27.08.2022

Share MySQL via Dropbox

a sort of tutorial

I’m working on a application called "photo enhancer". Because I have two computers, I shared the SQLite database through Dropbox. As number of pictures stored in the DB grew, I needed a better database and switched to MySQL. In this post, I want to share my solution of how to setup your MySQL to be shared through Dropbox.

01.04.2022

Am I fluent in English?

Fun with Language

Ever wondered how you would know when you are fluent in a foreign language? 

 

Since a few days, I know I’m fluent in English.

31.10.2021

Versions of German

Fun with Language

Ever wondered why German speaking people do not understand each other?

You can compare this issue to the difference between British English and American English - just worse, because usually neither part of the conversation knows about the issue and both think they are speaking «proper» German.

30.06.2021

Paprika vs Peperoni

Fun with Language

Today, I want to tell you how difficult it can be to order food. "Paprika" and "Peperoni" have reversed meanings if you cross the border between Switzerland and Germany.

I didn’t know about the difference until I was in my twenties and had always awk-ward conversations while ordering food.

01.06.2021

Urinsekten

Fun with Language

«Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache» 

German language is a difficult language.

 

Yes, German is difficult and a lot of fun! 

Today, I want to share how "Urinsekten" can refer either to two or six leg creatures and/or something normal or gross, depending on how you read it.

21.05.2021

Book Review

Fast Python by Chris Conlan

I wrote a small review of this great and well written Python book "Fast Python - master the basics to write faster code" by Chris Conlan.

I really enjoyed reading it and learned a few thinks while during it. Therefore, I recommend it to anyone who is interested in this topic.

11.08.2020

dict() versus {}

Python provides two different ways to create a dictionary: dict() and {}.

I prefer dict() when creating empty dictionaries to improve readability.

 

In this post, I want to check the performance across different usages and not only initialization.

27.07.2020

Performance of

all() and any()

The built-in functions all() and any()are nice and if the comparison is small, they are easy understandable. But how do they perform? Should we use them at all if our code needs to be fast?

 

Let me share my findings when I did some performance tests.