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Julian

@j4nk.dev

Software Engineer from Munich 🥨 | ⚗️ Elixir | 🐦 Flutter | 🦀 Rust | ☕ Coffee | 📸 @jk.photos

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j4nk.devSep 24, 2026

Publishing to the Atmosphere

After a few months of respite, fatigued by AI coding, I've regained my enthusiasm for working on AlchemyPub, the blogging and web engine running this site. It was mainly fueled by the upcoming Goatmire conference and the talk I prepared for it. The most recent outcome is an integration with Bluesky…

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j4nk.devJun 3, 2026

Living on the Edge

I tried to hold myself back with writing about AI. It felt like I didn't have enough insight. Besides, everything related to AI changed so fast in the last 2 years that I didn't feel that anything I could write down will still be valid tomorrow. So I didn't, until now.

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j4nk.devJun 28, 2025

OOP considered harmful

Sometimes I'm wondering if Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is really as harmful to software design as I experienced it, or if that is just selective perception, and there is actually a proper way to do it which I have never discovered in my over 10 years of experience with it.

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j4nk.devMar 23, 2025

Recruiting as a startup

So you are looking to build or grow an engineering team for your startup or scaleup and try to hire new software engineers. How can you attract talent and stand out against your competitors? How do you have to present your company to find highly qualified programmers? It is not as hard as you think…

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j4nk.devJan 19, 2025

My Coding Journey

In this article, I reflect on many of the programming languages that I have learned and that have influenced me. I'll describe my motivation to learn them, what I liked and disliked about them, and how they still affect the way I program today. This is not a complete list of all languages I ever us…

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j4nk.devNov 30, 2024

Start learning a new programming language, today

December is just around the corner. In a few hours, the first puzzle of this year's Advent of Code will unlock. Every year, I take this great opportunity to learn a new programming language (and share my journey on GitHub). Why you should also take this opportunity, I will tell you now.

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j4nk.devNov 3, 2024

How I wasted a decade of my career with OOP

Do you think that good software architecture is difficult? Do you spend a significant amount of time refactoring your code just to keep it from becoming spaghetti code? Did you consider skill issues might be the reason you're struggling to make your architecture robust?