of this kind.
Blog28 October, 2018Introducing nehalist.io v2It took longer than expected, but it's finally here: the new nehalist.io, featuring a new logo and a new (open source) design!
Testing20 August, 2018Selenium Tests with Mocha and Chai in JavaScript (against BrowserStack)How to implement Selenium Tests with Mocha and Chai in Javascript. Bonus: testing against BrowserStack.
Personal13 August, 2018Impressions of CroatiaI've never been to Croatia. For the last seven days I've been there and it has been an amazing experience.
Personal05 August, 2018It. Is. Done.No post for about three months? Did I die? Is my girlfriend the most time consuming human being in existence? Or did I simply forget my blog URL?
Angular22 May, 2018Polling in AngularFrequently updating data in Angular with polling is a fairly simple thing to do - here's how.
TypeScript05 February, 2018Dependency Injection in TypeScriptDependency Injection is a mighty technique used by many modern frameworks. Let's take a closer look on how to implement this technique in TypeScript.
Vue27 January, 2018Directly injecting data to Vue apps with Symfony/TwigHow to include Vue applications into your Twig templates and directly passing data from your Symfony application to it.
Vue20 January, 2018VUSION (by SES-imagotag) product configurator: First Vue.js impressionsLet's talk about my most recent project: a product configurator for SES-imagotag.
JavaScript13 January, 2018Downloading files from Ajax POST RequestsDownloading files from POST requests is actually a bit more complicated then it could be - here's how to do it.
Personal02 December, 2017Twenty sevenA quiet and relaxing year is over - and with it I'm one year older, again.
Angular03 September, 2017Uploading files in Angular (2/4) to a REST apiA tutorial about how to upload files in Angular.
Ghost28 July, 2017Installing Ghost 1.0 (without ghost-cli)Ghost docs mainly explain how to install Ghost with the Ghost CLI, which requires root access. In case you don't have root access it's still pretty simple to install Ghost.
Linux20 July, 2017Switching from Windows to LinuxI've used Windows for nearly my entire life - even for development. But let's be honest: not switchting earlier wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done.
PHP25 January, 2017Logging events to database in SymfonyA guide on how to log events to Symfony using the Monolog logger libarary.
WordPress05 January, 2017Not maintaining my WordPress theme, Gitsta, anymoreWordPress.org has finally made it: I'm no longer maintaing my WordPress theme. I'm sick of battling against stupid rules and non consistent reviewers. TL;DR: Fuck you, wordpress.org.
Angular10 December, 2016AngularJS with Babel in SailsJSUsing Babel with Sails enables modern features like "real" classes or inheritance. I really like these things more than exporting modules and implementing them is kinda simple.
CoffeeScript30 November, 2016A technological misery: my problem with CoffeeScript todayWhy I've turned back on CoffeeScript.
Node.js28 July, 2016Flaws of the Waterline ORMSails uses its own ORM called Waterline. But even though I do really like Sails I'm actually not liking its ORM - let me explain why.
User experience11 July, 2016Realtime is not always goodUpdating components in real time is not always as good as you may think; they might be confusing for the user, leading to a bad user experience.
Personal23 June, 2016Summer!My harsher times are over for now - and, totally in time, summer has finally arrived!
Node.js12 May, 2016Realtime feed with Sails, Angular and SocketIOHow to implement a realtime feed in Angular on the frontend and Sails and Socket.IO on the backend.
WordPress04 April, 2016Why I'm not the biggest WordPress fanEverytime someone tries to convince me that WordPress is not that bad I beg to differ. Here's why.
Personal13 February, 2016Why so... silent?Harsh times have come, with many surgeries, pain and even more required patience.
Ghost30 December, 2015My first Ghost theme, GhoststaIntroducing my very first Ghost theme called Ghoststa based on my WordPress theme Gitsta.
JavaScript20 October, 2015Ember so farMy first impressions of the Ember framework and what I've done with it so far.
WordPress05 July, 2015Integrating Laravel into WordPressIntegrating Laravel applications into WordPress themes.
Grunt20 June, 2015Why and how to use GruntLet me show you why and how to use task automation with GruntJS.
Personal07 June, 2015Still aliveNo, I'm not dead - I just moved to a new apartment. And I'm kinda proud to say: a pretty cool apartment actually!