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Managing procrastination and distractions

Best Practices for Submitting and Reviewing Merge Requests in Debian

Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages

Corporate best practices for upstream open source contributions

Creating Debian packages from upstream Git

Going full-time as an open source developer

Debian Salsa CI in Google Summer of Code 2025

Will decentralized social media soon go mainstream?

10 habits to help becoming a Debian maintainer

Debian source packages in git explained

Are AI language models capable of doing financial forecasting?

The simple art of effective decision-making for managers

Should developers always just write code and never design documents?

Heartbleed and XZ backdoor learnings: open source infrastructure can be improved efficiently with moderate funding

Communication is the key to efficiency in a software engineering organization

8 writing tips for software professionals

Tab-tastic tips for streamlined web browser use

Advanced Git commands every senior software developer needs to know

Learn to write better Git commit messages by example

When everyone else is wrong

Make habits, not goals

How to conduct an effective code review

My 5 tips for efficient meetings

Pulsar, the best code editor

Unpacking Linux containers: understanding Docker and its alternatives

The optimal home office

How to make a good git commit

Quick builds and rebuilds of MariaDB using Docker

Grokking the MariaDB test runner (MTR)

How to code 10x faster than an average programmer

Resist the urge of the first solution

Ensuring software quality with GitLab CI – case MariaDB in Debian

Stop the senseless killing

Truth, health and wealth

Debian Mentoring