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what I'm currently working on
A now page summarizes what a person is currently focused on, i.e., what “you’d tell a friend you hadn’t seen in a year”.
Last updated: September 15th, 2025, from home (after a 3-hour debugging session)
current interests
- Open-source: I’ve been involved a lot in open-source development lately. I already did live coding for a couple of years, but currently, I can’t get enough and invest a lot of time in my open-source projects.
- Studio building: We moved last year while I was writing my dissertation. Finally, I find enough time to build a new studio for creating web-video content.
- 3D printing: Solving problems in our home and the studio with 3D printing becomes increasingly ubiquitous. Nevertheless, I still have a lot to learn.
- Back on YouTube: After an extended break due to my dissertation and the subsequent rehab, I’m creating videos again. Feels great to be back!
open questions
- Being a software engineer: After exactly 5 years as a researcher at the university, I’m leaving academia to become a software engineer in industry. Still curious how that will be, but the first weeks have been awesome!
- A new niche on YouTube: Recording gaming videos was my niche for over a decade and allowed me to entertain hundreds of thousands of people. However, that time is over. I wonder what my next niche will be. Software Engineering Content? DIY? I will have to experiment a lot.