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.
Latest Posts
Back when I first started designing and coding things for the web, one of my favorite channels was the one from a designer named Mackenzie Child. In hindsight, one of his videos had a huge impact on me. Despite it being a simple video...
It’s been almost two years since launching this blog. Back then, I used to write very frequently on here1. But since then, that habit of writing daily has faded quite a bit. And especially lately, my brain felt very scattered across...
Although the occasion is very devastating, I still found the quote below worth sharing. For context, the whole interview revolves around uncertainty in life and how to cope with it from a philosophical angle. Philosopher Wilhelm Schmid...
Recently, I listened to this great interview with the creator of Claude Code, Boris Cherny: If you don’t know, Claude Code is currently widely considered the gold standard when it comes to agentic engineering. So his words carry a lot of...
Ok, hear me out here. Two days ago, I posted this note: With the exams finished and my new personal website out in the world, it's time to dive into the world of iOS development again 🥳 I will talk more about the app in the next couple...
Last Sunday, approximately 1.5 years after its launch, my old website got retired1, and this new one got published. Maybe you’ve seen it already these past couple of days – if not, then welcome! In this post, I want to give you a glimpse...
If I had to choose one direction, that I could push the IndieWeb towards for the next couple of years, it would be the social route. Just having a personal website, which already makes you part of the movement, can be incredibly lonely...
It’s the beginning of December again, which means Spotify Wrapped has just dropped. Like last year, I want to share mine here and encourage you to do the same, so we can all discover some great music :) This year, Spotify used a...
From “I love calculator” by Andrej Karpathy, founding member of OpenAI: The calculator is incredible. […] To perform its function it only requires light (thanks to its tiny solar panel on the front) […]. If you traveled back in time with...
Yesterday, I participated at the Lausanne Marathon – my first-ever race at that distance. Now, on the day after the big event, I want to recap a bit and write about my experience. For future me and maybe for you as well, if you’re...
I’m currently on and off designing and building v2 of this website. Along the way, I’ve been looking for some fonts that I could use for my new branding. As a future reference for me and hopefully as inspiration for you, I wanted to...
I quite like this definition of success by Will Ahmed, the founder of Whoop: Success is being excited to go to work and being excited to come home. Sounds like the recipe for a good and fulfilling life. Discovered via Aaron Francis’...
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux is a unique blend of investigative journalism, social commentary and a true crime recount of some of the biggest frauds in recent years. And it was an interesting read because I experienced most of the stories...
Just a short little update because I have been quite silent on this blog the past few weeks. Currently, I am in between the two exam seasons after my second semester at uni. I still work part-time during the summer and obviously have to...
Just two running-related ads I came around today that immediately made me wanna put on my running shoes and head out. Both have this highly polished but still raw and imperfect aesthetic that I really like. Kinda like if Beef was an ad....