I write about programming, productivity, and interesting reads. Join me on my journey beyond the code - discovering and distilling wisdom from thought-provoking books, essays, and tech experiences.https://flosblog.com/en-ushttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/10/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-001/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/10/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-001/This week's episode of SWS contains articles on how to post on Substack, a Lex Fridman podcast episode with Pieter Levels and a tool to visualise JSON files.Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-002/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-002/This week's episode of SWS contains an article on good software engineers, a Book Overflow podcast episode and a tool for modern color pallets.Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-003/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-003/This week's episode of SWS contains an essay by Paul Graham, a Decoder podcast episode and a method to note-taking while reading.Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-004/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-004/This week's episode of SWS contains the .NET 9 announcement, the journey of Stack Overflow going to the cloud, the Syntax.fm holiday gift guide and the rapid journey of Bluesky gaining millions of users.Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-005/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-005/This week's episode of SWS contains a Book Overflow podcast episode about the essay The Twelve-Factor App, the benefits of start dates in to-do applications, a link to the Apple developer resources and a short introduction to the book I'm currently reading.Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-006/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/11/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-006/This week's episode of SWS contains a Grit podcast with the CEO of Etsy, two articles of Anil Dash and a review of HBR article about management time and who's got the "monkey".Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-007/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-007/This week's episode of SWS contains a review of the book Never Enough of Andrew Wilkinson, a review of the first part of the book about the story of Burger King, a video about the Whopper Story and a guide on good enough AI prompting.Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-008/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-008/This week’s episode of SWS contains a video of Enes Yilmazer touring a mega mansion, a podcast of The Pragmatic Engineer about Notion’s journey to going native, an article of James Stanier on being in the details and an article on how Devin Davies received an Apple Award for his app Crouton.Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-009/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/ctrlv-stuff-worth-sharing-009/This week’s episode of SWS contains a podcast with Reid Hoffman, another podcast describing the story of Mars Inc. and a summary of a HBR essay on the work of effective general managers.Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-building-slack-day-1-by-johnny-rodgers-and-ali-rayl/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-building-slack-day-1-by-johnny-rodgers-and-ali-rayl/This series of articles goes into detail how Slack was born out of the chat function of a video game.Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-rocks-pebbles-sand-how-to-implement-in-practice-by-jason-cohen/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-rocks-pebbles-sand-how-to-implement-in-practice-by-jason-cohen/In this long-form blog post, Jason Cohen takes a new approach to scheduling work as a product manager, which involves the popular rocks, pebbles, and sand in a jar analogy.Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-what-effective-general-managers-really-do-by-john-p-kotter/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-what-effective-general-managers-really-do-by-john-p-kotter/This essay from HBR by John P. Kotter explains how managers can get more efficient by including activities like hallway chattering into their daily work.Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-why-cant-we-read-anymore-by-hugh-mcguire/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/summary-of-why-cant-we-read-anymore-by-hugh-mcguire/This great article by Hugh McGuire, even though it is nearly 10 years old, describes near perfectly my (and, as it seems, many others) relation to books in the age of endless dopamine hits coming from our beloved smartphones.Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0028/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0028/Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0030-neubrutalism/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0030-neubrutalism/Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0031-the-6-mistakes-youre-going-to-make-as-a-new-manager-by-matheus-lima/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0031-the-6-mistakes-youre-going-to-make-as-a-new-manager-by-matheus-lima/Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0032-stack-map-of-the-world/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0032-stack-map-of-the-world/Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0033-surf-by-flipboard/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0033-surf-by-flipboard/Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0034-reflections-on-building-burger-king/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0034-reflections-on-building-burger-king/Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0035-too-many-meetings-is-not-your-problem-by-judd-antin/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0035-too-many-meetings-is-not-your-problem-by-judd-antin/This great article goes in-depth on how to handle „meeting hell“ in your organisation.Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0036-what-do-you-lose-when-you-abandon-the-cloud-by-charles-humble/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0036-what-do-you-lose-when-you-abandon-the-cloud-by-charles-humble/This article goes in depth on the question if it is a sensible decision to move from the cloud back to on-premise and describes it at the practical example of Zynga.Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0038-christmas-tree-with-html-and-css/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0038-christmas-tree-with-html-and-css/Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0039-ha-voice/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0039-ha-voice/Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0040-9-years-of-apple-text-editor-solo-dev-by-mihhail-lapushkin/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/sws-snippet-0040-9-years-of-apple-text-editor-solo-dev-by-mihhail-lapushkin/This great post by Mihhail Lapushkin describes his journey of creating paper, a minimalist writing app for iOS and macOS.Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/why-i-started-this-blog-and-what-my-current-blogging-process-looks-like/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/why-i-started-this-blog-and-what-my-current-blogging-process-looks-like/This post goes into detail why I started my blog to publish summaries of interesting books, articles, podcasts or audiobooks I consume.Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/xcode-error-no-such-module-and-how-to-fix-it/https://flosblog.com/posts/2024/12/xcode-error-no-such-module-and-how-to-fix-it/Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/amazons-1997-letter-a-blueprint-for-long-term-business-growth/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/amazons-1997-letter-a-blueprint-for-long-term-business-growth/Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many insights into the strategy which helped them to get to where they are today.Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/how-nirvana-nearly-stopped-me-from-writing-on-substack/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/how-nirvana-nearly-stopped-me-from-writing-on-substack/This is a story about writing. And motivation. And motivational written Notes on Substack. And of course Nirvana. A fallacy.Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-010-reading-coffee-things-3-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-010-reading-coffee-things-3-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/This is my weekly newsletter Stuff Worth Sharing where I share with you some great content I found in the world wide web. I hope you enjoy it.Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-011-china-radical-candor-decline-of-the-internet-note-taking-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-011-china-radical-candor-decline-of-the-internet-note-taking-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/This is my weekly newsletter Stuff Worth Sharing where I share with you some great content I found on the World Wide Web. I hope you enjoy it.Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-012-books-airlines-bookmarks-meetings-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-012-books-airlines-bookmarks-meetings-and-other-stuff-worth-sharing/A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-013-focus-enhancing-tools-docker-fundamentals-and-steve-jobs-leadership-legacy/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/01/sws-013-focus-enhancing-tools-docker-fundamentals-and-steve-jobs-leadership-legacy/A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web.Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-014/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-014/A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web. The endless stream of media consumption continues. As I use Substack even more and follow more interesting people, I also get a plethora of interesting posts I want to read. As always, I share my best discoveries with you. If you like the links, share this post with your friends. Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-015/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-015/A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web. This week featuring AI criticism, insights into Palantir, among other things.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-016/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-016/This week featuring the coffee machine mod Gaggimate, thoughts on generalists and the Drama Triangle, among other things.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-017/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-017/Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-018/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/02/stuff-worth-sharing-018/This week featuring map porn, Home Assistant, Product Management and personal productivity systems. As I'm going to a wedding this weekend, this is a short episode. If you want a longer one, check out last week's episode or wait for next week's.Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/03/stuff-worth-sharing-019-ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-the-testament-of-a-furniture-dealer-part-1/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/03/stuff-worth-sharing-019-ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-the-testament-of-a-furniture-dealer-part-1/This week featuring the first part of the vision and mission which brought IKEA to the position it has today. As I’m currently experimenting with multiple versions of my weekly post, this week I’m only sharing one thing I especially enjoyed reading.Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/03/stuff-worth-sharing-020-ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-the-testament-of-a-furniture-dealer-part-2/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/03/stuff-worth-sharing-020-ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-the-testament-of-a-furniture-dealer-part-2/This week featuring the second part of the vision and mission which brought IKEA to the position it has today.Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/05/Adding-Code-Previews-To-Astro/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/05/Adding-Code-Previews-To-Astro/This are the steps I took to add code previews to my .mdx files in Astro.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/05/Home-Assistant-Chores-Script/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/05/Home-Assistant-Chores-Script/This script creates tasks for your chores and sends notifications.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/add-giscus-to-blog-in-private-repo/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/add-giscus-to-blog-in-private-repo/Tutorial on how to add Giscus to a blog which is hosted in a private GitHub repository.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/create-logo-with-html-and-css/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/create-logo-with-html-and-css/This post shows the process on how to create a blog logo with HTML and CSS.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/create-png-from-div/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/create-png-from-div/This post explains how to add a button to a Astro page which downloads a certain div element in PNG format.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/macbook-keybindings/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/macbook-keybindings/Switching from Windows to macOS, I missed many important key combinations from Windows. I will use this post as a kind of cheat sheet for new keybindings I've learned.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/windows-audio-bug/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/06/windows-audio-bug/How to solve the bug that the volume slider does not move when your Bluetooth headset is connectedWed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/07/change-git-credentials-on-pre-project-basis/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/07/change-git-credentials-on-pre-project-basis/If you handle multiple repositories on the same client but you need to use different Git credentials, this is how you do it.Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/07/use-two-github-accounts-in-vscode/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/07/use-two-github-accounts-in-vscode/How to use two different GitHub Accounts in VS CodeTue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/08/decode-ssl-certificates-in-console/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/08/decode-ssl-certificates-in-console/This command allows you to see the internals of SSL certs without having to use some fishy websiteThu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/09/debug-stack-in-browser-dev-tools/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/09/debug-stack-in-browser-dev-tools/This JS code helps you to get an overview over the stack your HTML element is inside.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/09/setup-context7-mcp-server-in-vscode/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/09/setup-context7-mcp-server-in-vscode/This is a short guide on how to get the Context7 MCP server in VS Code to runTue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/add-test-files-to-xcode-26-simulator/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/add-test-files-to-xcode-26-simulator/How to add a file for testing purposes directly into the simulator of Apple Xcode 26.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/cracking-sounds-on-macos-26/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/cracking-sounds-on-macos-26/After upgrading to MacOS 26 there are cracking sounds when listening to audio over speaker. Here is how to solve it.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-fix-things3-if-it-crashes-upon-opening/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-fix-things3-if-it-crashes-upon-opening/This post explains how to fix the crash of Things3 immediately after opening it without uninstalling the app.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-get-a-split-view-with-the-simulator-in-xcode/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-get-a-split-view-with-the-simulator-in-xcode/How to place the simulator window right next to Xcode without having it always moving to the background when losing focus.Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-invoke-native-share-sheet-from-website/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/how-to-invoke-native-share-sheet-from-website/This post explains the technique to open the native share sheet from a webpage via the share() method.Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/pagescms-as-cms-for-this-blog/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/pagescms-as-cms-for-this-blog/After many tries in choosing a simple CMS which works for this blog, I've decided to try PagesCMS.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/today-i-found-out-about-npm-run-preview/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/10/today-i-found-out-about-npm-run-preview/Never heard of it before, stumbled upon it while implementing pagefind into my blog.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/how-to-delete-statistics-from-a-single-home-assistant-entity/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/how-to-delete-statistics-from-a-single-home-assistant-entity/This post explains in a simple way how to delete statistics from a certain Home Assistant entity without having to modify the SQL database.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/use-tailwindcss-and-shadcn-with-storybook/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/use-tailwindcss-and-shadcn-with-storybook/This guide shows the one line which needs to be added to make sure that your storybook components are styled properly.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/video-recommendation-casey-neistat-reveals-his-watch-collection/https://flosblog.com/posts/2025/11/video-recommendation-casey-neistat-reveals-his-watch-collection/Teddy Baldassarre interviews Casey Neistat regarding his watch collection.Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/a-comprehensive-list-of-non-us-tech-alternatives/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/a-comprehensive-list-of-non-us-tech-alternatives/This article provides an overview of non-US tech alternatives for services, software and hardware.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/hoe-to-fix-ios-shortcuts-app-completely-frozen/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/hoe-to-fix-ios-shortcuts-app-completely-frozen/This article explains how to fix the iOS shortcuts app via the Mac when it’s completely frozen and nothing works at all.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/how-to-create-a-link-to-a-apple-note/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/how-to-create-a-link-to-a-apple-note/This post describes how to create an iCloud link to a Apple Note so that you can link from another app directly to a certain note on iOS.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/how-to-solve-unable-to-verify-update-in-apple-ios-via-mac/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/01/how-to-solve-unable-to-verify-update-in-apple-ios-via-mac/The easy solution to solve the update issue when you own a Mac.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/02/how-your-iphone-can-help-you-communicate-when-you-lost-your-voice/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/02/how-your-iphone-can-help-you-communicate-when-you-lost-your-voice/This is a useful feature if you have a sore throat or other issues which make speaking difficult or impossible.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/02/xcode-shortcuts/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/02/xcode-shortcuts/This is an ongoing collection of Xcode shortcuts and tips I gather while using the IDE.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlohttps://flosblog.com/posts/2026/04/frigate-notifications-stopped-working/https://flosblog.com/posts/2026/04/frigate-notifications-stopped-working/This post explains the possible causes why Frigate notifications do not appear anymore.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTFlo