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Open Security Conference 2025 — A magical place

This year it happened. I just joined my first security conference. It helped to know it was an open space format. And it also helped very much to know some...

The rotten onion

I must confess I tried to write this article for quite a while now. I even had two drafts ready. Both read more and more like a rant. Upon a...

SoCraTes Germany 2025

Again, another year has passed and I found myself back in Soltau. This time with a little twist. I applied for a training day slot and got in. I would...

From Biochemistry to Software Development

Depending on how I count it, I’m now working as a software engineer for either nearly seven or nine years. Sometimes, when I talk to colleagues or people in the...

Where and why to hash a password

Lately I heard a colleague tell an intern how important it is to hash user passwords. I was delighted as I heard this. Until. Until I realized they were talking...

Rust, Egui and Commands

For a side project, the security card game, I decided last year to write a simple CLI in rust to create cards. Soon after the CLI was finished, it became...