vknabel
vknabel
Valentin Knabel
Developer, cyclist, coffee nerd, human. Open Source, kindness, honesty, vegan. It is fine to be imperfect, as long as we are honest and have fun along the way.
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What if electric computers and the internet existed before the nazi regime and the second world war? This book begins with a glimpse what surveillance and exessive data collection can be used for in a totalitarian regime, effectively...
Today, I would like to invite you to join me on a calming adventure through winding streets, quiet little towns and magical forests. Make yourself a drink, get comfortable and relax. Take a sip. Take your time. I’d like to take you to a...
In my ongoing efforts to reduce the reliance on US companies and services, I decided from Let’s Encrypt to the Italian Actalis. Sure, Let’s Encrypt works fine, is non-profit and had a huge impact on today’s internet security, but...
Nine years ago I launched this blog to share some thoughts about software development. Most of the time I have been very strict about content that I posted. If it wasn’t tech, I didn’t post it. Over the years my priorities shifted. I...
Currently I mostly do some Homelab stuff, riding my bicyle and enjoying my life in general. By day I work as a Kubernetes and Go Engineer at x-cellent. You might even spot me on their website, too. By night I mostly tinker with my...
The development of global and especially US politics in the last decade made it clear that Europe must become more sovereign and independent from the US. And the same applies to everybody in the world regarding big tech. This here should...
The development of global and especially US politics in the last decade made it clear that Europe must become more sovereign and independent from the US. And the same applies to everybody in the world regarding big tech. This here should...
Private Projects This very website. See Colophon for more details about the tech stack. My Homelab built on Kubernetes and Talos. Zirric is a small programming language that favors declarations, readable data modeling, and annotations...
This website is built using Hugo and hosted on GitHub Pages. The whole source code and configuration can be found in the GitHub repository. The theme is hand-written and also available in the same repository. If you wonder what the...
This book captivates from the very first minute. At its core are the moral beliefs of a hunter and where they can lead. There is no judgment—just the story told from his perspective. At times, his thought processes are almost unbearable...
It is slowly told and a bit sluggish in the middle. There are occasionally uncomfortable passages to read because they aren’t properly reflected upon at the time. The ending is beautiful and emotional. But, as you read, you often wonder...
Starting with this year, I have decided to discontinue all of my open source projects. Most notably this affects my VS Code extensions for Swift. I archieved the repositories and requested to deprecate the extensions in the Visual Studio...
A few years ago while I started working on Lithia, I decided to use whatever takes me to my goal. Getting finished was the primary focus. And I did. With Zirric I want to take less compromise and build a better language. Performance and...
After a long time of procrastination I finally resumed my work on my new programming language. Back then I wrote about the current state of Lithia and how I arrived in a dead end regarding the language design. Sure I proposed some large...
The book opens with a shocking moment. Trigger warning: themes of suicide and depression. After that, the pace slows and the story gradually draws you in. While it may not be thrilling in the classic sense, it captivates on a different...