fabian writes.

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Fabian's essays and projects on software development, photography, hiking, board games, creative tools, and everyday life.

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A method and calculator for building foamcore drawer organisers #DIY #Organization #Crafts
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Feb 8, 2026
A custom cardboard insert for Forest Shuffle + expansions #BoardGames #DIY #Tabletop
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Jan 24, 2026
I vibe-coded an app. And also made some jewelry. #SoftwareDevelopment #CreativeCoding #Maker
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Jun 24, 2025
A low-distraction Spotify player for the home #Music #Software #DIY
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Feb 22, 2025
The Windows 98 taskbar, now on macOS #Software #Design #RetroTech
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Feb 1, 2025
Five good hikes around Berlin #Hiking #Outdoors #Travel
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Jan 10, 2025
Let's talk about alcohol. #Life #Essays #Reflection
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Jan 4, 2025
We all need more reasons to celebrate. #Life #Reflection #Community
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Jun 14, 2024
How to: Run spotifyd or librespot when a USB sound card is connected (on Linux) #Linux #Audio #Tech
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Dec 3, 2023
Berlin weather forecasts on an E-ink display #Tech #Eink #Weather
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Aug 27, 2023
A walk from Brighton to Eastbourne (via the Seven Sisters) #Travel #Outdoors #Photography
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Mar 13, 2023
Parse huge XML files quick with Rust + Serde + quick-xml #Rust #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment
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Feb 24, 2023
kids these days are releasing all their music with lowercase titles #Music #Culture #Trends
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Feb 20, 2023
2022 was #Reflection #Personal #Life
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Jan 9, 2023
A Walk and a Pop-up Newsletter #Writing #Newsletter #ContentCreation
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Dec 29, 2022
Where is Fabian, now? #Personal #LifeUpdate #Essays
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Nov 2, 2022
Almost deleted photos, 2007 - 2020 #Photography #Memories #DigitalLife
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Jun 11, 2022
Why is this Floppy Disk Drive Clicking Incessantly? #Tech #RetroComputing #Hardware
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May 18, 2021
Quarantine Diary, Day 12 #Life #Journal #Reflection
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Mar 14, 2021
What on Earth is this Encryption Scheme? #Tech #Security #Storage
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Feb 17, 2021
2020. It's over! #Reflection #NewYear #Life
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Jan 4, 2021
Mushroom Studies, Autumn 2020, Brandenburg #Nature #Photography #Autumn
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Nov 25, 2020
Cross-Compiling Rust Apps II: Linux Subtrees and Linker Shenanigans #RustLang #Programming #DevOps
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Nov 6, 2020
Cross-Compiling Rust apps for the Raspberry Pi #Rust #Programming #RaspberryPi
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Oct 22, 2020
It's 2020, and I still can't figure out why I'm getting your marketing emails #Marketing #GDPR #Email
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Sep 2, 2020
Tech Jobs, Mobile Dev, Blogging: A conversation with Chelsea Troy #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #Blogging
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Aug 28, 2020
How to ask questions well, asynchronously #Communication #Productivity #SoftwareDevelopment
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Aug 13, 2020
Regarding the Willows on the Landwehr Canal #Nature #Photography #Urban
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Aug 7, 2020
Notes on Speaking at EnthusiastiCon 2020 #Tech #Conference #Speaking
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Jun 9, 2020
What is a digital photo, really? #Photography #DigitalArt #Tech
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Jun 6, 2020
Hello Colemak 👋 #Keyboard #Ergonomics #Productivity
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May 31, 2020
Animating SVGs with Python Scripts #Python #SVG #Programming
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Apr 15, 2020
How Does Lossless Compression in Fuji RAF Files work? #Photography #Tech #Lossless
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Apr 9, 2020
I Guess you Could Call this a Crash Landing #Life #Essays #Reflection
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Mar 31, 2020
Adding Margin Notes to my Hugo Theme #Hugo #WebDev #Blogging
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Jan 27, 2020
The Bagel Code #SoftwareDevelopment #Essays #Life
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Jan 20, 2020
2019. It's done!? #Reflection #NewYear #Life
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Jan 3, 2020
Ghosts in the Snow #Photography #Winter #Essays
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Dec 20, 2019
When do you Stop Writing? #Writing #Creativity #Essays
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Dec 16, 2019
How Does SQLAlchemy Manage Database Transactions? #Python #Database #SQLAlchemy
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Dec 15, 2019