Friends, family, adventures, sunshine & outdoors make things so much better.| Ham Vocke
I got featured in a lovely YouTube video. Also, there's new RSS feeds.| hamvocke.com
I built a vim / neovim color scheme that follows your terminal's colors scheme.| hamvocke.com
I cured and cold-smoked another batch of ham. Here's what it looks like.| hamvocke.com
I struggle with long winters. This year isn't any different.| Ham Vocke
Same ritual as last year; I look back at 2024 and reflect on the things that kept me busy over the course of the year.| Ham Vocke
I built an online air horn sound button thingy. Have fun!| hamvocke.com
An excerpt that will show up in open graph previews on social media| hamvocke.com
Today is my last day in Gütersloh. I'm leaving Bertelsmann after six exciting years. This post is about the my previous journey as a software developer and about my future in Hamburg.| Ham Vocke
More than three months into my new job at ThoughtWorks I tell the story of my first day at my new job and take a first look in the rearview mirror to reflect about work, company culture and other remarkable stuff| Ham Vocke
Homebank is a great and free personal finance tool. I have written a small converter that allows you to import account data from DKB accounts.| Ham Vocke
I've recently tried a new approach for facilitating an agile retrospecitve based on Twitter. It was a fun and creative session and I got great feedback. Read what I've done, what I've learned and grab some resources to do it yourself!| Ham Vocke
Probably everyone has moved at least once in their life. It's a lot of work but also offers unique opportunities. This post will tell you how the metaphor of moving can help you get great results out of your next Retrospective.| Ham Vocke
tmux is a tool that can boost your productivity while using the terminal. Think of it as a window manager in your terminal with some extra fanciness on top. This post gives you an easy-to-follow introduction to tmux and explains its basic features and how to use them.| Ham Vocke
tmux has its flaws when you use its vanilla configuration. I'll show you how you can customize tmux so that it fits your needs, is a little more comfortable to use and pretty to look at.| Ham Vocke
There are a couple of really great tools out there that can help you getting more fun out of your day-to-day command line use. These are some of my favorites.| Ham Vocke
For many developers pair programming is the way to go. But pairing often becomes challenging as soon as people are working remotely. With a simple SSH and tmux setup you can have a very simple but effective setup for collaborating remotely using nothing but your command line.| Ham Vocke
Learn the concepts you need to build a reliable, fast and effective test suite for your microservices| Ham Vocke
Learn how to test your Java & Spring Boot microservice, based on the "Testing Microservices" article| Ham Vocke
Yeah, the "testing microservices" post series got a little out of hand. If you prefer ebooks over blog posts I've got your back. I released the "testing microservices" series as an ebook.| Ham Vocke
I started implementing a browser game version of the German "Doppelkopf" card game and it's great fun. Read why I started doing this and what I've discovered so far.| Ham Vocke
Learn how to test Ansible provisioning scripts locally| Ham Vocke
I'm starting a new job remotely after leaving the adventures of a consultancy behind. Some thoughts on this change.| Ham Vocke
An hommage to my nickname.| Ham Vocke
Want to write without distractions and don't feel like buying an extra app for that? Here's how.| Ham Vocke
3 years ago I started building a browser-based Doppelkopf card game as a pet project. Things have been quiet. Did I give up? Hit a roadblock? Nuke the git repo?| Ham Vocke
About 1.5 years ago I quit my job, started working remotely and moved to a small town. I'm reflecting on how these changes have affected my life.| Ham Vocke
A book review for Saleem Siddiqui's “Learning Test-Driven Development”. I think it's a great book and a modern take of Kent Beck's "TDD By Example".| Ham Vocke
I wrote lnks, a small tool that helps you find and open browser bookmarks from the command line. It works well as a personal bookmark manager, for shared team bookmarks, and is just the right thing for people who love working on the command line.| Ham Vocke
Here's one from the consulting toolbox. Path to Production Mapping is a simple and effective tool that can help you understand, discuss, analyze, and improve how your team ships software to production. In this post I explain what it's all about and how you can use it.| Ham Vocke
My review of Kent Beck's “Tidy First?”, a short book on the "what", "when", and "why" of tidying code.| Ham Vocke
Dan Simmons' "Hyperion Cantos" is a series of science fiction novels and one of my all-time favorites. It's an epic tale of adventure, time travel, war, love, loss, and a giant-ass heavy metal creature wreaking havoc.| Ham Vocke
I used to think too much about what should and should not live on my personal website. Where's the fun in that? It's time to make my personal website more personal!| Ham Vocke
Just before the year ends I'm taking a look back at 2023 and reflect on my personal highlights, the big things that happened and the things that had a lasting impact on myself.| Ham Vocke
I cured and cold-smoked ham this winter and I'm pretty pumped about the results. Let me show you some pictures and explain what I did.| Ham Vocke
Feature branches and mandatory pull requests have become a standard for a lot of modern software development teams. How did we get here? And does this really make sense?| Ham Vocke
I went on a short trip to Athens, Greece with the family. Here I'm sharing some pictures and impressions.| Ham Vocke
Introducing a new avatar for this website and my social media channels.| hamvocke.com
Find out how to create your own, beautiful terminal color scheme.| hamvocke.com
