Marius 
This article presents all necessary steps to get your Windows (desktop) application into the hands of your users. I list and compare 13 installer builders which package your application as a setup, discuss distribution options such as package managers, and present solutions to integrate automatic updates and licensing into your application. Introduction If you are … Read more
To be able to distribute Python application to end-users you need to freeze Python code. There are numerous freeze tools which produce self-contained binaries for the most common platforms, like Windows, Linux and macOS. This article presents and compares seven freeze tools, which are being actively maintained at the time of writing, and recommends specific … Read more
A Cloud IDE provides a complete development environment running on a server in the cloud, instead of you running it on your developer workstation. In this article I will discuss general advantages and disadvantages of Cloud IDEs, provide a Cloud IDE comparison of the best 9 IDEs I found, and give recommendations on how to … Read more
Collaborative code editors let developers write code together in real time, just like Google Docs. This article compares Microsoft Live Share, Code with me, Floobits, CodeTogether, GitDuck, and CodeInterview. I clearly demonstrate the limitations and benefits of each tool, including how it integrates into existing IDEs, end-to-end encryption and pricing. I’ll conclude with recommendations for … Read more
Microsoft 365 groups are the foundation for managing users and permissions in many other applications, such as Teams and SharePoint. This article introduces the group’s other functionalities, group inbox and calendar, how to access them, and why they are sometimes difficult to find. I also explain different options that simplify scheduling of events in Outlook, … Read more
Teams is Microsoft’s communication platform that offers video meetings and text-based chats at work that happen in one or more team rooms. Learn how Teams integrates with SharePoint, how you can plan your team structure (including private channels), and discover several non-obvious features of the app. Introduction Microsoft Teams is a cloud application, which you … Read more
SharePoint, which is part of the Microsoft 365 cloud, offers collaboration features for your team. I present the three main features of SharePoint, explain the difference between communication vs. team sites, and elaborate on how the membership management works. Finally, I discuss important caveats you should be aware of. Introduction SharePoint is a cloud application … Read more
The Microsoft 365 cloud is a complex system with a large number of apps, such Teams or SharePoint. If you were introduced to the Microsoft 365 cloud without proper training, you likely misunderstood how the different apps integrate with each other, and believe in myths due to an incorrect mental model. This article explains the … Read more
This article is a link collection for Python developers who want to go beyond the basics. It presents my personal favorite articles and libraries for various use cases. Introduction Whenever you fall in love with a programming language, you will wonder what you can do with it, beyond the basics. Most modern programming languages come … Read more
This article describes an experiment where I apply acoustic fingerprinting and speech recognition to detect duplicates in my personal collection of episodes (mp3 files) of the German radio play “Philip Maloney”. I discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, and present the results of applying the Olaf acoustic fingerprinting implementation. Introduction Acoustic fingerprinting (Wikipedia) … Read more