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Timo Zimmermann talking about software engineering, leading teams, consulting and start ups.

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367 from 17 Oct 2021 to 20 Oct 2026
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2026 65

  1. Commissions
  2. Software development on iPadOS 27
  3. last year
  4. Oh Xcode,... please change
  5. Building a data warehouse
  6. Downsizing screen real estate
  7. Home Assistant and Matter
  8. Bubbly Editor - bootstrap
  9. It has been 84 years...
  10. A Delta Chat push notification bot in 160 LOC
  11. This is stupid, I want it.
  12. Home Assistant washing machine monitor - Timo Zimmermann
  13. Piece Table in Go - Timo Zimmermann
  14. Washed - Timo Zimmermann
  15. More than one session is too many session - Timo Zimmermann
  16. A drunken panda falls into a bowl full of sake - Timo Zimmermann
  17. Lofree Flow 2 - Timo Zimmermann
  18. The reason software engineers do not write blog posts... - Timo Zimmermann
  19. Linux is gaining traction - Timo Zimmermann
  20. FM - now with previews and editor support - Timo Zimmermann
  21. bIRC - Timo Zimmermann
  22. A bubbly file manager - Timo Zimmermann
  23. Monkey see, monkey do - Timo Zimmermann
  24. Six month - Timo Zimmermann
  25. Cal - now with 100% more Evolution support - Timo Zimmermann
  26. Tales from a slowly graying beard - Timo Zimmermann
  27. The web is a horrible data source - Timo Zimmermann
  28. The Steam Machine dilemma - Timo Zimmermann
  29. Building a CalDav server - Timo Zimmermann
  30. Gamers Outreach VTuber Summer Slam 2026 - Timo Zimmermann
  31. Revamping my conference setup - Timo Zimmermann
  32. Autocomplete for paths - Timo Zimmermann
  33. Rawr - Timo Zimmermann
  34. Apple lost the plot - Timo Zimmermann
  35. Shell, do something! - Timo Zimmermann
  36. Who needs a mouse? - Timo Zimmermann
  37. Tutorial? Anyone? - Timo Zimmermann
  38. Mouse! Mice! Mousepad! - Timo Zimmermann
  39. Remember the name - Timo Zimmermann
  40. Put a bow on it - agents - Timo Zimmermann
  41. A few dozen commits later - Timo Zimmermann
  42. Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Timo Zimmermann
  43. So much inference, so few GPUs - Timo Zimmermann
  44. Apples developer experience in 2026 - Timo Zimmermann
  45. You can fit so much history in this context - Timo Zimmermann
  46. self-hosting is great, but... - Timo Zimmermann
  47. Thanks for the memories - Timo Zimmermann
  48. Building a coding agent from scratch - Timo Zimmermann
  49. Caddy DNS verification - Timo Zimmermann
  50. Ditching plaintext (mostly) - Timo Zimmermann
  51. Less sophisticated, yet better - Timo Zimmermann
  52. Human.json - Timo Zimmermann
  53. Jimei Palace - Lux - Timo Zimmermann
  54. DLSS5 - Timo Zimmermann
  55. MacBook Neo camera indicator - Timo Zimmermann
  56. TTS adventures - Timo Zimmermann
  57. MacBook Neo - Timo Zimmermann
  58. Stop doing that! - Timo Zimmermann
  59. Framework 12 - Timo Zimmermann
  60. Mission Impossible - using a tool - Timo Zimmermann
  61. MCPs and questionable vibes - Timo Zimmermann
  62. The Plan - Timo Zimmermann
  63. Lazerbunny - Timo Zimmermann
  64. Self hosting Syncthing relay and discover - Timo Zimmermann
  65. 2026 - Timo Zimmermann

2025 33

  1. Happy Holidays 2025 - Timo Zimmermann
  2. Gaming headsets, audiophiles and beyerdynamic DT 70 IE - Timo Zimmermann
  3. It is a monitor, okay? - Timo Zimmermann
  4. Tailwind is not worth it - Timo Zimmermann
  5. Forgejo Actions and version numbers - Timo Zimmermann
  6. Thanks for the comments - Timo Zimmermann
  7. Full text search with Django and SQLite - Timo Zimmermann
  8. Content production aka shouting into the void - Timo Zimmermann
  9. SteamDeck upgrades - Timo Zimmermann
  10. nvim-web-server - Timo Zimmermann
  11. Microsoft Surface Go 3 goes Linux - Timo Zimmermann
  12. Keeping self hosted services updated... - Timo Zimmermann
  13. Hall of Legends - Ahri - Timo Zimmermann
  14. Fedora strategy 2028 - Timo Zimmermann
  15. Mobile will win - Timo Zimmermann
  16. Gomponents & TailwindCSS - Timo Zimmermann
  17. One week with Delta Chat - Timo Zimmermann
  18. Devil May Cry - Timo Zimmermann
  19. The centralised Internet - Timo Zimmermann
  20. Custom keyboards from my feed reader - Timo Zimmermann
  21. Conferences and virtual watch options - Timo Zimmermann
  22. On Wireguard and Tailscale - Timo Zimmermann
  23. Notes on iMac G4(K) - Timo Zimmermann
  24. Infinity Studio - Sarah Fortune - Timo Zimmermann
  25. Stalwart mta-sts - Timo Zimmermann
  26. Offline license management in Go - Timo Zimmermann
  27. Material Theme - Timo Zimmermann
  28. anyon_e - DIY laptop - Timo Zimmermann
  29. Data Centers are just big homelabs - Timo Zimmermann
  30. Home Assistant Voice and local LLMs - Timo Zimmermann
  31. Too expensive! - Timo Zimmermann
  32. Lenovo & SteamOS - Timo Zimmermann
  33. Wooden Keycaps - Timo Zimmermann

2024 29

  1. Django in 2024 - Timo Zimmermann
  2. Happy Holidays 2024 - Timo Zimmermann
  3. Default Apps 2024 - Timo Zimmermann
  4. iPad Pro for Everything - Timo Zimmermann
  5. Local LLMs & ChatGPT Pro - Timo Zimmermann
  6. You are not getting my money - Timo Zimmermann
  7. Note-taking - Timo Zimmermann
  8. Gaming on Linux - The Beginning - Timo Zimmermann
  9. Self hosting a authoritative DNS and CDN - Timo Zimmermann
  10. Telemetry in Zed - Timo Zimmermann
  11. Patreon, Apple and websites - Timo Zimmermann
  12. Haptics and phone cases - Timo Zimmermann
  13. NeoVim it is, then - Timo Zimmermann
  14. Bill Mill on working on the relaunch of "medicare plan compare" - Timo Zimmermann
  15. KISS Beats Accidental Complexity - Timo Zimmermann
  16. Apple Intelligence - Timo Zimmermann
  17. "stop using Discord" is a very entitled ask - Timo Zimmermann
  18. What I am looking for in a smartphone - Timo Zimmermann
  19. 8GB memory, 256GB storage - Timo Zimmermann
  20. Ian Betteridge on Apple terminating Epics dev account - Timo Zimmermann
  21. Meta Quest 3 - Timo Zimmermann
  22. Andrew Mshar - Keyboards - Timo Zimmermann
  23. Apple and the DMA - Timo Zimmermann
  24. Advice for writing HTTP services in Go - Timo Zimmermann
  25. Cloud egress cost comparison - Timo Zimmermann
  26. Safely rewriting complex code - Timo Zimmermann
  27. Cancelling Amazon Prime - Timo Zimmermann
  28. Thoughts on “It’s OK to call it Artificial Intelligence” - Timo Zimmermann
  29. Unreal Engine goes VR! - Timo Zimmermann

2023 9

  1. Webrings - Timo Zimmermann
  2. So long Apple Watch - Timo Zimmermann
  3. How much would you pay for software? - Timo Zimmermann
  4. Building a keyboard to last - Timo Zimmermann
  5. It does not cost me anything to be nice - Timo Zimmermann
  6. Automate all the things! - Timo Zimmermann
  7. Django Build To Last - Timo Zimmermann
  8. Caching and Django Rest Framework - Timo Zimmermann
  9. Single host Django and Docker deployment - Timo Zimmermann

2022 13

  1. Building a router - the build - Timo Zimmermann
  2. Perixx PERIMICE-520 trackball - Timo Zimmermann
  3. Building a router - planning & shopping - Timo Zimmermann
  4. Tech Quips - htmx - Timo Zimmermann
  5. Year of Linux on my desktop. Again. - Timo Zimmermann
  6. Replacing iCloud with Open Source alternatives - Timo Zimmermann
  7. 25 years of gaming - Timo Zimmermann
  8. How over-engineered do you want your blog to be? Yes. - Timo Zimmermann
  9. Game engines are hard - Timo Zimmermann
  10. The iPad Mini as a daily companion - Timo Zimmermann
  11. Elden Ring - Timo Zimmermann
  12. Security 101: Securing file downloads - Timo Zimmermann
  13. Avoiding Amazon for a whole year - Timo Zimmermann

2021 8

  1. Reading list 2021-11-28 - Timo Zimmermann
  2. Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen9 first impression - Timo Zimmermann
  3. Reading list 2021-11-21 - Timo Zimmermann
  4. Buying a Windows laptop is hard - Timo Zimmermann
  5. Reading list 2021-11-14 - Timo Zimmermann
  6. Reading list 2021-11-07 - Timo Zimmermann
  7. Reading list 2021-10-24 - Timo Zimmermann
  8. Reading list 2021-10-17 - Timo Zimmermann

Undated 210

  1. imprint
  2. Reading list 2021 10 10
  3. Reading list 2021 10 03
  4. Microsofts 2021 surface lineup
  5. Links 2021 09 26
  6. Staying positive while posting my reading list
  7. Links 2021 09 05
  8. Links 2021 08 29
  9. Links 2021 08 22
  10. Links 2021 08 15
  11. Unifying ipados and macos
  12. Links 2021 08 08
  13. Steam deck
  14. Deploying django at small scale
  15. Aws cloudflare and my ego
  16. Artist vs backup
  17. Review airpods max
  18. Ipad air 2020
  19. Thoughts on airpods max
  20. An ipad pro a netbook and a webkit bug
  21. Security 101 physical security
  22. Thoughts on touchscreen macs
  23. Trying to avoid amazon is an adventure
  24. Thoughts on apples m1 chip
  25. Valve index so much potential so little wow
  26. Apple watch solo loop and braided solo loop
  27. My twitter account is old enough to sneak out and drink
  28. Amazon prime day
  29. Deep dive django q and sqs
  30. Thoughts on apples time flies event
  31. Apple delays anti ad tracking feature
  32. Thoughts on facebook oculus and gdpr
  33. Dockers subscription plans
  34. Thoughts on the disney mulan digital release
  35. Security 101 vendor risk management
  36. Ghostorg does not like customer feedback
  37. Epic fail
  38. Yes i would pay for twitter
  39. Thoughts on surviving django
  40. Microblogging
  41. Just do it on side projects and the paradox of choice
  42. Security 101 internal threats
  43. Thoughts on wwdc2020
  44. Adding two factor authentication to django admin
  45. Unifi dream machine pro not the experience you would expect
  46. Thoughts on hey
  47. Security 101 path of least resistance
  48. Security 101 identity providers
  49. Python convert json to csv
  50. Finding a decent headset is harder than expected
  51. Fenix for twitter
  52. Magic keyboard first impression
  53. Managing state in django models
  54. Working from home things no one talks about
  55. What is better than one homepod
  56. Security 101 owasp
  57. Software development on an ipad pro
  58. Screens believes productivity
  59. Apple does not like electron apps
  60. Sentry and the business source license
  61. Content ownership and micro blogging
  62. Security 101 four eye principle
  63. How two factor authentication is never going to be adopted
  64. Iphone 11 bye bye bumper
  65. Thoughts on apples special event
  66. Security 101 documentation policies in disguise
  67. 30 years of fetch
  68. Automattic tumblr
  69. Thoughts on video on demand netflix and the revival of piracy
  70. Beyond self hosting
  71. Zoom web servers and silent updates
  72. One week with ipados
  73. Security 101 know your threats
  74. Bye bye jony ive
  75. Startup security 101 introduction
  76. Wwdc 2019 swiftui
  77. Wwdc2019 ios and watchos
  78. Wwdc 2019 mac pro pro display xdr
  79. Wwdc2019 ipados
  80. Wwdc2019 macos
  81. Buying an android phone is hard
  82. Beats studio 3
  83. Thoughts on apples its show time event
  84. Equipped to spy
  85. We all win
  86. Unit testing command line applications in swift
  87. Screen recoding on ios
  88. The apple watch that finally won my heart
  89. On apple revoking certificates i would have hoped for more
  90. Migrating back to wordpress
  91. Blaming the user is the small scale version of nation state attacks
  92. One month with an apple homepod
  93. My workplace 2018
  94. Individual member of the django software foundation
  95. Building our home and office network
  96. Integrating third party services in your mobile app
  97. Github and microsoft sitting in a tree
  98. Taking back control of my digital life
  99. A series for newbies
  100. Choosing the right programming language
  101. Static site generator burnout
  102. Surviving crunch time
  103. The apple watch from a watch lovers perspective
  104. The sad state of javascript markdown editors
  105. Drupan rawr the next steps
  106. Drupan 220 the panda gets a bowl of sake
  107. Bringing leeroyci to the next level
  108. Upgrading django projects introduction
  109. Never trust an environment you do not fully control
  110. What start ups can learn from blizzard entertainment
  111. Leeroyci taking down production with automatic deploys since last week
  112. Why i am writing a web interface for a static site generator
  113. Roadmap to leeroy 10
  114. Django rails another year another comparison
  115. Review django essentials
  116. Drupan 20 rawr released
  117. Sometimes i just want dumb things or why adding features is not always a good idea
  118. State of drupan 2 rawr
  119. Introducing leeroy
  120. How to write a static site generator
  121. Why are so many people writing static site generators
  122. A robot for me
  123. Imessage is secure enough
  124. Candy crush and dungeon keeper are only one half of the problem
  125. Eas long term goals not caring about gamers
  126. Happy new year welcome 2014
  127. Gnupg is still too hard to use
  128. Learning scala four weeks later
  129. Learning scala week 3 webdevelopment
  130. Learning scala week 2 coursera and scala related tools
  131. Learning scala week 1
  132. Sublime text as python ide jedi
  133. Share buttons and your readers
  134. The joy and pain of using a static site generator for private and client work
  135. The state of django and ruby on rails one year later
  136. I heard you like downloaders
  137. Is it stupid to pay for beautiful things
  138. Should i rewrite my app in go for better scalability
  139. Httprequest and goroutines
  140. The new mac pro a great idea maybe one or two years too early
  141. Xbox one a big disappointment
  142. Keep calm and tumble on
  143. Adobes creative cloud is great for professionals not hobbyists
  144. The cloud is fine you are just using it the wrong way
  145. Is it project fraud or saving the client
  146. One weekend with go
  147. What i learned during 10 years interviewing people talking about hiring and discrimination
  148. Digital ocean good intensions bad execution
  149. I am the product and that is okay
  150. Week 1 what happened
  151. The cloud vs dedicated servers
  152. Selling your service or product the basics
  153. Django beginner series introduction
  154. The ipad mini is not for you
  155. Zenbo zenbo as a service and pricing
  156. Updates on zenbo and zenbo hosted
  157. Taking zenbo to the next level zenbo hosted
  158. My stack is bigger than yours ranting about web applications and scalability
  159. In defense of being obsessed
  160. On patents apple samsung and innovation
  161. Review ia writer
  162. Random thoughts on ios development
  163. The road to zenbo 10
  164. Does google deserve any trust
  165. Appnet dead before it could rise
  166. Working on zenbo
  167. Bye bye comments it was a great time but you have to go
  168. Talent acquisitions are not the problem
  169. There is nothing wrong or broken with email
  170. Myth of freelancing time management
  171. Designing beautiful urls
  172. Chrome for ios
  173. My journey ios development
  174. The doom of responsive design
  175. Django and generic relations
  176. Myth of freelancing you are your own boss
  177. 15 years of gaming
  178. Pull requests developers and respect
  179. Time to talk about business
  180. What is wrong with content management systems
  181. Code challenge the ideas
  182. Is rss dead
  183. Code challenge the challenge
  184. Meteor is just a toy
  185. Facebook and instagram sitting in a tree
  186. When people tell you your idea sucks ignore them
  187. Why you should ignore most posts about go
  188. Even if you hate adobe go get adobe shadow
  189. The new ipad and responsive web design
  190. Comments and posts
  191. Resolutionary isnt it
  192. Is hacker news the superior commenting system
  193. Firefox is the new enemy
  194. The great patent wars i was there
  195. The lie about icloud
  196. Business decision why i use django and not ruby on rails
  197. Why i do not use java
  198. First day with an iphone 4s
  199. Change change change and fun
  200. A new editor
  201. Oop lesson 2 vocabulary
  202. Oop lesson 1 basics
  203. Object oriented programming
  204. Short update
  205. Feature flood
  206. A new year
  207. Merry christmas
  208. The holy grail a programmers editor
  209. First day with zenbo
  210. And here comes zenbo