My first Jekyll Plugin - Google Search Console Site Verification File Generator
Generate What Generated Can Be! This site is built using the SSG (A Static Site Generator compiles the website before deployment. Then the generated web c...
Hi, I’m Erik Westrup, a software engineer based in Berlin.
This site is where I share writing on software engineering, developer tooling, and the systems behind modern web apps, including CI/CD, Linux, and static sites.
I also write occasionally about Buddhism, reflecting on how practice and ideas like impermanence relate to life and work as a software engineer.
You’ll also find selected personal projects, a small art gallery, and ways to get in touch.
Highlighted Posts
Discord Bot in Python Running on Google Cloud Run
Writing a chat bot is maybe something that one does more a junior getting in to programming. It turns out it can still be fun even though I’ve programmed for...
Use Vim Keybindings Everywhere
Vim Keybindings Once your fingers have learned to speak Vim, they don’t not want to speak anything else! It’s simply a very effective way of navigating, crea...
Recent posts
Adopting New Tech from a Manager’s Perspective
When reflecting on what insights and new perspective that I’ve gained the past years by going from being a Software Engineer to an Engineering Manager, the o...
Testing Webmention.io
This is just a dummy post testing webmention.io. As you can see below, any mentions of posts on this page will show up below the comments section as mentions...
Wrap Dangerous Commands in pre-post ZFS or BRTFS Snapshots
Diggin’ Dotfiles Collection It’s time to dig the dotfiles, and to dig in to them! This post is a part of a blog post collection called Diggin’ Dotfiles where...
A Manager’s Secret for Engineers to Advancement and Promotion
TL;DR Managers are busy and can not see everything even if they try, thus… Shape and also complete your own personal goals to make it easier for your ma...