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My first UTMB trail running race: the MountainMan Reit im Winkl in the Bavarian Alps. Race recap, gear list, training notes, and travel tips.

Trailrunning in Reit im Winkl: my first time in an UTMB race

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After 7 days, more than 120 km, 3 countries & countless valleys… I reached Sterzing 🇮🇹 completing my #Alpenüberquerung. From stormy ridges to glaciers and finally pizza in Südtirol 🍕 crossing the Alps was pure magic. Read the final chapter here 👉

Crossing the Alps: Days 5-6-7 · Mayrhofen through Pfitsch to Sterzing

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Day 3 & 4 of my #Alpenüberquerung 🏔️ → from the fjord-like Achensee to the Zillertal valley and up to Hochfügen at 2,000 m. Highlights: crystal-clear lakes, slipping on rocky trails, a wasp sting (ouch!), and racing a storm across alpine ridges. 👉 Read the story here!

Crossing the Alps: Days 3-4 · Along the Achensee to high Fügen

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Rain, heat, cows, and crossings borders. The first two days crossing the Alps were full of surprises. From Gmund am Tegernsee to Achenkirch, here’s how it unfolded. 🌄🥾

Crossing the Alps: Days 1-2 · From Gmund to Achenkirch Across the Border

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Walk across the Alps? Yes, you can. I chose a 7-day scenic route from Tegernsee to Sterzing, pure mountain joy. 🏔️✨ Here's the initial story, with the rout and my gear.

Crossing the Alps: A Seven-Day Journey from Tegernsee to Sterzing

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A video of an ultra marathon in Mongolia stirred something deep in me. A memory, a desire, a challenge. This is the story of how I started running again after years away, trained through the cold streets of Hamburg, and signed up for my first UTMB trail race in Reit im Winkl, Bayern.

Chasing the Second Wind: How I Came Back to Running and Signed Up for a UTMB Race in Reit im Winkl

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Reit im Winkl is the kind of place that quietly stays with you. Hikes turn into stories. A cow follows you. You lost the trail. But a cake wins your heart. It’s not loud, yet it resonates. Explore the trails, the stories, and the charm.

Hiking Around Reit im Winkl: A Charming Alpine Frontier Between Germany and Austria

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Hike from Kandersteg to Oeschinensee and experience turquoise waters, alpine cliffs, and breathtaking views on one of Switzerland’s most scenic trails.

Hiking around the magical Oeschinensee in Switzerland

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WordCamp Europe 2025

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Exploring the colorful Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town

Exploring the colorful Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town

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Spring Photo Editing: Create Stunning Flower Shots with Capture One

Spring Photo Editing: Create Stunning Flower Shots with Capture One

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The Mesmerizing Stillness of Urban Photography

The Mesmerizing Stillness of Urban Photography

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Cline is an open-source AI coding assistant designed for large-scale tasks, operating autonomously. It excels in code quality, context awareness, and speed. But there's a price to pay for it.

Choosing the Best AI Coding Assistant: Cline, your freelance developer

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Choosing the Best AI Coding Assistant: Cursor might be the most balanced tool

🚀 AI Coding Assistants: Is Cursor the Most Balanced Option in 2025? While GitHub Copilot leans towards inline completions, Cline is heavy on autonomous coding. What if you need something in between? Cursor brings a unique balance, combining powerful AI code suggestions with a great chat experience thanks to its context awareness. I review it from usability and customization to its context awareness and code generation. Is Cursor as good as they say? 🔗 Read the full review in the blog post. What’s your go-to AI coding assistant in 2025? Let’s discuss! 👇 #AI #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment

Choosing the Best AI Coding Assistant: Cursor might be the most balanced tool

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TypeScript: make selected properties optional with Partial & Omit

I recently needed to construct a new type in #TypeScript making certain properties optional without modifying the original We can do this with Partial & Omit and with generics, turn it into a utility type! #100daysofcode #DEVcommunity

When you use the utility Partial on a type, it will make all the type properties optional. Let’s see how we can compose this utility with another one, Omit, to make optional only certain properties of this type. We’ll finally create a utility type using TypeScript generics to apply this on any type we want. Make all properties of a type optional The Partial and Omit utilities are well known in…

TypeScript: make selected properties optional with Partial & Omit

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How to hide JavaScript's console.log output in Jest tests

I recently ran into a codebase that had many console.log() polluting Jest tests output resulting in a confusing mess. Here's how I got rid of them. #100daysofcode #DEVcommunity

I was working today in a codebase that had many intentional console.log output in all environments but production so they were showing up in Jest tests output. It would have been tedious to go and remove them one by one and so I devised this simple setup to suppress all console.log output at once while Jest is running. Configuring Jest This trick relies on Jest’s native ability to mock…

How to hide JavaScript's console.log output in Jest tests

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10 Best Views in Hamburg for Stunning Photos

One of the reasons why Hamburg is so photogenic, is that it’s a complex mix of nature, art, modern and ancient architecture, and if all that wasn’t enough, it has the harbor with its unique maritime vibe. Let’s see some great instagrammable locations around Hamburg that are a dream for those who love to collect the best views of a city! Dockland at sunset Dockland is one of Hamburg’s must-visit…

10 Best Views in Hamburg for Stunning Photos