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As an entrepreneur, my journey has been punctuated with moments of exhilaration, discovery, and sometimes, the inevitable uncertainty. I’ve always been in pursuit of innovative strategies that can help navigate these unpredictable waters of entrepreneurship. One such methodology that has fundamentally changed my approach is “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. Today, I’d like to share the wisdom and actionable advice this groundbreaking book offers. “The Lean Startup” methodology presents a novel perspective on startups, portraying them as institutions designed for extreme uncertainty....

“The Mom Test” by Rob Fitzpatrick is a book that helps entrepreneurs get better at talking to customers and gathering feedback. It is full of practical tips and tricks that anyone can use to get more out of their customer conversations. Key Skills and Concepts The first section focuses on key skills and concepts that are necessary for successful customer conversations. The author suggests that entrepreneurs should focus on the customer’s life rather than their own idea, ask about specifics in the past instead of opinions about the future, and talk less and listen more....

“Start Small, Stay Small” is a must-read book for anyone considering building a software product. It offers a wealth of practical advice on various aspects of building, pricing, and marketing your product. In this blog post, we will delve deeper into the key points and actionable advice from the book to help you increase the likelihood of success and avoid common pitfalls that often lead to failure. Goal Setting Setting clear goals is vital for anyone starting a business....

When developing mobile applications, it’s crucial to keep sensitive files like Google-Services.plist and google-services.json secure. These files contain essential information for connecting your app to Firebase services. In this post, we’ll show you how to encrypt these files using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) and share them securely with your team. What is GPG and Why is It Important? GPG, or GNU Privacy Guard, is an open-source encryption and signing tool that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication....

I recently worked on a project where we needed to create a fully self configuring mounted wall display solution that could be zero touch deployed across the company. You can read more about the full solution in my upcoming blog post. In this post I will highlight one piece of that solution: the Google Chrome Extension that can be configured with Windows Group Policy (GPO). Update 25.01.2020 The following section is obsolete!...

When working with SQL data and lots of foreign keys, you may have the need to drop everything. Well I have just the right SQL statement for you. The following statement will drop everything the given database, including the following: non-system stored procedures views functions foreign key constraints primary key constraints tables You can execute parts of the script on its own if you only want to drop a certain part....

A few weeks ago I wrote about using XCopy to copy files and folder structures including their NTFS Permissions. Recently I came to the point where I wanted to see all errors and their related files, so I could fix messed up NTFS permissions. With XCopy however parsing the log is pretty much impossible. Also Microsoft suggests using RoboCopy as a sucessor to XCopy. And thats what I did. Using RoboCopy like XCopy In my other blog post I meantioned that I wanted to copy all folders and files including their NTFS permissions and ignore errors on the way....

XCopy is a very useful tool included in all versions of Windows. With XCopy you can copy large amounts of data with ease. Plus it has a switch that lets you copy over the NTFS permissions. Creating an initial full copy with XCopy 1 xcopy "C:\Source Folder" "F:\Destination Folder" /X /H /E /V /C Copy files and folders that changed since initial copy 1 xcopy "C:\Source Folder" "F:\Destination Folder" /X /H /E /V /D /Y /C Explanation of XCopy switches Parameter Description /?...

When you are working with Visual Machines (VMs) and fixed hard disks it can happen that you run out of space. In such cases it comes in handy that you can simply extend the existing virtual hard disk. Since Windows Server 2012R2 and Windows 8.1 this is even possible while the VM is running. After extending the VHDX you just need to go into Disk Management and expand your partition. That’s the theory at least....

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) behind Proxy Recently I came accross the issue of wanting to install apt packages in WSL behind a corporate proxy. Plus I wanted to update my yarn package by using curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash which also needs to go through the proxy. The solution is the same as if we want to set the proxy in a standard Ubuntu. So simply create a proxy....