Written by Philipp on 2026-04-18
Running gokrazy on a Banana Pi BPI-R1
CLI . Go . Hacking . TestingMotivation I had a BPI-R1 sitting in a drawer. The board is from 2014 — only ancient OpenWrt and outdated Armbian images exist for it. Nobody maintains this platform anymore. The hardware is fine though: dual-core Allwinner A20, 1GB RAM, SATA, and a BCM53125 5-port Gigabit switch on the board. Not bad for a dedicated
Written by Philipp on 2026-04-15
T-shaped Skillsets – why the most valuable people don’t fit into a box
PersonalI never wanted to lock myself into just one area. Not because depth doesn’t matter to me – but because I’ve always been interested in topics beyond my core field. A while ago, I came across the term T-shaped. And I immediately felt: that describes it exactly. Most job postings still read like shopping lists: five
Written by Philipp on 2026-04-01
Those Who Ask Questions Drive Quality
PersonalI work with a colleague who finds something in almost every code review or text proofread. Almost every time. At first, that was exhausting – not because the remarks were wrong, but because they cost time. Time I hadn’t planned for. In hindsight, that was exactly the point. Many of the detailed improvements turned out