Hey, I’m Rico

Software Engineer, building digital things

I'm a software engineer based in Osnabrück, Germany. Currently I'm employed at a medium sized software company here in town, building software solutions for and with our customers.

I already started coding in my school days and continued my journey as computer science student at Kiel University. I already worked in software companies during my studies before I graduated and loved to gain real world experiences.

I am very enthusiastic about software and my interests are very widespread. In addition to various languages and frameworks and other topics in the development context, I also like to deal with software tools for work and private life and everything else you can do with software.

I've been coding my own applications in my free time for what feels like forever, always dreaming of solving everyday problems with small software solutions. Now, I want to start building my own apps as a solopreneur, hoping to reach many users and start earn a bit of money along the way (at least enough to pay for the servers).

Read my blog posts or check ABOUT for more info.

Featured Posts

• The Software Sidequest #1

  Published:Sep 17, 2024

  First Part of my Software Sidequest, start talking about my own projects and taking the entire topic of building my own projects as a “Software Solopreneur” more seriously

• Setting up a Private Docker Registry in a Kubernetes Cluster - Test Pushing Images and Running Deployments

  Published:Mar 6, 2024

  I created a private Docker registry within my Kubernetes cluster and tested how to push images and run deployments from it

• 10+ years of desk setup evolution

  Published:Mar 29, 2023

  Talking about the various different writing tasks, I have to do in my daily life as software developer.

• How to change the last commit message after pushed?

  Published:Nov 25, 2022

  When you need to correct something in you commit message, after you already sent it to the remote repository.

Featured Projects

• Dartenbank

  Application for tracking Darts games with friends.

• Sideproject Hub

  The infrastructure project behind my own applications, started with a kubernetes cluster on a v-server hosting a docker registry and my first small web apps.

Recent Posts

• Enabling TLS Encryption for Applications in a Kubernetes Cluster and Delivering a Test Page over HTTPS

  Published:Feb 28, 2024

  Notes on Setting up TLS Encryption and HTTPS Redirects in a Kubernetes Cluster and accessing a sample web application via https.

• Setting up a Kubernetes Cluster with K3S on my linux server

  Published:Feb 19, 2024

  Notes on Setting up a Kubernetes Cluster on Linux Server with K3S, Enabling External Access from My MacBook using kubectl/k9s, and Deploying an Nginx Hello World Example Accessible on a Subdomain.

• Collaboration with other developers - 8 Behaviors to avoid

  Published:Oct 8, 2023

  A look into collaborative challenges in software development, highlighting behaviors to avoid, based on my recent experiences.

• 8 uncommon Tipps for working with VS Code

  Published:Oct 4, 2023

  Some less mentioned tips for optimizing the Visual Studio Code experience

• What do you enjoy about your work as software developer?

  Published:Oct 2, 2023

  Exploring the rewarding aspects of being a software developer and talking about a few key points why I like being a software developer