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The Blog of Niko

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’15’20’25
Posts
40 from 16 May 2013 to 15 Jul 2026
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now and then (3 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 3

  1. Pretty, Performant Unix
  2. Swarm logic for batteries
  3. Flatcar Container Linux + Dokploy make for a great DIY Heroku

2025 4

  1. Network resilience vs. grid resilience
  2. New thoughts June 2025
  3. You are what you measure (even in open source)
  4. A beautiful description from surfline

2024 7

  1. How to lock a Subaru Crosstrek with the Valet key (for surfing or swimming)
  2. To fork or not to fork
  3. Self-hosting without being distracted by devops
  4. A counterintuitive way to unify your native and web code bases without destroying UX
  5. Startup learnings
  6. Business problems worth solving
  7. Startup Learnings

2023 4

  1. Great articles
  2. How a lean tech stack helps our tiny team punch above our weight
  3. On Self Driving Cars
  4. Learnings: Projects & things I've made so far.

2022 3

  1. Video: What if there was an 'unwalled' phone
  2. 21 Questions
  3. How to replace an AI with humans

2021 2

  1. How to set up Heroku SSL (https) with Google Domains in 2021
  2. From Node to Ruby on Rails

2020 3

  1. Video: My Home Solar Kit for Apartment Renters - DIY Solar panels + 500W micro 'powerwall' for off-grid backup
  2. Mobile
  3. 5 hot takes at the beginning of 2020

2019 6

  1. How-to: A better method to transport a surfboard on a bike without a rack (Patent NA25396 :P)
  2. Faster than you think: 4 reasons why electric vehicles will dominate sooner than estimates
  3. How to chain multiple functions properly in Javascript properly with await/async
  4. How starting a startup is like starting a fire
  5. My Next Phone may be a watch
  6. Learnings: My first startup, Paper.

2018 2

  1. Learnings: Building swissnex SF's startup accelerator
  2. As cities grow, nations will fade.

2017 2

  1. How-to: Blockchain experiments: Software that cannot die
  2. $200 solar self-sufficiency — without your landlord noticing.

2015 2

  1. Vipassana Meditation
  2. No

2013 2

  1. On putting in the hours
  2. Up!