Carsten Führmann's website
Computer scientist and software engineer. More interests than time.
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Attacks on my website by country of origin
Remarkable insights about bad HTTP traffic to my website, gained from the logs of my home server....
TypeScript for quality of web code
A long article where I made a bet on TypeScript before it went viral. It also contains a fun implementation of Conway's Game of Life. My bet overachieved: TypeScript and related technologies evolved so much since then that my article now looks retro...
Stanford online quantum mechanics
My experience with the online course "Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers" from the University of Stanford...
Parametric oscillator: a close look
Research notes about the "parametric oscillator": a harmonic oscillator whose parameters oscillate in time. For example, a child pumping a swing by periodically standing and squatting...
An amateur’s foray into physics
Trying to get the hang of classical mechanics, I described a "soap slipping around in a bath tub" as a "Lagrangian" and visualized the system using Mathematica...
"The Infinite Resource” by Ramez Naam"
The public awareness of climate change has strongly risen since the time I wrote this review. I still recommend the book, though I no longer share its optimism as I used to...
Stanford’s “Introduction to Databases”
My experience with the online course "Introduction to Databases" from the University of Stanford...
My laser-eye monster cats
A fun image of our two black cats (one of who has passed away) encountering a neighbor cat. Not the greatest contribution to the web, I keep it here for emotional reasons...
On HDR photography with the smartphone
My early experiment with high-dynamic-range photography. Seen from years later, it looks nostalgic, since many standard photo apps seem to have HDR built in without mention...
The Empire Cat Building
An image of our bygone cat "Mokka" on our bygone "Empire cat building". Not the greatest contribution to the web, but I keep it here for emotional reasons...
Why do I start my own blog?
My 2012 arguments for starting my own blog, still mostly valid...