Timmer’s Blog

RSS feeds might look like a technology from the 2000s (because it is) and hard to use. But in my eyes they are the key to the best online experience which isn’t dictated by the algorithm.

We have all seen the kind of man behind the company. Such a thing simply should not be supported any longer. Fortunately, there are enough alternatives, but unfortunately, not many people know about them.

Although OTRS is capable of signing and encrypting emails, outgoing admin notifications to agents are not signed. This confuses some of my agents and is puzzling to me.

I had to think about the actor John Candy recently and wanted to share some thoughts about him and how I always connect him with my own father.

I always wanted my blog to be bilangual which it is. But there are only a hand full of English posts. That needs to change which is why I will try to post more, or even exclusive only, in English.

I’ve started a new adventure and switched from digital to analog photography on film. Now I can buy loads of new film again and have it developed. Just like in the old days.

Ein Jahr lang habe ich versucht, VitePress für meinen Blog zu benutzen, was mehr oder weniger auch gut geklappt hat. Allerdings hat es mich nun doch zu Hugo zurück gezogen. Aber wieso sollte ich einer neuen Technologie vie VueJS den Rücken kehren und zu (in den Augen einiger) Bloatware zurück wechseln?

I am happy to see the release of the LTS version 6.5 of (Znuny) OTRS. Especially after the support end of the community edition of the OTRS AG.

Hugo was good Nearly six years ago, I finally said goodbye to WordPress and switched to a static site generator called Hugo. It was the perfect solution as it eliminated all the security risks associated with WordPress in one fell swoop, and also dramatically increased the performance of the blog due to the resulting static website. Another significant advantage was that I could write my posts in Markdown, which automatically generated more attractive output.

Hello world! After some consideration about whether it really makes sense to continue writing my small blog in handwritten HTML files, I decided that it might be a good idea to switch to a static website generator. That’s why I’ve now opted for Hugo. In the coming time, it will become clear whether and how much better Hugo is. It’s also nice that I can finally use simple Markdown here. Although I’ve noticed that with this theme, the following elements do not work in the preview or overview of the posts: