I keep hearing horror stories from founders in Germany about their startup incorporations so I decided to share how we at Rebel Tech (Rebel Technology Labs Ltd and Rebel Operations Germany GmbH) made our incorporation super easy and smooth. …

As I wrote before, Pavarotti or Eminem? A lesson on Engineering Management, there is no universal approach with people, no magic button that works with everyone, and one particular aspect I would like to write about is working with Junior Developers vs Senior Developers. It’s essential as an Engineering Manager…

On one side we have famous operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and on the other popular rapper Eminem, and let me ask you, which one is a better musician? It’s the kind of question that some people might instantly answer one or the other, wondering how can you even ask such…

Message a senior Linux admin colleague asking about an issue with Linux and get a “I have no clue” answer. Use a Windows laptop because of the frustration with all the bugs in Linux (typing this on my ThinkPad T580 running Windows 10). Saying “F*ck this shit” and giving up. …

A developer asked me yesterday the following question: Do you happen to know how to send CEC commands over HDMI through an Android non-TV app? The developer had a little Android TV box (not officially running Android TV but AOSP), Venztech V10 to be exact, and was trying to make…

We have all heard countless talks, read countless blogs and had countless conversations about the importance of cultural fit, I won’t go too much into cultural fit itself as a topic, as answering that question, or even asking a company “What is your culture?” …

I initially published a comment in the Berlin Android Developer group slack, which then turned into a very popular Twitter post, so I decided to use this topic and opportunity to start my blog about IT life in Berlin, with a focus on hiring in tech. So what can a…