Dominik Hofer
Dominik Hofer
Dominik Hofer
I’m an early 20s guy from Switzerland. So naturally, I’m still trying to find my place in the world. Figuring out who I am and what I want to do. And this website serves as a time capsule for preserving and documenting this project we call personal life.
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Here’s the thing with ATproto: It’s very impressive from a technical perspective. If you begin to grasp what this protocol enables, you’ll inevitably become a fan (at least you should in my opinion). Posts like “A Social Filesystem” by...
Part 4 of my series on the book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. In life, there are different virtues you can attain over time. According to columnist David Brooks, we can sort them into two buckets: Things like our salary,...
In the town where I live, we have this great sports facility with multiple soccer fields, a skate park, a basketball court, a sports hall and a tartan track. As a runner, I obviously mostly use the last one. But the thing I enjoy most...
Last night the clocks were moved forward by one hour. The biggest consequence of this is usually one hour less of sleep. Not great. But there’s another thing that’s happening today, and it’s a positive one: All of a sudden, the evenings...
Related to yesterday’s post, I want to list a couple of quick and easy ways to get “a small win”. Simple things we can do to shift our mood. Most of the things on the list are pretty obvious when you read them, but I still find it...
If you’re watching only one video today, make it this one. Not only is it exceptionally beautifully written, shot, color graded and edited, but it also has a very important message. All you need right now is a win. Sometimes, whether or...
Yesterday, I got to watch one of the most anticipated films of the year on the big screen. Project Hail Mary is the movie adaptation of the similarly named sci-fi book by Andy Weir. If that name rings a bell, it’s probably because it’s...
The Pudding is one of those sites I love to browse regularly and always leave with a feeling of delight (and new insights). If you haven’t heard of them, they are a digital publication that creates data-driven stories. So they often have...
Part 3 of my series on the book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. For me personally, when it comes to personal finance, one of the hardest things is to find a good ratio between the money I spend vs. the money I save. As I...
The crazy stuff that is going on over on the other side of the Atlantic has made one thing clear: Too many people (and businesses), me included, are way too dependent on US big tech companies. Switching away from tools you depended on...
Part 2 of my series on the book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. One of the main theses of the book is the following: There are two ways to use money. You can use it as a tool to improve your life. Or you can make it the...
“Writing online” can mean many different things. A social media post, a forum entry, an essay, a poem – you name it. But my favorite format remains the short blogpost. A couple of paragraphs, talking about one experience, one idea, one...
This is an observation I regularly have during everyday life. Some days feel like I have all the time in the world. I manage what I set out to do, I move, create, read, learn. These are fulfilling days. Then, in the evening, I have this...
Part 1 of my series on the book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. One random fact from the book that stuck with me is this: Between the 10 richest men in the world, there are 13 divorces. Even if one has all the money in the...
It’s already past 8 pm and if I’m honest, if it weren’t for my writing PACT, I wouldn’t be writing this post. And you wouldn’t be reading it. But you still do. Because I just set a timer for 5 minutes, sat down and started writing. We...